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. 2007 Jun 8;115(Suppl 1):28–34. doi: 10.1289/ehp.9354

Table 1.

Characteristics of analyzed set of fish samples from rivers Vltava and Elbe; mean value and coefficient of variation [CV (%)].

Vltava River
Elbe River
Fish Hluboká n/V Podolí Klecany Kunětice Srnojedy Hřensko
Chub
 No. of samples 10 7 4 7 7 10
 Age (year) 5 (25) 4 (31) 5 (36) 6 (24) 6 (20) 7 (19)
 Weight (g) 666 (44) 454 (68) 691 (58) 440 (90) 382 (54) 643 (62)
 Lipids (%) 2.7 (13) 2.1 (20) 3.2 (24) 1.9 (21) 2.1 (36) 3.1 (16)
Bream
 No. of samples 3 5 2 5 5 5
 Age (years) 4 (39) 7 (25) 7 (19) 8 (18) 8 (14) 8 (11)
 Weight (g) 415 (65) 908 (45) 1,267 (14) 763 (44) 637 (34) 733 (34)
 Lipids (%) 4.0 (23) 3.6 (14) 3.6 (13) 2.1 (17) 2.1 (16) 3.0 (18)
Barbel
 No. of samples NA 2 5 6 3 5
 Age (years) NA 6 (10) 5 (32) 8 (24) 7 (46) 10 (3)
 Weight (g) NA 1,120 (37) 1,136 (55) 786 (72) 618 (105) 1,642 (20)
 Lipids (%) NA 3.4 (12) 4.8 (20) 4.0 (20) 3.6 (87) 3.0 (11)
Perch
 No. of samples 6 5 2 3 5 6
 Age (years) 3 (33) 3 (24) 3 (31) 4 (29) 6 (22) 5 (11)
 Weight (g) 126 (114) 149 (55) 71 (40) 76 (65) 248 (78) 144 (38)
 Lipids (%) 0.7 (31) 1.0 (21) 0.63 (18) 0.8 (27) 0.9 (21) 0.8 (13)

NA, not analyzed.