Table 5:

Descriptive statistics for PBDEs in sentinel fish (ng/g lipid)

	Troutman Lake Stickleback (nc=3)			Tapi River Stickleback (nc=2)		Suqi River Stickleback (nc=10)				Suqi River Blackfish (n=41)
	C1	C2	C3	C1	C2	median	min	max	% detect	median	min	max	% detect
BDE-15	2.83	2.25	1.90	0.01	0.00	0.00	<LOD	0.03	50	<LOD	<LOD	0.03	15
BDE-17/ 25	9.68	8.47	10.04	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.08	40	<LOD	<LOD	0.07	32
BDE-28/33	39.16	33.60	30.43	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.07	100	0.03	<LOD	0.13	76
BDE-37	0.74	0.66	0.62	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.02	20	<LOD	<LOD	0.07	34
BDE-47	650.17	502.92	525.45	2.12	0.79	0.57	0.30	1.14	100	0.90	0.32	5.90	100
BDE-49	111.33	91.25	97.45	0.42	0.34	0.25	0.10	0.55	100	0.25	0.05	1.14	100
BDE-51	0.67	0.64	0.47	0.01	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.04	10	<LOD	<LOD	0.01	2
BDE-66	10.29	8.86	6.02	0.04	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.19	30	<LOD	<LOD	0.13	32
BDE-71	1.59	2.13	4.94	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.05	20	<LOD	<LOD	0.03	10
BDE-75	0.80	0.70	0.52	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	0.03	5
BDE-79	0.39	0.43	<LOD	0.03	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.01	10	<LOD	<LOD	0.05	22
BDE-85	0.09	0.07	0.29	0.01	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.01	40	0.02	<LOD	0.38	54
BDE-99	170.36	133.13	168.01	0.41	0.30	0.31	0.20	0.98	100	0.49	0.03	6.85	100
BDE-100	124.61	94.42	102.32	0.38	0.14	0.14	0.05	0.19	100	0.16	0.06	1.45	100
BDE-119/120	1.85	1.38	3.17	0.03	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.03	20	<LOD	<LOD	0.06	5
BDE-126	0.20	0.15	<LOD	0.01	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0
BDE-128	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0
BDE-138/166	0.02	0.02	0.09	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	0.58	5
BDE-140	0.08	0.06	0.10	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0
BDE-153	14.94	11.82	14.87	0.06	0.05	0.04	<LOD	0.08	90	0.06	<LOD	0.54	73
BDE-154	33.00	24.25	27.02	0.14	0.08	0.07	<LOD	0.10	90	0.09	<LOD	0.50	90
BDE-155	1.55	1.17	1.52	0.05	0.01	0.01	<LOD	0.03	60	<LOD	<LOD	0.04	12
BDE-183	0.01	0.01	<LOD	0.01	0.04	<LOD	<LOD	0.04	20	<LOD	<LOD	0.32	37
BDE-190	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.01	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	0.02	5
BDE-203	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.03	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.10	10	<LOD	<LOD	0.23	17
BDE-206	0.02	<LOD	<LOD	0.01	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	2.21	30	<LOD	<LOD	4.09	29
BDE-207	0.01	<LOD	<LOD	0.02	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	2.05	30	<LOD	<LOD	6.94	27
BDE-208	0.01	<LOD	<LOD	0.02	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	1.54	20	<LOD	<LOD	4.03	29
BDE-209	0.12	<LOD	<LOD	0.41	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	42.12	20	<LOD	<LOD	57.07	34

LOD=level of detection; % detect=percent of samples above LOD; nc=number of composite samples, each composed of ~10 stickleback