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Potential Effects of Contaminants on Fraser River Sockeye Salmon

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Table 5.23. Mean c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ΣTEQs in roe collected al<strong>on</strong>g the adult upstreammigrati<strong>on</strong> route for select sockeye salm<strong>on</strong> populati<strong>on</strong>s.Sampling Locati<strong>on</strong> ΣTEQ (pg/g lipid) Hazard Quotient 1Early Stuart Stock 2Port Renfrew 0.14 0.047Yale 0.16 0.053Gluskie Creek 0.42 0.140Weaver Creek Stock 2Harris<strong>on</strong> <strong>River</strong> 0.89 0.297Weaver Creek 0.29 0.097Predicted ∑TEQ 3Adams Lake Stock 3.42 1.14Chilko Lake Stock 4.39 1.46Stuart Stock 6.94 2.31NB = No available benchmark; TEQ = toxic equivalent; PCB = polychlorinated biphenyl;PCDD = polychlorinated dibenzo-p- dioxin; PCDF = polychlorinated dibenz<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>uran;TCDD = tetraochlorodibenzo-p- dioxin.1 Hazard quotients calculated using a toxicity threshold <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 3.0 µg/g lipid (DeBruyn et al. 2004; Giesy et al. 2002)2 Data obtained from Kelly et al. (2007)3 Data obtained from DeBruyn et al. (2004.)ΣTEQ is calculated as the the sum <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the PCB, PCDD, and PCDF TCDD-TEQ values.T-245

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