Table 2. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients (rg) and significance 
levels for prevalences of hepatic lesions and mean concentrations 
of bile metabolites measured at benzo[a]pyrene fluorescence 
wavelengths of English sole from 11 Puget Sound sites (from Krahn 
et al. 1986). 
Lesion type 
^s 
Significance 
level* 
Neoplasms 
0.853 
<0.002 
Foci of cellular alteration 
0.773 
<0.01 
Megalocytic hepatosis 
0.891 
<0.001 
Steatosis/hemosiderosis 
0.409 
<0.5 
Total hepatic lesions 
0.834 
<0.005 
* Underlined values indicate results significant at a level chosen to 
adjust for the number of pair-wise tests performed (0.0125). 
