Table 2 



Water Column Trace Metal Concentrations in 



Buzzards Bay 



S = Surface, B = Bottom (from Gilbert et al . , 1973) 







TRACE METALS IN WATER 

 (ppb) 



COLUMN 





Station 

 IS 

 B 



Cu 



12.7 



6.2 



Zn 



3.3 



16.4 



Cd 



7.7 



3.2 



Pb 

 0.4 

 1.05 



Cr 



n.d. 



2.8 



2S 



B 



8.6 

 7.8 



6.0 

 20.2 



9.7 

 1.80 



3.2 

 1.0 



0.9 

 n.d. 



3S 



B 



14.3 

 8.6 



11.1 

 26.4 



0.9 

 0.62 



2.1 

 0.9 



n.d. 

 n.d. 



4S 

 B 



1.44 

 2.02 



7.0 

 5.8 



0.66 

 0.37 



0.9 



10.1 



n.d. 

 n.d. 



5S 

 B 



7.8 

 6.0 



18.1 

 28.5 



1.43 

 1.36 



2.94 

 5.6 



1.0 

 1.1 



6S 

 B 



1.07 

 4.9 



4.32 

 29.7 



0.20 

 0.21 



2.09 

 0.9 



n.d. 

 n.d. 



7S 

 B 



5.5 



1.3 



14.0 

 4.5 



0.175 

 1.60 



1.40 

 0.64 



n.d. 

 n.d. 



8S 

 B 



8.8 

 3.74 



18.5 

 25.8 



1.61 

 0.66 



2.55 

 1.54 



n.d. 

 n. d. 



9S 

 B 



7.7 

 3.56 



8.4 



11.2 



16.6 

 0.61 



1.72 

 5.94 



n.d. 

 0.6 



10S 



B 



11.1 

 1.79 



5.5 

 5.4 



0.92 

 0.60 



1.07 

 0.56 



n.d. 

 n.d. 



US 

 B 



9.6 



25.4 



0.42 

 0.17 



1.73 

 1.18 



n.d. 

 n.d. 



12S 

 B 



11.7 



11.4 



14.5 

 16.0 



0.641 

 0.43 



1.35 

 1.27 



n.d. 

 n.d. 



13S 

 B 



9.2 



5.1 



9.5 

 7.9 



1.04 

 0.55 



5.21 

 4.5 



0.5 

 0.7 



14S 

 B 



5.2 

 6.0 



6.2 

 23.2 



2.81 

 0.94 



1.8 

 6.6 



3.4 

 n.d. 



n.d. = not detectable 



