"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; (), value different from MDL)"																															
Site type		agricultural	agricultural	agricultural	agricultural	urban	urban	urban	urban	urban	urban	urban	urban	urban	forest	reference	reference	reference													
	MRL	"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