Table 5.

Habitat effect on presence of raised skin lesions, skin neoplasms and liver neoplasms of white sucker captured in the St. Louis River area of concern below Fond du Lac dam

Group	Total	% Upper estuarya	% Lower estuarya	% Lake
Raised lesions	21	45	26	29
No raised lesions	42	26	28	45
Skin neoplasm	6	43	21	36
No neoplasm	57	32	28	40
Liver neoplasm	6	47	23	30
No neoplasm	141	33	37	30

For skin lesions and skin neoplasms only age 9+ are included, for liver neoplasms all white sucker are included

Bold values indicate the habitat with the greatest effect on each response

^aUpper Estuary is site D, Lower Estuary includes Superior Bay (C) and St. Louis Bay (AB)