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Table 2. Mean concentrations
(g/g [ppm] wet weight) of arsenic,
cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, silver, and zinc in
muscle of bluefish, summer flounder, black sea bass, and tautog from
the New York Bight Apex |
|
Ag |
Cd |
Cr |
Cu |
Ni |
Pb |
Zn |
As |
Hg |
Bluefish (na=14) |
Mean |
0.0411 |
0.165 |
0.442 |
0.453 |
0.160 |
0.288 |
11.4 |
0.49 |
0.1021 |
Std. dev. |
0.0091 |
0.049 |
0.219 |
0.132 |
0.075 |
0.096 |
3.92 |
0.11 |
0.0224 |
Summer
Flounder (na=14) |
Mean |
0.0221 |
0.120 |
0.141 |
0.259 |
0.132 |
0.155 |
3.69 |
1.72 |
0.0358 |
Std. dev. |
0.0069 |
0.029 |
0.067 |
0.071 |
0.053 |
0.058 |
0.64 |
0.30 |
0.0084 |
Black
Sea Bass (na=14) |
Mean |
0.0353 |
0.145 |
0.408 |
0.423 |
0.184 |
0.252 |
4.83 |
3.65 |
0.0504 |
Std. dev. |
.0.0051 |
0.040 |
0.190 |
0.134 |
0.084 |
0.110 |
0.97 |
1.09 |
0.0151 |
Tautog
(na=14) |
Mean |
0.0271 |
0.109 |
0.190 |
0.339 |
0.138 |
0.173 |
4.28 |
1.02 |
0.0811 |
Std. dev. |
0.0092 |
0.017 |
0.105 |
0.090 |
0.059 |
0.064 |
1.04 |
0.17 |
0.0223 |
an = number
of composites analyzed. |
Table 3
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