Table 1.
Occurrence of extracardiac morphological defects in relation to egg size and ΣPAH
Species | Egg diameter (mm) | Percent with tail and axial defects (%) | ΣPAH (µg/L)* |
Bluefin tuna | 1 | 73.4 ± 8.6 | 8.5 (9.4) |
Yellowfin tuna | 1 | 15.6 ± 6.0 | 3.4 (3.9) |
Amberjack | 1.2 | 29 ± 4.6 | 13.8 (ND) |
Values in parentheses are sum of 50 PAHs listed in Table S1.