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 2

Condition Indexes from Sepetiba Bay (IGB). The median values and their respective coefficient of variation for each CI method for every sampled month at Ilha Grande Bay (IGB). 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 ().

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

Decembera13 Decembera67Decembera40 Februarya9.1 Marcha1.3 Marcha25 Decembera12 Decembera17 Februarya0.39
(25)(25.1)(21.4)(30.4)(23.2)(23.2)(23.8)(18)(18.3)

Februaryb10 Februaryb54 Februaryb35 Decemberb8.2 Decemberb1.2 Januaryb23 Februaryb9.9 Februaryb17 Decemberb0.38
(12.9)(12.9)(8.3)(26.4)(13.7)(13.2)(11.6)(1.5)(14.4)

Augusta9.2 Augusta50 Augusta33 March6.8 January1.2 February23 Augusta9.1 Januarya16 June0.38
(17.1)(17.1)(11.6)(27.4)(13.2)(17)(15.6)(3.6)(13.9)

Januarya8.8 Januarya47 Januarya32 January6.4 February1.2 December22 Januarya8.7 Marchab16 March0.36
(27.8)(27.8)(17.7)(17.4)(16.9)(13.5)(24.7)(2.6)(33.9)

Juneab8.7 Juneab47 Juneab32 Juneab5.3Junea1.1 Junea20 Juneab8.6 Juneab16 August0.33
(16.5)(16.5)(11.4)(34.6)(19.4)(19.4)(15.1)(2.4)(14.9)

Septemberab8.7 Septemberab47 Septemberab32 Julyab4.8 Augustab0.87 Julyab16 Septemberab8.6 Julyab16 Januaryab0.32
(16.4)(16.4)(11.6)(18)(22.3)(18.1)(15.1)(3.1)(9.1)

Marchab8.1 Marchab43 Marchab30 Augustab4.5 Julyab0.85 Augustab16 Marchab8.1 Augustab16 Julyab0.28
(19.3)(19.3)(12.9)(23.4)(18.1)(22.2)(17.5)(2.4)(13.9)

Julyab7.3 Julyab39 Julyab28 Septemberab4 Septemberab0.75 Septemberab14 Julyab7.3 Septemberab16 Septemberab0.26
(21.6)(21.6)(14.7)(25.1)(17.2)(17.2)(19.7)(2.5)(11.4)