Study on the Gonadosomatic Indices of Sea Urchin Echinometra mathaei in Persian Gulf, Iran
Study on the Gonadosomatic Indices of Sea Urchin Echinometra mathaei in Persian Gulf, Iran
Mousa Keshavarz1*, Ehsan Kamrani1, Narges Amrollahi Biuki1 and Hossein Zamani2
Distributions of weights of 217 E. mathaei samples for the studied period (March–September, 2014) due to their genders. A, Total wet weight (40.38±20.592); B, Wet weight of gonads (3.13±2.725).
OSR (Mean ± Standard Deviation) and the gonadosomatic indices of E.mathaei from March to September, 2014. The different alphabet above numbers as a superscript show significant differences between months on samples (p<0.05).
The three %GSIs shown on one a 3D plot for females (A) and males (B) in two seasons of spring (March- May) and summer (June-September).