LIST OF TABLES


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2-1. Kruskal-Wallis test results for nutrient content of biweekly food samples........................41

2-2. Repeated measures analyses of variance for weekly averages of daily intake and daily
 m ass-specific intake. .............. .......................... ...................... ... ........ 42

2-3. Repeated measures analyses of variance for weekly body mass, straight carapace
 length, and condition index .............................................................................. ................ 43

2-4. Repeated measures analyses of variance for weekly specific growth rates (SGR) for
 body m ass (bm ) and carapace length (cl) ..................................................... ................ 44

2-5. Repeated measures analyses of variance for food conversion efficiencies (FCE) for
 body m ass (bm ) and carapace length (cl) ..................................................... ................ 45

2-6. Omnibus F, x2, and p-values for analyses of variance of dissection data collected at
 w e e k s 5 a n d 12 ................................................................................................................. .. 4 6

2-7. Organ masses (mean standard error) from turtles dissected at 0, 5, and 12 weeks
 rep orted as in dices..................................................... ................................................ 4 7

2-8. Body composition (mean standard error) of turtles dissected at 0, 5, and 12 weeks
 reported as percent of dry matter (% DM) and percent of organic matter (% OM). .........48

3-1. Omnibus F, x2, and p-values for comparisons of means among treatment groups for the
 various morphometric and biochemical indices measured ...........................................69

3-2. Spearman's rank correlations (p) for morphometric (a) and biochemical indices for
 liver (b), heart (c), and blood (d)......................................... ....................... ................ 70

3-3. Growth equation parameters for juvenile Chelonia mydas as determined by least
 squares linear regression .... .................................................................. 71

3-4. Growth equation parameters for juvenile Chelonia mydas as determined by stepwise
 m multiple linear regression ... ..................................................................... ... ............ 72

3-5. Coefficients of variation (C.V.) for RNA, DNA, and protein concentrations of
 Chelonia mydas tissues ........................ ........................................73

4-1. Omnibus F, x2, and p-values for comparisons of means among treatment groups at five
 w eeks (t5) and tw elve w eeks (t12)...................................................................... 89

4-2. Total protein concentrations of Chelonia mydas muscle and liver homogenates as
 determined by Bradford assay expressed relative to wet mass of homogenized tissue.....90

4-3. Glutathione peroxidase (GPX) specific activity in Chelonia mydas muscle homogenate....91