Table 1. Variations of hematocrit, red blood cell and hemoglobin in blood of olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus and Japanese croaker, Nibea japonica on raising water temperature sharply and continuously

Rearing days	Water temperature (°C)		Hematocrit (%)				Red blood cell (× 10⁶ cell/µL)				Hemoglobin (g/dL)
	Water temperature (°C)		Olive flounder		Japanese croaker		Olive flounder		Japanese croaker		Olive flounder		Japanese croaker
	Stressed	Non-stressed	Stressed	Non-stressed	Stressed	Non-stressed	Stressed	Non-stressed	Stressed	Non-stressed	Stressed	Non-stressed	Stressed	Non-stressed
0	23	23	16.2 ± 1.9^def	16.0 ± 0.0^ab	21.7 ± 2.6^def	20.2 ± 0.0^c	3.1 ± 0.4^e	3.1 ± 0.0^c	2.5 ± 0.1^bcd	2.3 ± 0.0^bc	10.0 ± 0.7^bcd	11.6 ± 0.1^a	11.8 ± 1.6^cd	13.0 ± 0.1^b
1	26	23	17.2 ± 1.5^ef	14.0 ± 1.0^a	20.7 ± 4.3^def	19.1 ± 3.0^bc	2.9 ± 0.1^de	2.5 ± 0.4^abc	2.5 ± 0.5^abc	2.3 ± 0.3^bc	11.2 ± 2.0^bcd	11.1 ± 0.5^a	12.8 ± 1.0^cd	12.0 ± 0.3^b
5	26	24	19.4 ± 4.6^f	NT	14.9 ± 3.5^abc	NT	3.3 ± 0.8^e	NT	2.0 ± 0.5^abc	NT	13.1 ± 2.8^cd	NT	11.8 ± 0.7^cd	NT
5	23	24	10.5 ± 1.4^b	NT	14.6 ± 4.1^abc	NT	1.8 ± 0.2^ab	NT	1.9 ± 0.4^ab	NT	9.9 ± 1.0^bc	NT	11.7 ± 1.1^cd	NT
9	23	23	12.9 ± 6.4^bcde	12.0 ± 1.9^a	21.6 ± 5.0^def	15.9 ± 0.0^ab	2.2 ± 1.0^bc	2.2 ± 0.3^a	2.7 ± 0.5^d	2.1 ± 0.0^b	10.6 ± 4.3^bcd	8.7 ± 0.3^a	13.2 ± 1.8^d	15.0 ± 0.5^b
9	29	23	15.7 ± 4.1^cdef	NT	22.3 ± 7.6^ef	NT	2.8 ± 0.7^cde	NT	2.4 ± 0.9^bcd	NT	13.8 ± 2.8^d	NT	11.6 ± 3.1^cd	NT
13	29	23	9.9 ± 1.0^ab	19.0 ± 0.9^b	14.6 ± 4.8^abc	22.1 ± 0.5^c	1.8 ± 0.2^ab	3.0 ± 0.1^bc	1.7 ± 0.5^a	2.3 ± 0.0^bc	11.3 ± 2.7^bcd	15.4 ± 0.4^b	8.8 ± 3.2^ab	13.0 ± 0.1^b
13	23	23	11.2 ± 6.1^bc	NT	11.3 ± 2.3^a	NT	1.9 ± 1.0^ab	NT	1.4 ± 0.2^a	NT	11.6 ± 2.9^bcd	NT	8.1 ± 2.8^ab	NT
17	23	22	12.6 ± 0.7^bcdf	13.0 ± 2.7^a	19.5 ± 0.7^cde	20.7 ± 3.6^c	2.2 ± 0.2^bcd	2.3 ± 0.4^a	1.9 ± 0.2^ab	2.7 ± 0.4^c	10.9 ± 2.0^bcd	11.7 ± 1.6^a	8.9 ± 1.2^ab	14 ± 0.3^b
17	32	22	12.9 ± 4.9^bcdf	NT	25.4 ± 4.5^f	NT	2.2 ± 0.8^bc	NT	2.8 ± 0.5^d	NT	11.8 ± 5.4^bcd	NT	11.4 ± 1.4^cd	NT
21	32	23	11.7 ± 2.4^bcd	12.0 ± 0.4^a	21.0 ± 4.5^def	14.2 ± 1.4^a	1.9 ± 0.4^ab	2.2 ± 0.1^a	3.4 ± 0.8^e	1.7 ± 0.0^a	8.8 ± 2.1^ab	10.1 ± 0.6^a	13.2 ± 3.3^d	6.9 ± 0.5^a
21	23	23	8.3 ± 0.4^ab	NT	17.2 ± 3.8^bcd	NT	1.7 ± 0.2^ab	NT	2.6 ± 0.8^cd	NT	8.5 ± 0.9^ab	NT	11.8 ± 2.2^cd	NT
30	22	22	5.6 ± 1.0^a	NT	12.3 ± 2.6^ab	NT	1.2 ± 0.3^a	NT	1.4 ± 0.3^a	NT	5.5 ± 1.4^a	NT	6.8 ± 1.1^a	NT
60	17	17	11.9 ± 1.0^bcd	12.0 ± 0.1^a	25.0 ± 1.2^f	21.0 ± 0.4^c	2.8 ± 0.2^cde	2.4 ± 0.0^ab	2.8 ± 0.2^d	2.5 ± 0.0^bc	6.0 ± 0.5^a	11.4 ± 0.0^a	10.5 ± 1.4^bc	12.0 ± 0.0^b

The values are mean ± SD (olive flounder, n = 6; Japanese croaker, n = 8).
Means within each column followed by the same alphabetic letter are not significantly different (p > 0.05).
NT, not tested.