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Figure 3 
(A) Mean levels (± SE) of aromatic compounds (ng/mL) fluorescing at 
benzo[a]pyrene (FAC-BaP) and napthalene (FAC-NPH) wave lengths 
in bile of gravid female English sole collected from Eagle Harbor, Sinclair 
Inlet, Port Susan, and the Duwamish Waterway. (B) Mean (± SE) con- 
centrations of PCB’s (ng/g wet weight) in liver and ovary of gravid fe- 
male English sole collected from Eagle Harbor, Sinclair Inlet, Port Su- 
san, and the Duwamish Waterway. Numbers of samples analyzed per 
treatment are indicated in parentheses. Significant differences in site 
means (as determined by ANOVA and Fisher’s PLSD, P < 0.05) are 
indicated by letter superscripts. Series a-c is used for FAC-BaP and 
liver PCB concentrations; series a'-c' is used for FAC-NPH and ovarian 
PCB concentrations. 
nificant negative association (P=0.0617) was found 
between liver PCB concentrations and egg weight. A 
significant negative association was also observed 
between fecundity and atresia severity of yolked oo- 
cytes, and a positive association between atresia and 
egg weight. Vitellogenin concentration showed sig- 
nificant or near-significant negative associations with 
fecundity (P=0.0579) and relative fecundity (P=0.Q164) 
and was significantly positively correlated with egg 
weight (P=0.0164). Plasma estradiol concentration 
showed a similar relationship with fecundity, rela- 
tive fecundity, and egg weight, but the associations 
were not statistically significant at a - 0.05 (0.06 
< P < 0.18). 
In addition to bioindicators of contaminant expo- 
sure and reproductive condition, fecundity and rela- 
