Haemolymph osmolarity values of the four scorpion species in the various sampling seasons, measured within 48 h of capture
| . | Haemolymph osmolarity (mOsm l-1) . | . | . | . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampling month . | B. judaicus . | L. quinquestriatus . | S. m. fuscus . | S. m. palmatus . | |||
| February | 562±36a (24) | 573±34a (22) | 492±33b (21) | 470±42b (30) | |||
| April | 519±23a (13) | - | 491±47a (22) | - | |||
| June | 524±25b (27) | 607±20a (8) | 508±52b,c (13) | 485±40c (28) | |||
| August | 549±31a,b (7) | 584±32a (22) | 510±46b,c (16) | 503±61c (79) | |||
| October | 574±57a (11) | 567±43a (49) | 530±48a,b (5) | 491±43b (31) | |||
| December | 566±28a (17) | 556±36a,b (28) | 527±63b,c (30) | 503±48c (21) | |||
| Mean | 548±38 (99) | 571±39 (129) | 511±56 (107) | 493±53 (189) | |||
| . | Haemolymph osmolarity (mOsm l-1) . | . | . | . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampling month . | B. judaicus . | L. quinquestriatus . | S. m. fuscus . | S. m. palmatus . | |||
| February | 562±36a (24) | 573±34a (22) | 492±33b (21) | 470±42b (30) | |||
| April | 519±23a (13) | - | 491±47a (22) | - | |||
| June | 524±25b (27) | 607±20a (8) | 508±52b,c (13) | 485±40c (28) | |||
| August | 549±31a,b (7) | 584±32a (22) | 510±46b,c (16) | 503±61c (79) | |||
| October | 574±57a (11) | 567±43a (49) | 530±48a,b (5) | 491±43b (31) | |||
| December | 566±28a (17) | 556±36a,b (28) | 527±63b,c (30) | 503±48c (21) | |||
| Mean | 548±38 (99) | 571±39 (129) | 511±56 (107) | 493±53 (189) | |||
Values are means ± S.D. (sample sizes in brackets).
Different superscript letters indicate significant differences between species within a sampling month (one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's HSD test,α=0.05).