Table 31. Concentration of free amino acids in skeletal muscle of plaice 



Plcuroneateo platcr.sa from a reference station at He Tudy and 



from oil-polluted Aber Benoit and Aber Wrac'h. n = 8 to 10 unless 

 otherwise stated. 



February 1930 (23 months after spill) 



FAA Concentration 



(pM/g wet weight and standard deviation) 



Amino Acid lie Tudy Aber Benoit Aber Wrac' h 



LYS 0.57+0.40 0.95+0.58 0.55+0.42 



HIS -- 0.50 + 0.21{1)^ 0.70 + 0.39 



ARG 



TAU 7.55+2.90 12.57+3.38* 12.36+2.33* 



ASP 0.20 + 0.15(8) 



THR 0.33+0.11 0.63+0.20* 0.78+0.42* 



SER 0.70+0.52 0.93+0.50 0.79+0.36 



GLU 0.57+0.20 0.24+0.13* 0.27+0.10* 



PRO — — 1.51 + 0.72(3) 



GLY 7.42+2.64 15.49+7.96* 18.61+5.32* 



ALA 3.70+0.74 1.63+0.59* 1.53+0.40* 



CYS 



VAL 



MET 0.32 + 0.08(5) — 0.03(1) 



ILE 0.21 + 0.14(7) 



LEU 0.29 + 0.17(7) — 0.16(1) 



TYR 



PHE 



NH 3 NA NA NA 



Total FAA 20.86 32.94 38.80 



--, not detected 



NA, not analyzed 



* 

 ' significantly different from reference at a = 0.05 



' number of samples in which amino acid was detected. 



319 



