Table 4. Organochlorine compounds in whole sculpin tissue from sites in the Puget Sound Basin, September 1995 (micrograms per kilogram wet weight unless otherwise specified; MDL, method detection limit; nd, nondetect or below MDL; E, estimated value MDL; (), detection different from MDL) | ||||||||||||||||||
Site type | agricultural | agricultural | agricultural | agricultural | urban | urban | urban | urban | urban | urban | urban | urban | urban | forest | reference | reference | reference | |
MDL | Bertrand Creek near Lynden, WA | Fishtrap Creek at Flynn Road at Lynden, WA | Newaukum Creek near Black Diamond, WA | Nooksack River at Brennan, WA | Big Soos Creek above hatchery near Auburn, WA | Dwamish River at golf course at Tukwila, WA | Juanita Creek at La Juanita, WA | West Branch Kelsey Creek at Bellevue, WA | Leach Creek near Steilacoom, WA | Miller Creek near Des Moines, WA | North Creek below Penny Creek near Bothell, WA | Thornton Creek near Seattle, WA | Green river above Twin Camp Creek near Lester, WA | Nooksack River at North Cedarville, WA | Rock Creek near Maple Valley, WA | Rock Creek at Cedar Falls Road near Landsburg, WA | North Fork Skokomish River at Staircase Rapids near Hoodsport, WA | |
USGS site number | 12212500 | 12212100 | 12108500 | 12213140 | 12112600 | 12113390 | 12120490 | 12119850 | 12091300 | 12103326 | 12125900 | 12128000 | 12103380 | 12210700 | 12118500 | 12117695 | 12056500 | |
Aldrin | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
DCPA | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Dieldrin | 5 | nd | 7.2 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 10 | 9.9 | nd | 7.9 | nd | 27 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Endrin | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Heptachlor | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Heptachlor epoxide | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 6.9 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Hexachlorobenzene | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 7.1 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Lindane (gamma HCH) | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Mirex | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Oxychlordane | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 9 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 12 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Pentachloroanisole | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Total PCB | 50 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 110 | 120 | nd | nd | nd | 310 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Toxaphene | 200 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Alpha-BHC | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Beta-BHC | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
cis-Chlordane | 5 | nd | 11 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 14 | 12 | 6.2 | 9.1 | nd | 30 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
cis-Nonachlor | 5 | nd | 6.4 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 5.8 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 12 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Delta-BCH | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
o,p'-DDD | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
o,p'-DDE | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
o,p-Methoxychlor | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
p,p'-DDD | 5 | nd | 8.1 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 17E | nd | nd | nd | 55E | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
p,p'-DDE | 5 | 30 | 27 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 18 | 18 | 5 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 97 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
p,p'-DDT | 5 | nd(6.4) | 21 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd(5.8) | nd | nd | 7.5 | nd | 64 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
p,p-Methoxychlor | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
trans-Chlordane | 5 | nd | 5.2 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 7.2 | nd | nd | nd | 14 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
trans-Nonachlor | 5 | nd | 14 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 15 | 14 | 6 | 13 | nd | 32 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Sample weight | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10.1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
Lipids % | 4.2 | 3 | 2.1 | 2 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.1 |
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