| Table 5. Metals in whole sculpin tissue from sites in the Puget Sound Basin, September 1995 (microgram per gram or ppm dry weight; MDL, method detection limit; nd, nondetect or below 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 | |
| Arsenic | 0.2 | nd | 0.4 | nd | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Barium | 0.1 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 9.2 | 3.2 |
| Beryllium | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd(0.3) | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Boron | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Cadmium | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 0.3 | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd(0.3) | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Chromium | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| Cobalt | 0.2 | nd | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | nd | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd(0.3) | nd | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Copper | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2 | 2 | 1.9 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Iron | 1 | 167 | 160 | 79.7 | 250 | 84.4 | 153 | 45.5 | 46.7 | 54.9 | 73.2 | 40.3 | 71.3 | 71.7 | 113 | 29.6 | 51.7 | 156 |
| Lead | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd | 1.1 | nd | nd | 0.2 | 0.3 | nd | 0.2 | nd(0.3) | 1 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Manganese | 0.1 | 11.2 | 32.6 | 21.6 | 18.6 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 28.5 | 21.1 | 57.6 | 7.3 | 32.1 | 15.5 | 6.1 | 17 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 7.8 |
| Mercury | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.66 | 0.76 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.25 | nd | 0.18 | 0.4 | 0.1 | nd(0.1) |
| Molybdenum | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd | 0.3 | nd | 0.2 | nd | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd(0.3) | nd | 0.2 | 0.2 | nd | 0.2 | nd |
| Nickel | 0.2 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 |
| Selenium | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 4.8 |
| Silver | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd(0.3) | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Strontium | 0.1 | 31.3 | 49.8 | 65.2 | 98.9 | 57.5 | 44.4 | 38.2 | 27.4 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 75 | 43.7 | 28.1 | 66.6 | 79.2 | 123 | 105 |
| Uranium | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd(0.3) | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Vanadium | 0.1 | nd | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Zinc | 0.5 | 129 | 41 | 61.5 | 71 | 59.1 | 51 | 66.5 | 128 | 71.4 | 49.6 | 58.6 | 58.1 | 68.1 | 58 | 66.7 | 72.4 | 55.9 |
| % water | 78.3 | 76.9 | 79.9 | 80.1 | 78.6 | 77.4 | 72.8 | 74.9 | 77.6 | 75.8 | 77.3 | 75.7 | 78.5 | 74.2 | 76.5 | 78.2 | 75 | |
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