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Table C6. PCB concentrations (ng/g [ppb] wet weight) in bluefish muscle composites
Composite #
PCB (BZ #)
  PCBs   2x
18 PCBs
1 8 18 28 52 104 44 66 101 118 188 153 105 138 126 187 128 200 180 170 195 206 209

Station BL1

101 16.5 3.12 4.52 16.9 26.4 nd 16.0 34.5 31.4 31.8 nd 49.8 13.9 45.6 6.18 20.4 6.65 2.36 28.2 6.88 nd 2.41 nd 368 682
102 45.3 5.31 4.93 14.9 22.9 nd 13.3 35.6 34.1 33.4 12.3 54.9 14.3 49.2 6.95 21.9 7.48 2.99 34.1 8.24 3.21 4.37 nd 432 727
103 13.9 2.91 2.90 10.3 16.9 nd 9.64 26.8 26.7 26.6 nd 45.8 9.33 40.2 5.40 17.3 5.51 2.32 27.4 6.25 nd 4.15 nd 305 562
104 21.2 2.06 3.51 11.5 18.5 nd 10.4 25.0 23.5 22.0 7.85 36.8 8.25 31.5 4.46 12.9 4.45 nd 21.9 4.65 nd 2.69 nd 278 484
105 8.12 nd 1.52 4.69 9.22 nd 5.00 18.7 20.5 18.6 nd 43.5 nd 28.6 5.95 11.8 3.65 nd 16.1 4.26 nd 2.42 nd 210 385
Meana 21.0 2.82 3.48 11.7 18.8 nd 10.9 28.1 27.2 26.5 4.50 46.2 9.32 39.0 5.79 16.9 5.55 <MDL 25.5 6.06 <MDL 3.21 nd 319 568
Std.dev. 14.4 1.69 1.36 4.70 6.52   4.14 7.02 5.57 6.29 5.33 6.79 5.47 8.85 0.928 4.46 1.56   6.82 1.63   0.970   85.2 140

Station BL2

106 16.5 2.65 1.76 5.19 9.31 nd 4.48 18.5 22.7 22.0 10.7 47.7 6.65 38.8 5.76 17.3 5.63 2.51 26.2 6.51 4.10 6.13 4.79 287 501
107b 41.6 5.17 2.50 6.12 9.73 nd 4.75 20.7 28.3 30.5 9.72 62.7 9.62 52.3 6.84 21.2 8.56 3.33 30.2 8.49 4.57 6.36 4.77 380 633
108 39.7 4.75 2.03 5.42 10.5 nd 5.05 23.0 31.2 33.3 nd 68.6 10.3 56.9 7.25 23.4 8.88 3.48 32.8 9.18 4.72 7.84 4.51 395 685
109 15.0 2.76 1.54 5.04 13.0 nd 5.98 21.2 25.9 26.4 nd 50.6 8.14 42.7 4.70 15.4 6.52 nd 22.8 6.38 2.56 4.02 2.74 287 527
110 143 6.69 6.68 16.2 20.5 nd 11.6 28.7 31.9 31.5 nd 56.8 9.95 47.7 5.44 17.6 7.52 2.69 30.4 7.51 3.62 5.43 3.83 498 688
Meana 51.2 4.40 2.90 7.59 12.6 nd 6.37 22.4 28.0 28.7 4.55 57.3 8.93 47.7 6.00 19.0 7.42 2.62 28.5 7.61 3.91 5.96 4.13 369 607
Std. dev. 52.8 1.71 2.14 4.83 4.64 - 2.98 3.86 3.81 4.54 5.18 8.58 1.52 7.25 1.04 3.24 1.37 0.949 3.96 1.22 0.871 1.39 0.868 87.7 88.0

Station BL3

111 49.7 9.34 3.51 8.35 16.3 nd 6.86 28.4 38.1 44.5 nd 74.4 13.1 62.3 6.68 19.4 11.1 3.53 30.4 8.64 2.69 4.34 nd 445 766
112 35.7 6.47 2.35 5.82 13.4 nd 5.86 27.2 37.8 41.1 nd 78.5 11.7 64.8 6.91 22.2 10.3 3.16 33.7 8.57 2.66 3.86 nd 426 755
113 94.7 15.0 8.89 24.5 32.8 3.29 18.5 38.2 38.8 42.1 nd 69.3 16.7 60.9 7.32 21.6 10.8 3.63 39.0 10.0 3.11 3.59 2.34 566 912
114 51.7 7.43 3.07 4.13 6.78 nd 3.30 12.2 17.8 21.3 nd 45.2 5.81 37.6 4.73 14.8 5.56 2.31 18.9 5.49 nd 3.38 nd 276 430
Meana 58.0 9.56 4.46 10.7 17.3 <MDL 8.63 26.5 33.1 37.3 nd 66.9 11.8 56.4 6.41 19.5 9.44 3.16 30.5 8.18 <MDL 3.79 <MDL 428 716
Std. dev. 25.5 3.82 3.00 9.36 11.1   6.75 10.7 10.2 10.7   14.9 4.53 12.6 1.15 3.36 2.61 0.600 8.51 1.91     0.415 119 203

Probability of Interstation Differences

P valuec 0.073 0.014   0.51 0.36     0.37 0.35 0.28 0.26 0.049 0.54 0.093 0.57 0.5 0.043   0.47 0.11       0.37 0.27
Grouping   3>2=1                   3>2>1         3>2>1

Summary Statistics (n = 14)

Meana 42.3 5.31 3.55 9.93 16.2 <MDL 8.62 25.6 29.2 30.4 3.46 56.0 9.90 47.1 6.04 18.4 7.33 2.54 28.0 7.22 2.67 4.36 2.29 368 624
Std. dev. 36.8 3.66 2.11 6.13 7.47   4.73 7.27 6.70 8.15 4.48 12.7 4.04 11.4 0.985 3.65 2.34 0.908 6.34 1.73 1.29 1.59 1.53 158 260
MDL 1.08 1.35 1.51 2.04 2.89 3.10 2.78 1.59 1.62 1.76 1.56 1.94 1.59 1.81 2.58 2.33 1.90 2.18 2.24 2.22 2.46 2.30 2.27 47.1 73.2

aMeans are designated "nd" when all values are <MDL, and designated "<MDL" when at least one value was >MDL but the mean (calculated using a value of ½MDL for individual nondetectable values) was <MDL.
bMean of triplicates.
cP values >0.05 indicate no interstation differences.

Table C7

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 (Modified Jun. 13 2008)