Research Article

Estimating the Potential Production of the Brown Mussel Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Reared in Three Tropical Bays by Different Methods of Condition Indices

Table 1

Condition Indexes from Sepetiba Bay (SB). The median values and their respective coefficient of variation for each CI method for every sampled month at Sepetiba Bay (SB). Months placed first are tagged with “a” and those placed second with “b.” Other positions tagged with those letters indicate significant differences between these months according to Dunns’ test ().

SB
CI ICI IICI IIICI IVCI VCI VICI VIICI VIIICI IX
MonthMed.MonthMed.MonthMed.MonthMed.MonthMed.MonthMed.MonthMed.MonthMed.MonthMed.

Decembera15Decembera77Decembera44Decembera12Decembera2Decembera38Decembera14Decembera17Decembera0.6
(13)(13)(7)(39)(19)(19)(11)(1)(10)

Marchb13Marchb71Marchb42Marchb10Februaryb1.9Februaryb36Marchb13Februaryb17Februaryb0.54
(16)(16)(11)(34)(19)(16)(15)(2)(16)

Februarya11Augusta61Februarya38February9.4January  1.6January  31Februarya11March17Augusta0.5
(20)(20)(12)(38)(16)(19)(18)(2)(19)

Junea11Februarya60Augusta38January a7.9Marchab1.5Marchab28Augusta11Augusta17Junea0.5
(22)(20)(14)(41)(38)(38)(18)(3)(20)

Augusta11Junea57Junea36June ab7Juneab1.4Augustab26Junea10Januarya16Marcha0.5
(20)(22)(15)(46)(27)(27)(20)(2)(44)

Januaryab9.1Januaryab48Januaryab32July ab6.4Augustab1.4Juneab25Januaryab8.9Junea16Januarya0.5
(16)(16)(11)(43)(24)(28)(15)(3)(12)

Septemberab7.3Septemberab39Julyab28September ab4.8Julyab1.2Julyab22Septemberab7.3Julyab16Julyab0.3
(38)(38)(13)(48)(28)(24)(33)(3)(21)

Julyab7.1Julyab38Septemberab28Septemberab0.96Septemberab18Julyab7.1Septemberab16Septemberab0.3
(18)(18)(22)(34)(34)(16)(4)(36)