Table 2-7. Organ masses (mean + standard error) from turtles dissected at 0, 5, and 12 weeks reported as indices (organ mass or
 length as a proportion of body mass or carapace length, respectively).
 Group Week n BM (g) CL (mm) LM Index (%) SM Index (%) TIM Index (%) SSL Index TIL Index
 AL 0 10 34.2 0.6 61.7 0.6 3.61 0.15 0.92 0.04 2.97 0.12 0.67 0.02 8.22 0.18
 AL 5 10 92.6 9.6a 88.0 2.6a 4.04 0.17a 1.40 0.09a 3.89 0.21a 0.75 0.03a 9.08 0.22a
 R 5 10 51.6 1.9b 75.2 1.0b 2.38 0.07b 1.24 0.09a 3.62 0.16a 0.61 0.02b 8.03 0.29'
 AL 12 10 227.5 25.8a 117.4 4.3al 5.29 0.27a 1.58 0.11a 4.17 0.15ab2 0.82 0.01a 10.76 0.26a
 R-AL 12 10 150.0 9.2b 105.7 1.7al 4.97 0.20a 1.45 0.07a 4.27 0.17a 0.78 0.02a 11.07 0.34a
 R 12 10 71.7 1.0 85.9 0.9' 2.58 0.10b 0.97 0.05b 3.61 0.16b 2 0.69 0.02' 8.91 0.18b

iDifference between AL and R-AL approaches significance (p = 0.061).
2Difference between AL and R approaches significance (p = 0.052).
Within columns, values with different letter superscripts are significantly different within time periods (Kruskal-Wallis test or analysis
of variance followed by pairwise Mann-Whitney U tests or Tukey's HSD post hoc test, p < 0.05). Abbreviations are the same as in
Table 2-6.