Table 4.

Comparison of Bottlenose Dolphin MEHP and MEP Urinary Concentrations to Reported Concentrations in Bile and Urine for Other Marine and Aquatic Species

Metabolite	Species	N	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Units	Matrix	Location	Paper
MEHP	Bottlenose Dolphina	17	<LOD	5.9	2.4	1.6	ng/ml	Urine	Sarasota Bay, Florida, USA	This study
	Alligator	9	<1.20	35,700	4,540	11,800	ng/ml	Urine	Everglades, Florida, USA	Brock et al. (2016)
	Alligator	10	<1.20	11,500	1,490	1,290	ng/ml	Urine	Okeechobee – Belle Glade, Florida, USA	Brock et al. (2016)
	Alligator	10	<1.20	11,100	1,290	3,470	ng/ml	Urine	Okeechobee – Moonshine Bay, Florida, USA	Brock et al. (2016)
	Alligator	9	<1.20	506	56.4	‐	ng/ml	Urine	Woodruff, Florida, USA	Brock et al. (2016)
	Roach	1	‐	‐	15.5	‐	ng/ml	Bile	Orge River, France	Valton et al. (2014)
	Thicklip Gray Mullet	29	<LOD	20,581	2,532.8	4,203.6	ng/ml	Bile	South East Bay of Biscay	Ros et al. (2015)
MEP	Bottlenose Dolphina	17	<LOD	33.4	9.6	12.7	ng/ml	Urine	Sarasota Bay, Florida, USA	This study
	Roach	4	‐	‐	53	15.3	ng/ml	Bile	Orge River, France	Valton et al. (2014)

^aMean and S.D. calculated for concentrations at or above the LOD (MEP n = 7; MEHP n = 9).