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. 2020 Mar 4;54(7):4026–4035. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06666

Table 2. Average Efficiencies, TMFs, Root-Mean-Squared-Errors (RMSEs), Median Symmetric Accuracies (ξ), and Coefficients of Variation for Efficiencies and TMFs per Compound Group in the Svalbard Archipelago. Different Letters Indicate Significant Differences Between Groups (p < 0.05, ANOVA).

  efficiency Log10 TMF            
  (±S.E.) (±S.E.) RMSE of OMEGA fit ξ SSPB CVefficiency CVRMSE CVTMF
PBDEs (N = 2) 0.399 (±0.243)A 0.36 (±0.03)A 1.75 (±0.02)A 145.37 (±69.19)A 60.65% (±87.97)AB 25.7% (±33.3)B 24.4% (±0.8)A 16.02% (±4.7)A
PCBs (N = 10) 0.301 (±0.405)A 0.41 (±0.11)A 1.72 (±0.54)A 398.84 (±271.14)A 252.84% (±256.71)A 30.3% (±45.2)B 14.1% (±8.3)A 15.5% (±5.6)A
HCB (N = 1) 0.183A 0.41A 1.55A 251.23A –93.64%B 130%A 18.5%A 9.3%AB
DDTs (N = 2) 0.469 (±0.065)A 0.53 (±0.02)A 1.45 (±0.37)A 228.34 (±64.01)A 68.3% (±45.34)AB 12.9% (±15.6)B 16.7% (±5.6)A 10.9% (±0.38)AB
cyclodienes (N = 4) 0.535 (±0.12)A 0.65 (±0.15)A 1.83 (±0.65)A 190.55 (±110.07)A 36.26% (±54.59)AB 7.9% (±7.7)B 25.9% (±12.1)A 15.9% (±4.1)A
HCHs (N = 3) 0.092 (±0.47)A 0.33 (±0.08)A 1.57 (±0.40)A 168.35 (±3.71)A –33.57% (±53.95)B 57.9% (±70.1)AB 13.2% (±18.6)A 8.6% (±3.9)AB
total 0.342 (±0.33) 0.45 (±0.12) 1.69 (±0.47) 284.29% (±213.76) 124.41 (±212.75) 32.5% (±46) 18.3% (±9.6) 14.02% (±5.2)