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Potential Effects of Contaminants on Fraser River Sockeye Salmon

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Table 4.14. Summary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the available surface-water chemistry data for the Bowr<strong>on</strong> <strong>River</strong> Area <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Interest.Life Stage/Class/AnalytennDetect% N<strong>on</strong>-DetectMean SD GeometricMeanMinMaxPercentile Distributi<strong>on</strong>5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95thJuvenile RearingC<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>alspH (pH units) 48 48 0% 7.50 0.368 7.49 6.90 7.90 6.90 6.90 7.35 7.60 7.80 7.80 7.87Residue N<strong>on</strong>-filterable (TSS; mg/L) 44 16 64% 0.886 0.799 0.718 0.500 4.00 0.500 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.00 1.70 2.00Turbidity (NTU) 48 48 0% 0.610 0.236 0.571 0.300 1.40 0.335 0.400 0.400 0.500 0.800 0.860 1.00Nutrients (µg/L)Nitrate (NO 3 ), dissolved 43 38 12% 61.9 27.3 45.6 1 127 1.65 22.4 50.5 65 79.5 88.8 97Nitrogen - Nitrite, dissolved (NO 2 ) 48 13 73% 1.52 0.758 1.37 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3Phosphorus, total (lake) 48 46 4% 8.29 12.2 5.54 1 74 3 3 4 5 7 13.1 22n = number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> samples; detect = detected; SD = standard deviati<strong>on</strong>; NA = no data available; TSS = total suspended solids.No data were available for the following areas <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> interest within the <strong>Fraser</strong> <strong>River</strong> Basin: Harris<strong>on</strong> <strong>River</strong>, Nahatlatch, Set<strong>on</strong>-Portage.One-half the detecti<strong>on</strong> limit was substituted for n<strong>on</strong>-detect values in the distributi<strong>on</strong> calculati<strong>on</strong>s.The minimum value shown is the lower <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>e-half the detecti<strong>on</strong> limit or the lowest detectable measurement.The maximum value shown is the higher <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>e-half the detecti<strong>on</strong> limit or the highest detectable measurement.T-135

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