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NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NWFSC-8: Contaminant Exposure in Juvenile Salmon (cont): Figure 9

Figure 9. The primary in vivo antibody titer to the TNP hapten at 0,4,9 weeks post primary injection as determined by as ELISA. The units of anti-TNP activity/µL of plasma were determined for chinook salmon collected from the Kalama Creek Hatchery (represented by lightly shaded box) and from the Nisqually River Estuary (darkly shaded box). The vertical bars represent one standard error above the mean. An average of 8 salmon were examined per time point. (Adapted from Arkooosh et al. 1991.)

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