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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2020 Dec 20;194:110629. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110629

Table 2:

Forage fish MeHg and THg concentrations by site and species. Fish length values and %MeHg are available in Supplemental Table S3. LNST denotes MeHg concentration length normalized and standardized to a 60mm fish.

system site
code		 sample
year		 Fundulus heteroclitus Menidia menidia Data
Source
mean ± st. dev.
MeHg (ng/g DW)		 range MeHg
(ng/g DW)		 n mean ± st. dev. MeHg
LNST (ng/g DW)		 mean ± st. dev.
THg (ng/g DW)		 range THg
(ng/g DW)		 n
Berry's Creek 3A 2016 658 ± 192 502-931 5 437 ± 159 1380 ± 384 1032-1982 5
Berry's Creek EU 2016 830 ± 498 332-1465 5 534 ± 286
Berry's Creek ST 2016 851 ± 284 565-1237 5 478 ± 188
Chesapeake JP-H 2013 26 ± 23 7-118 27 26 ± 15 48 ± 48 23-166 8 Taylor et al., 2019
Chesapeake JP-L 2013 31 ± 9 13-50 19 26 ± 9 48 ± 25 15-90 12 Taylor et al., 2019
Chesapeake PC-H 2013 18 ± 4 11-24 5 15 ± 3 28 ± 19 15-76 17 Taylor et al., 2019
Chesapeake PC-L 2013 27 ± 5 23-31 4 23 ± 4 33 ± 10 24-49 5 Taylor et al., 2019
Delaware River BW 2012 61 ± 16 47-83 4 49 ± 15 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River FS 2012 44 ± 13 20-61 12 46 ± 10 77 ± 21 59-107 4 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River GC 2012 50 ± 8 41-57 3 87 ± 11 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River LM 2012 123 ± 57 83-245 7 117 ± 50 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River NB 2012 89 ± 141 19-489 10 87 ± 115 59 ± 2 58-61 3 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River PL 2012 91 ± 23 59-128 6 85 ± 17 64 ± 15 54-82 3 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River PT 2012 121 ± 59 68-208 5 105 ± 37 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River SB 2012 48 ± 28 18-88 7 59 ± 38 69 ± 8 60-77 3 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River SB-H 2015 103 ± 35 76-162 5 107 ± 46 101 ± 20 82-133 5
Delaware River SB-L 2015 100 ± 26 72-129 5
Delaware River SL 2012 130 ± 57 57-261 14 133 ± 56 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River TB 2012 59 ± 21 13-89 9 56 ± 21 Buckman et al., 2017
Delaware River WB-H 2015 111 ± 30 81-156 5 111 ± 30 72 ± 15 60-90 5
Delaware River WB-L 2015 153 ± 49 95-217 5 157 ± 47 85 ± 7 73-91 5
Hackensack River LH 2016 410 ± 86 276-492 5 297 ± 87 267 ± 146 188-529 5
Hackensack River RP 2016 317 ± 49 270-390 5 265 ± 32 858 ± 269 538-1140 5
Hackensack River VP 2016 126 ± 42 89-188 5
Long Island Sound BI-H 2013 42 ± 15 29-66 5 55 ± 19 169 ± 19 153-190 5 Taylor et al., 2019
Long Island Sound BI-H 2015 50 ± 26 24-85 5 48 ± 26 157 ± 58 84-241 5
Long Island Sound BI-L 2013 179 ± 44 119-241 5 Taylor et al., 2019
Long Island Sound BI-L 2015 130 ± 34 82-161 5 122 ± 24 185 ± 22 164-217 5
Long Island Sound GC-H 2013 14 ± 6 8-21 5 17 ± 5 70 ± 11 50-80 5 Taylor et al., 2019
Long Island Sound GC-H 2015 46 ± 11 35-64 5 45 ± 7 99 ± 24 66-130 5
Long Island Sound GC-L 2013 14 1 33 103 ± 34 79-163 5 Taylor et al., 2019
Mt. Desert Island BH-H 2013 63 ± 33 23-166 40 67 ± 31 189 ± 49 110-269 15 Taylor et al., 2019
Mt. Desert Island BH-L 2013 84 ± 24 55-148 12 106 ± 37 118 ± 34 60-217 23 Taylor et al., 2019
Mt. Desert Island NEC-H 2013 111 ± 28 80-137 5 122 ± 33 Taylor et al., 2019
Mt. Desert Island NEC-L 2013 81 ± 62 21-167 5 83 ± 64 104 ± 27 78-149 5 Taylor et al., 2019
Penobscot River O 2016 433 ± 116 304-575 5 475 ± 117
Penobscot River V 2016 338 ± 112 241-518 5 357 ± 110
Webhannet River DI-H 2015 30 ± 9 18-40 5 30 ± 9 34 ± 4 28-39 5
Webhannet River DI-L 2015 19 ± 9 7-31 5 18 ± 9 41 ± 5 38-48 5
Webhannet River SM-H 2015 25 ± 7 19-37 5 25 ± 7 45 ± 5 41-54 5
Webhannet River SM-L 2015 52 ± 26 13-73 5 52 ± 26 57 ± 16 42-82 5