Table 4.

Mean contaminant levels (ng/g wet weight) and percent lipids in whole fish for species grouped into feeding guilds based on feeding strategy and prey items.

Feeding Guild	Fish	PCBs	PBDEs	OCPs	Total POPs	Lipid %
Mid-predator	Red Drum¹	42.6^a	1.67	12.7^a,A	56.9^a,A	3.83^a,A
Nekton (crustaceans, fish)	Seatrout¹
Low-predator	Croaker²	56.8	1.94	24.8^a,A	83.6	8.46^a,A
Benthic infauna/epifauna	Spot²
Herbivore	Mullet³	87.1	2.35	39.7	129.1	9.18
Detritivores Planktivores Herbivores

⁴

Cardona et al. (2015).

p < 0.05 compared to herbivores unadjusted.

p < 0.05 compared to herbivores adjusted.

Wenner et al. (1990).

Mississippi Sound and the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Research Reports, 6: 145–152; https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lA4fRQ19UtDSzhcsLFw-h7SJVxUlvvxO.

Smith et al. (1984).