2.4.3 FRAM Groundfish Survey.12 
2.5 Quality Assurance.12 
2.5.1 Quality Assurance/ Quality Control of Chemical Analyses.12 
2.5.2 Metals in Sediments.13 
2.5.3 Organics in Sediments.14 
2.5.4 Metals in Tissue.15 
2.5.5 Organics in Tissue.15 
2.6 Statistical Data Analyses.16 
2.7 Sampling, Data Integration and Data Quality Issues.17 
3.0. Results and Discussion.18 
3.1 Sampling Locations.18 
3.2 Water Column Characteristics.30 
3.2.1 Salinity.30 
3.2.2 Water Temperature.30 
3.2.3 Water Column Stratification.36 
3.2.4 Dissolved Oxygen.36 
3.2.5 Total Suspended Solids.42 
3.2.6 Transmissivity.42 
3.2.7 Nutrients.42 
3.2.8 Chlorophyll a. 47 
3.3 Sediment Quality. 55 
3.3.1 Sediment Composition: Grain Size and TOC. 55 
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