Metal Sex Gill Hepatopancreas Muscle Ni Male 15.4 ± 0.05 20.4 ± 0.02 14.5 ± 0.06 Female 20.2 ± 0.01 31.9 ± 0.01 17.3 ± 0.05 Pb Male 1.1 ± 0.02 2.2 ± 0.02 0.43 ± 0.03 Female 1.5 ± 0.05 2.5 ± 0.05 0.71 ± 0.02 Co Male 0.63 ± 0.06 0.91 ± 0.01 0.53 ± 0.06 Female 0.71 ± 0.02 1.2 ± 0.03 0.62 ± 0.01 Cd Male 0.43 ± 0.01 0.61 ± 0.01 0.15 ± 0.04 Female 0.51 ± 0.03 0.88 ± 0.02 0.38 ± 0.02

Table 2: Metal concentrations (μg g-1) in the gill, hepatopancreas and muscle of male and female of blue swimming crab P. segnis.