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Table 3. Mean concentrations (ng/g[ppb] wet weight) of total PCBs, total "Aroclor-based" PCBs (18 PCBs x 2), total chlordanes, total DDTs, acenaphthene, and benz[a]anthracene; mean concentrations (pg/g [pptr] wet weight) of 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 2,3,7,8-TCDF, and 2,3,7,8-TCDD toxic equivalents; and percent lipids and water in muscle of bluefish, summer flounder, black sea bass, and tautog from the New York Bight Apex

 
PCBs
2 x 18
PCBs
Chlor-
danes
DDTs Acenaph-
thene
Benz[a]-
anthracene
2,3,7,8-
TCDD
2,3,7,8-
TCDF

2,3,7,8-
TCDD
Toxic
Equivalents

%
Lipids

%
Water
nc
Bluefish
Station 1 & 2 mean  
            3.34   6.03 71.7 10
Station 1 & 2 std. dev.  
            0.82   2.20 1.93  
Station 3 mean  
            7.26   8.72 68.8 4
Station 3 std. dev.  
            2.66   3.13 2.86  
Species mean
368
624 40.9 159.9 5.22 ndb 2.34 4.46 2.82 6.80 70.9 14
Species std. dev.
158
260 11.4 48.2 2.52   1.64 2.31 1.72 2.70 2.5  

Summer Flounder

Species mean
27
41 3.20 5.28 ndb <MDL ndb ndb <MDL 0.56 77.5 14
Species std. dev.
5
7 0.46 1.88           0.28 0.9  

Black Sea Bass

Station 1 & 2 mean
66
112               1.86 77.9 9
Station 1 & 2 std. dev.
21
36               0.81 1.3  
Station 3 mean
105
190               2.48 77.3 5
Station 3 std. dev.
24
39               0.74 0.7  
Species mean
78
136 7.17 22.82 ndb <MDL ndb 1.24 <MDL 2.08 77.7 14
Species std. dev.
77
135 2.56 9.18       0.79   0.82 1.1  

Tautog

Species mean
59
98 4.97 14.42 ndb 2.73 <MDL 2.59 <MDL 2.03 77.1 14
Species std. dev.
37
64 2.02 7.31   0.72   1.20   0.56 0.8  
½ MDLa
24
37 2.77 4.30 1.07 1.24 0.81 0.56 0.91      

aFor summed values, ½MDL is the summation of ½MDL of the individual compounds.
bnd = not detected.
cn = number of composites analyzed.

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