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. 2010 May 21;76(14):4647–4654. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03095-09

TABLE 1.

Location, PSP impact factor, peak cell number, and peak PST concentration for each stationa

Basin Station name PSP impact factor Peak cell no. (cells/liter) Peak PST (μg/100 g of shellfish tissue)
Main Port Ludlow Marina 35 31,800 17,000
Main Dockton 15 302,200 2,000
Main Kingston Marina 14 37,700 8,400
Main Point Vashon 11 9,100 3,500
Main S. Indian Island 11 6,300 4,800
Strait of Juan de Fuca Ediz Hook 10 57,700 1,700
Main Tramp Harbor 9 400 3,600
South Point Defiance 9 36,900 1,100
Main Edmonds Marina 7 140,100 5,500
Northwest Fort Worden 7 4,700 2,300
Main Oak Bay County Park 6 1,600 1,500
Main Port Orchard 6 243,900 1,400
Main Silverdale 6 526,900b 1,300
Northwest Pitship Point 6 14,300 1,000
Main Mats Mats Bay 5 77,700 1,500
Main Poulsbo Marina 5 812,500b 1,000
North Cattle Point 5 3,100 100
Northwest Sequim Bay 5 33,700 900
South Des Moines 5 17,700 2,700
South Horse Head Bay 5 2,600 600
Main Shilshole Bay 4 8,500 2,000
South Day Island 4 1,700 1,000
North Crandell Spit 3 10,800 200
South Steilacoom 2 2,500 200
Main Port Gamble 1 7,900 300
Northwest Discovery Bay 1 264,100 200
South Wollochet Bay 1 4,500 200
Main Scow Bay 0 8,700 50
Hood Canal Case Shoal 0 2,100 <40
Hood Canal Hoodsport 0 100 NDc
Hood Canal Quilcene Bay 0 10 ND
Hood Canal Union 0 10 ND
North Cornet Bay 0 1,300 <40
North Westcott Bay 0 7,100 <40
South Allyn 0 600 ND
South Boston Harbor 0 1,600 ND
South Filucy Bay 0 7,600 40
South Penrose State Park 0 160,200 70
South Zittel's 0 900 ND
Strait of Juan de Fuca Neah Bay 0 100 <40
Whidbey Everett Marina 0 30 ND
a

Stations are sorted by PSP impact factor.

b

Stations where the cell number is greater than 500,000 cell liter−1 are outside the range (5 to 500,000 cells liter−1) of cell numbers that can be confidently predicted from the qPCR standards.

c

ND, not detectable.