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NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NWFSC-8: Contaminant Exposure in Juvenile Salmon (cont): Figure 2

Figure 2. Biliary fluorescent aromatic compounds (FACs) (ng BaP equiv/mg bile protein) in juvenile salmon from estuaries and hatcheries sampled from Puget Sound, Washington in 1989 and 1990, BaP = benzo[a]pyrene. The bars represent the mean ± standard error. The sample size (n) equals the number of bile composites that were anaylzed. Site abbreviations are: Hatch=Combined hatcheries of the estuarine systems sampled in 1989 or 1990, DW=Duwamish Waterway, CB=Commencement Bay, SE=Snohomish River Estuary, and NE=Nisqually River Estuary. The letter (a) indicates values that are significantly different than for salmon from combined catcheries and the NE, and (b) indicates values that are signficantly different than for salmon from the combined hatcheries and the NE, and (b) indicates values that are significantly different than for salmon from the NE only. The results (mean ± standard error) for the individual hatcheries is presented in Appendix Table A-8.

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