Contaminant Exposure in Juvenile Salmon: Append. Table 8

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NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NWFSC-8: Contaminant Exposure in Juvenile Salmon (cont): App. Table 8


Table A-8.
The results (mean ± standard error) of chemical and biochemical measures of chemical contaminant exposure in juvenile chinook salmon from the individual hatcheries sampled from Puget Sound rivers in Washington during 1989 and 1990.


Hepatic


Hatchery

Year

Biliary FACsproa

PCBs


AHH

DNA adducts

Green River Hatchery
1989

160 ± 10
(2)b

54 ± 45
(2)

190 ± 9
(2)

8.8 ± 4.2
(2)

1990

250 ± 15
(2)

42 ± 1
(3)

95 ± 14
3)

4.9 ± 0.3
(2)
Puyallup River Hatchery
1989
130 ± 7
(2)
32 ± 2
(2)
170 ± 4
(2)
6.9 ± 1.7
2)

1990

90 ± 12
(3)

48 ± 5
(3)

91 ± 19
(3)

5.5 ± 0.4
(3)
Skykomish River Hatchery
1989
114 (1)
64 ± 2
(2)
120 ± 5
(2)
5.7 ± 2.0
(2)

1990

NSc

NS

NS

NS
Kalama Creek Hatchery
1989
150 ± 26
(2)
50 (1)
62 ±25
(2)
4.9 (1)

1990

59 ± 18
(2)

48 ±5
(3)

66 ±9
(3)

4.6 ± 0.4
3)

a Biliary fluorescent compounds (ng benzo[a]pyrene equivalents per gram biliary protein).

b Value in the parentheses represents the number of sample composites that were analyzed. Each composite was composed of tissue or bile from generally 60 juvenile chinook salmon.

c Not sampled.

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