Table 3.—Concentration ranges of selected pollutant classes from the San 
Francisco Bay-Delta estuary; data available to present. Tissue data from 
adult prespawning striped bass ( Morone saxatilis ). Tissue concentrations 
in ug/g (ppm) wet weight hydrocarbons ug/g (ppm) dry weight for metals. 
Data from this study and Vasillaros et al. (1982), Eaton (1975), and Girvin 
et al• (1978). ND = not detectable; NM = not measured. 
Concentration 
in water Concentration in tissues (ppm) 
(dissolved) 
Pollutant class_uer/L (ppb) Liver Gonads Muscle^ 
Petroleum hydrocarbons 
Total monocyclic aromatics 
1-200 
0.01-10 
0.01-10 ( 
).01-7.52 
Total alicyclic hexanes 
ND 
0.02-5.0 
0.02-10 
0 
Total polycyclic aromatics 
(All components) 
o 
—Whole fish composite 
10.0- 
Total naphthalenes (Dicyclics) ? 
—Whole fish composite 
0.009- 
Total sulfated thiophenes 
o 
—Whole fish composite 
6.0- 
Chlorinated hydrocarbons 
DDT 
ND 
0.09-0.12 
0.10-0.68 
NM 
COD 
ND 
0.10-0.98 
0.13-2.8 
NM 
DDE 
ND 
0.03-3.1 
0.10-12 
NM 
Toxaphene 
0.03-0.32 
o 
• 
0.20-2.0 
NM 
Total PCB's 
ND 
0.25-13 
0.81-13 ( 
).20-4.0 
Trace metals 
Cadmium 
0.08-0.20 
0.29-9.4 
0.08-0.71 
0.18-1.3 
Chromium 
ND 
0.61-3.3 
0.51-2.2 
0.31-2.2 
Copper 
1-4 
1.0-220 
1.0-35 
0.10-12 
Lead 
0.03-0.12 
0.09-0.37 
0.06-0.89 
0.11-0.62 
Mercury 
ND 
0.49-13 
0.03-0.96 
0.06-1.6 
Nickel 
1-6 
0.60-1.8 
0.37-2.1 
0.50-2.0 
Selenium 
o 
• 
3.2-21 
NM 
NM 
Zinc 
2-6 
7.0-250 
3.0-310 
1.0-66 
1 Muscle analyses with no skin attached. Mostly toluene in muscled 
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