## 3 Results
### Animal Condition and Tissue Neuroxidative Responses
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**Treatments** & **W** & **TL** & **K** \\ \hline Non-CONT & \(10.1\pm 1.3\)b & \(9.8\pm 0.5\)b & \(1.08\pm 0.06\) \\ Non-CONT + A & \(7.3\pm 2.4\)a,b & \(8.8\pm 1.1\)a,b & \(1.07\pm 0.12\) \\ Non-CONT + W & \(8.7\pm 2.0\)a,b & \(9.3\pm 0.6\)a,b & \(1.07\pm 0.09\) \\ Non-CONT + A + W & \(8.9\pm 1.1\)a,b & \(9.0\pm 0.6\)a,b & \(1.25\pm 0.25\) \\ CONT & \(5.9\pm 1.3\)a & \(8.3\pm 0.6\)a & \(1.01\pm 0.10\) \\ CONT + A & \(7.7\pm 2.8\)a,b & \(8.9\pm 0.8\)a,b & \(1.07\pm 0.10\) \\ CONT + W & \(7.1\pm 0.52\)a,b & \(8.7\pm 1.3\)a,b & \(1.04\pm 0.19\) \\ CONT + A + W & \(7.5\pm 1.1\)a,b & \(8.9\pm 0.4\)a,b & \(1.07\pm 0.12\) \\ \hline \end{tabular} Abbreviations: Non-CONT—animals fed with non-contaminated diet, seawater temperature set at 19 \({}^{\circ}\)C, and pH set at 8.0 units; Non-CONT + A—animals fed with non-contaminated diet, seawater temperature set at 19 \({}^{\circ}\)C, and pH set at 7.6 units; Non-CONT + W—animals fed with non-contaminated diet, seawater temperature set at 23 \({}^{\circ}\)C, and pH set at 8.0 units; Non-CONT + A + W—animals fed with non-contaminated diet, seawater temperature set at 23 \({}^{\circ}\)C, and pH at 7.6 units; CONT—animals fed with Hg-contaminated diet, seawater temperature set at 19 \({}^{\circ}\)C, and pH set at 8.0 units; CONT + A—animals fed with Hg-contaminated diet, seawater temperature set at 19 \({}^{\circ}\)C, and pH set at 7.6 units; CONT + W—animals fed with Hg-contaminated diet, seawater temperature set at 23 \({}^{\circ}\)C, and pH at 8.0 units; CONT + A + W—animals fed with Hg-contaminated diet, seawater temperature set at 23 \({}^{\circ}\)C, and pH at 7.6 units. Small letters indicate significant differences between treatments.  
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Table 4: Total weight (W; g), total length (TL; cm), and [PERSON]’s condition index (K) of specimens from all treatments at the end of Hg exposure phase. \begin{table}
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**Variables (X, Y)** & \(r\) **and associated \(p\)-value** & & \\ \hline \(\mathrm{TL}\times\mathrm{W}\) & \(r\) **= 0.840** & \(p\) **< 0.001** & & \\ \(\mathrm{K}\times\mathrm{W}\) & n.s. & & \\ \(\mathrm{K}\times\mathrm{TL}\) & \(r\) **= \(-\)0.432** & \(p\) **< 0.001** & & \\ \hline  & **Muscle** & **Liver** & **Brain** \\ \hline \(\mathrm{NAR}\times\mathrm{W}\) & n.s. & n.s. & ns \\ \(\mathrm{NAR}\times\mathrm{TL}\) & n.s. & n.s. & ns \\ \(\mathrm{NAR}\times\mathrm{K}\) & n.s. & n.s. & ns \\ \(\mathrm{NAR}\times\mathrm{CAT}\) & \(r\) **= \(-\)0.4354** & \(p\) **= 0.033** & n.s. & \(r\) **= \(-\)0.5073** & \(p\) **= 0.011** \\ \(\mathrm{NAR}\times\mathrm{SOD}\) & n.s. & n.s. & \(r\) **= \(-\)0.4411** & \(p\) **= 0.031** \\ \(\mathrm{NAR}\times\mathrm{LPO}\) & n.s. & n.s. & \(r\) **= \(-\)0.4354** & \(p\) **= 0.033** \\ \(\mathrm{NAR}\times\mathrm{AchE}\) & - & - & - & \(r\) **= \(-\)0.4639** & \(p\) **= 0.022** \\ \(\mathrm{EF}\times\mathrm{W}\) & - & - & n.s. & - & - \\ \(\mathrm{EF}\times\mathrm{TL}\) & - & - & n.s. & - & - \\ \(\mathrm{EF}\times\mathrm{K}\) & - & - & n.s. & - & - \\ \(\mathrm{EF}\times\mathrm{CAT}\) & - & - & n.s. & - & - \\ \(\mathrm{EF}\times\mathrm{SOD}\) & - & - & n.s. & - & - \\ \(\mathrm{EF}\times\mathrm{LPO}\) & - & - & n.s. & - & - \\ \(\mathrm{K}\times\mathrm{CAT}\) & n.s. & n.s. & n.s. & n.s. \\ \(\mathrm{K}\times\mathrm{SOD}\) & n.s. & n.s. & n.s. & \\ \(\mathrm{K}\times\mathrm{LPO}\) & n.s. & n.s. & n.s. & n.s. \\ \(\mathrm{K}\times\mathrm{LPO}\) & n.s. & n.s. & n.s. & n.s. \\ \(\mathrm{K}\times\mathrm{AchE}\) & n.s. & n.s. & n.s. & \\ \hline \end{tabular} Abbreviations: TW—total weight; TL—total length; K—Fulton’s condition index; NAR—net accumulation rate; EF—elimination factor; CAT—catalase; SOD—superoxide dismutase; LPO—lipid peroxidation; AchE—acetylcholinesteraseterase; n.s.—non significant.  
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Table 5: [PERSON]’s correlation coefficients (\(r\) and associated \(p\)-value) among Hg NAR, EF, and biochemical responses in the different tissues, as well as animal morphometry and condition (K).