TM 157 Table B13

Table B13. Recovery (percent) of PCB, pesticide, and PAH surrogate internal standards in bluefish muscle composites
Composite #	PCBs and Pesticides				PAHs^a
Composite #	4,4'- dibromoocta- fluorobiphenyl	BZ #198	1,2,3-trichloro- benzene	Ronnel	Naph- thalene	Acenaph- thylene	Chrysene	Pyrene	Benzo[ghi]- perylene
Station BL1
101	80	95	81	136	27	48	134	97	90
102	67	89	65	93	17	50	104	104	139
103	59	90	84	85	33	50	158	84	10
104	69	90	70	73	27	46	111	91	50
105	64	94	115	107	23	46	61	82	22
Station BL2
106	62	102	61	81	25	53	120	100	13
107	72	95	154	81	16	44	101	102	18
107-dup.	75	96	164	86	23	50	115	102	31
107-trip.	72	101	84	87	29	59	95	101	16
107 mean (n = 3)	73	97	134	85	23	51	104	102	21
108	68	99	102	84	28	53	75	98	8
109	58	90	74	73	37	57	117	97	11
110	66	83	81	88	32	47	79	77	0
Station BL3
111	77	84	460	87	34	56	146	103	15
112	69	95	108	72	55	67	188	104	26
113	87	69	564	85	32	53	66	68	9
114	78	91	337	101	54	61	132	115	0

Mean (n = 14)	70	91	167	89	32	53	114	95	30
Std. dev.	8	8	157	16	11	6	35	12	38
^aAll aromatic hydrogen atoms labeled with deuterium [²H] atoms: naphthalene and acenaphthylene with 8 x [²H], pyrene with 10 x [²H], and chyrsene and benzo[ghi]perylene with 12 x [²H].

(File Modified Nov. 19 2010)