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Table 4.2.3.2. PCP Tissue levels and Bioaccumulation Factors Relative to the Sediments.

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Site

CMM

CPM

CAL

CAM

LAL

LAM

MAC

PP

PT

mean micrograms per kilogram in the tissues

C-1

           

3

   

1-M

 

3

   

24

3

     

2-F

   

140

40

     

<1

 

3-F

   

600

14

     

<1

 

4-F

   

300

74

100

3

   

3

5-F

   

3

12

470

5

     

6-M

<1

     

35

3

     

7-M

3

7

   

210

13

     

8-M

16

     

3

3

     

9-M

3

               

10-M

17

     

2100

3

<1

   

11-M

8

     

640

84

     

mean bioaccumulation factors relative to the sediments

C-1

                 

1-M

 

0.08

   

0.69

0.8

     

2-F

   

4

1.1

     

0.03

 

3-F

   

56

1.3

     

0.09

 

4-F

   

17

4.1

5.5

0.18

   

0.18

5-F

   

0.6

2.4

94

1.0

     

6-M

0.02

     

0.66

0.06

     

7-M

0.03

0.7

   

2.0

0.12

     

8-M

1.0

     

0.18

0.18

     

9-M

0.06

               

10-M

1.3

     

160

0.23

0.08

   

11-M

0.04

     

3.4

0.45

     

From Reference 87. See also the footnotes following Table 4.2.3.3.

CMM-crab, Cancer magister, muscle
CPM-crab, Cancer productus, muscle
CAL-prickly sculpin, Cottus asper, liver
CAM-prickly sculpin, Cottus asper, muscle
MAC-clam, Macoma balthica, whole animal
PP-crayfish, Pacifactacus lenuisculus, pincers
PT-crayfish, Pacifactacus lenuisculus, tail
LAL-staghorn sculpin, Leptocottus armatus, liver
LAM-staghorn sculpin, Leptocottus armatus, muscle

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