Table 6. Experimental and control values of red blood cell count, microhematocrit, 

 hemoglobin concentration, and osmolality of striped bass exposed for 11 

 days to 0.6 g 1"^ fuller's earth. ^ 



Group 



Red blood cell count 



Microhematocrit 



Hemoglobin 

 concentration 



Osmolality 





(cells X 10^ ram"^).. 



(pet packed cell volume) 



(S 100 g-1) 



(mOsm kg-1) 



Experimental 



2.48 



38.39 



7.49 



334.06 





±0.48 



±5.61 



±1.00 



±10.88 





(7)2 



(7) 



C7) 



(7) 



Control 



2.35 



38.20 



8.04 



394.4 





+0.32 



±6.46 



±0.97 



±22.50 





C7) 



C7) 



C7} 



(7) 



t = 0.605 



t = 0.057 



t = 1.058 



t = 1.624 





p > 0.5 



p > 0.5 



p > 0.5 



p > 0.01 



^Mean values are expressed ± standard deviation. 

 ^Number of individuals. 



Table 7. Experimental and control values of microhematocrit 

 and osmolality of striped bass exposed for 14 days 

 to 1.5 g 1"-^ fuller's earth. -^ 



Group 





Microhematocrit 



Osmolality 





(pet 



packed cell volume) 



(mOsm kg"-^) 



Experimental 





30.282 



311. 22^ 







±3.88 



±10.97 







(10)'* 



(10) 



Control 





24.17 



294.36 







±3.996 



±22.35 







(10) 



(10) 



^Mean values are expressed ± standard deviation. 



2p < 0.01. 



3p < 0.05. 



^Number of individuals. 



