TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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PREFACE vii 
Alyn C. Duxbury 
PUGET SOUND, A FJORD-LIKE ESTUARY 1 
Alyn C. Duxbury 
SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION IN PUGET SOUND 13 
Diane E. Strayer and Spyros P. Pavlou 
BIOLOGICAL INDICATIONS OF POLLUTION IN PUGET SOUND 29 
Edward R. Long 
BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF SHELLFISH IN PUGET SOUND, 47 
WASHINGTON - A GROWING CONCERN 
John W. Armstrong and Daniel P. Cheney 
PUGET SOUND SEDIMENTS: A SOURCE AND SINK OF 65 
CONTAMINANTS 
Robert C. Barrick 
TOXIC CHEMICALS IN FISH: EFFECTS ON THEIR HEALTH AND 83 
REPRODUCTION 
Bruce B. McCain, Sin-Lam Chan, Usha Varanasi, 
Margaret M. Krahn, and Donald W. Brown 
CONTAMINANT LEVELS IN THE EDIBLE PORTION OF 111 
RECREATIONALLY CAUGHT FISH FROM PUGET SOUND, 
WASHINGTON 
Marsha L. Landolt, David A. Kalman, and 
Ahmad E. Nevissi 
THE PUGET SOUND ESTUARY PROGRAM: MANAGING FOR 135 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESULTS 
Catherine Krueger and John Underwood 
THE PLAN FOR PUGET SOUND'S FUTURE 149 
Kirval Skinnarland, Kathy Fletcher, and 
John Dohrmann 
POLLUTION MANAGEMENT IN WASHINGTON STATE 155 
Andrea Beatty Riniker 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND CLEAN WATER: FULFILLING 159 
THE AGENDA 
Tim Douglas 
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