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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2008 Apr 28;398(0):20–25. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.051

Table 3.

Metal levels (ng/g=ppb, dry weight) in feathers of black oystercatchers and black-legged kittiwakes collected from Prince William Sound in 2004

Feathers
χ2(p)
Black oystercatchers Black-legged kittiwakes
n=44 n=61
Arsenic 321±31.5
251		 166±18.6
38.2		 17.0 (<0.0001)
Cadmium 91.3±7.05
78.5		 32.8±3.20
16.0		 48.4 (<0.0001)
Chromium 2030±438
1270		 954±129
699		 14.4 (0.0002)
Lead 1250±101
1102		 707±131
455		 36.9 (<0.0001)
Manganese 1100±93
959		 751±74
607		 13.9 (0.0002)
Mercury 1240±100
1060		 2910±186
2440		 37.2 (<0.0001)
Selenium 8000±511
7270		 2420±112
2120		 64.3 (<0.0001)

Given are arithmetic means±SE (geometric means below) with Kruskal–Wallis Chi Square values and p values in parentheses. NS=p>0.10.