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Table 3.6.1 Summary of Chlorophenol Data from the Fraser Estuary, 1973-1987.

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Dichlorophenols

sample type

n<MDC

n>MDC

mean>MDC

std. dev.

max.

sediment

9

0

-

-

-

water

109

14

0.018

0.039

0.0152

fish-muscle

49

69

67.6

131

736

fish-liver

19

27

44.8

38.2

207

invertebrates

4

0

-

-

-

Trichlorophenols

sample type

n<MDC

n>MDC

mean>MDC

std. dev.

max.

sediment

139

16

7.39

3.8

15.1

water

49

99

0.024

0.021

0.116

fish-muscle

174

88

58.1

193

1442

fish-liver

43

12

19.8

9.55

34.5

invertebrates

10

17

225

468

2000

Tetrachlorophenols

sample type

n<MDC

n>MDC

mean>MDC

std. dev.

max.

sediment

116

132

11.0

14.5

90

water

32

174

0.705

1.66

14.8

fish-muscle

65

292

95.7

269

2522

fish-liver

30

61

67.0

91.9

520

invertebrates

25

27

388

702

3000

Pentachlorophenol

sample type

n<MDC

n>MDC

mean>MDC

std. dev.

max.

sediment

128

129

12.6

19.5

107

water

40

166

0.159

0.326

2.71

fish-muscle

54

311

134

344

3200

fish-liver

24

67

105

167

1030

invertebrates

24

28

392

907

4200

Table 3.6.1 (continued)

Total Chlorophenols

sample type

n<MDC

n>MDC

mean>MDC

std. dev.

max.

sediment

120

137

23.2

29.9

180

water

28

178

0.852

1.94

17.5

fish-muscle

55

315

252

699

6239

fish-liver

24

69

182

246

1550

invertebrates

21

31

816

1830

9200

From Reference 693. Data in µg/L (water) or µg/g (dry for sediments) and (wet for organisms). MDC = minimum detectable concentration; this varies with the sample and the chlorophenol since this is composite data from many sources and analytical techniques.

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