FIGURE 2.7. Fluorescent aromatic compounds (FACs) in bile of English sole and rock sole. Values are mean concentrations ± SE. n = number of analyses. ng BaP eq/mg bile protein = nanograms BaP wavelength equivalents/milligram bile protein. Site abbreviations: Colvos = Colvos Passage; 11th St = 11th Street Bridge; LTB = Lower Turning Basin; UTB = Upper Turning Basin. BaP = Mean values for benzo[a]pyrene wavelength equivalents (sum of high molecular weight FACs); NPH = mean values for naphthalene wavelength equivalents (sum of low molecular weight FACs); PHN = mean values for phenanthrene wavelength equivalents (sum of mid-level molecular weight FACs). Biliary FACs have been adjusted for protein concentration.

^a p value is the comparison between Hylebos Waterway sites and the Colvos Passage reference site.
^b p value is the comparison of UTB or LTB with the 11th Street Bridge site.
^c p value is the comparison between the UTB and LTB sites.

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