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Table C9. PCB concentrations (ng/g [ppb] wet weight) in tautog 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 TA1

143 5.28 1.71 nd nd nd nd nd 2.54 3.00 2.67 nd 5.29 nd 2.27 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 38.8 57.6
144 6.52 nd nd nd nd nd nd 1.82 3.83 2.34 nd 5.24 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 38.1 53.8
145 5.37 nd nd nd nd nd nd 2.93 5.55 3.96 nd 8.12 1.79 2.87 nd 3.06 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 50.3 80.5
146b 5.81 nd nd nd nd nd nd 2.57 6.09 4.01 nd 8.63 2.00 2.80 nd 3.56 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 52.2 83.3
147 8.88 nd nd 2.66 3.71 nd nd 2.06 7.30 4.40 nd 12.0 2.57 2.88 nd 4.54 nd nd 3.35 nd nd nd nd 67.5 108
Meana 6.372 <MDL nd <MDL <MDL nd nd 2.38 5.15 3.48 nd 7.86 <MDL <MDL nd <MDL nd nd <MDL nd nd nd nd 49.4 76.6
Std. dev. 1.485             0.442 1.73 0.910   2.80                       12.0 21.9
Station TA2
148 8.31 1.52 nd nd nd nd nd 2.68 6.18 3.39 nd 8.64 1.85 2.78 nd 3.98 nd nd 2.40 nd nd nd nd 56.6 87.2
149 6.55 nd nd nd nd nd nd 2.69 5.56 3.95 nd 8.49 1.92 2.91 nd 3.30 nd nd 2.25 nd nd nd nd 53.2 83.9
150 8.00 nd nd nd nd nd nd 2.50 4.27 3.18 nd 6.86 nd 2.92 nd 2.65 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 47.1 68.7
151 8.01 1.43 nd 2.45 3.35 nd nd 4.36 6.64 5.55 nd 11.9 2.40 5.55 nd 4.19 nd nd 3.05 nd nd nd nd 71.3 117
Meana 7.72 <MDL nd <MDL <MDL nd nd 3.06 5.66 4.02 nd 8.97 <MDL 3.54 nd 3.53 nd nd <MDL nd nd nd nd 57.0 89.2
Std. dev. 0.792             0.87 1.03 1.07   2.11   1.34   0.699               10.3 20.3
Station TA3
152 7.92 nd nd 2.93 3.12 nd nd 2.02 7.74 4.14 nd 9.83 2.36 3.15 nd 4.55 nd nd 4.45 nd nd nd nd 65.3 105
153 6.08 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 3.78 1.90 nd 5.23 nd nd nd 2.43 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 37.5 53.4
154 8.24 1.44 nd 3.74 4.83 nd nd 3.22 8.89 5.46 nd 15.1 2.97 3.79 nd 5.64 nd nd 5.72 nd nd nd nd 81.5 137
155 3.41 1.58 nd 4.80 6.90 nd nd 5.76 12.3 9.00 nd 18.1 3.89 8.80 2.58 6.87 nd nd 5.24 nd nd nd nd 100 182
156b 9.57 nd nd 4.61 5.52 nd nd 5.95 12.1 10.1 nd 23.2 4.60 8.01 nd 9.47 nd nd 7.15 2.40 nd nd nd 117 203
Meana 7.04 <MDL nd 3.42 4.36 nd nd 3.55 8.96 6.12 nd 14.3 2.92 4.93 <MDL 5.79 nd nd 4.51 <MDL nd nd nd 80.3 119
Std. dev. 2.38     1.53 2.12     2.27 3.51 3.40   7.01 1.47 3.36   2.62     2.71         30.8 54.1
Probability of Interstation Differences
P valuec 0.37               0.13 0.36   0.27                       0.22 0.22

Summary Statistics (n = 14)

Meana 5.20 <MDL nd <MDL 3.18 nd nd 3.18 6.34 4.85 nd 10.7 2.18 4.44 <MDL 4.15 nd nd 3.24 <MDL nd nd nd 58.7 98.1
Std. dev. 3.21       2.65     1.94 4.11 3.19   6.95 1.80 3.04   3.17     2.65         37.3 64.3
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 C10

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