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Table 4.2.3.3. TTCP 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

 

6

   

69

6

     

2-F

   

89

100

     

<1

 

3-F

   

320

80

     

3

 

4-F

   

96

10

74

3

   

3

5-F

   

82

5

480

8

     

6-M

8

     

63

9

     

7-M

3

3

   

470

8

     

8-M

20

     

29

10

     

9-M

6.6

               

10-M

5

     

1600

8

12

   

11-M

3

     

430

34

     

mean bioaccumulation factors relative to the sediments

C-1

                 

1-M

 

0.15.

   

1.7

0.15

     

2-F

   

3.2

3.6

     

0.04

 

3-F

   

12

2.9

     

0.12

 

4-F

   

4.4

0.5

3.4

0.12

   

0.12

5-F

   

8.2

0.5

48

1.31

     

6-M

0.08

     

0.64

0.09

     

7-M

0.012

0.012

   

1.7

0.03

     

8-M

1.0

     

1.5

0.51

     

9-M

0.1

               

10-M

0.21

     

70

0.35

0.50

   

11-M

0.158

     

2.7

0.22

     

See also the footnotes following Table 4.2.3.2.
Table 4.2.3.2 (continued)

C-1: Control, Roberts Bank north of the coal port causeway.
1-M: Marine, Burrard Inlet west of Lynn Creek on the North Shore at Seaboard Terminals.
2-F: Freshwater, Fraser River at Coquitlam, D/S of the Pitt River at Crown Zellerbach.
3-F: Freshwater, Fraser River at Coquitlam, D/S of the Pitt River at Domtar.
4-F: Freshwater, Fraser River, Burnaby side, opposite the east end of Lulu Island at Canadian White Pine.
5-F: Freshwater, Fraser River Estuary, D/S of the swing bridge at the SE corner of Lulu Island at Laters Chemicals.
6-M: Marine, Squamish Estuary, east of the main river channel at Empire Mills.
7-M: Marine, Victoria Harbour at the outfall U/S of the Johnson St. Bridge at BCFP.
8-M: Marine, Cowichan Estuary, channel near outfall and deepsea docks at Nanaimo.
9-M: Marine, Nanaimo Harbour, near outfalls and deepsea docks by Domans and CIPA Lumber.
10-M: Marine, Nanaimo Estuary, booming grounds near outfall at Mayo Forest Products.
11-M: Marine, Port Alberni Harbour, near outfalls at C M & B., Alberni Pacific and Somass Divisions.
From Reference 87.

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