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Table 24. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients and significance levels between benthic
infaunal indices and measures of grain size and % TOC for all 1998 central Puget
Sound sites ........................................................................................................................... 164
Table 25. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients and significance levels for nine indices
of benthic infaunal structure and results of four toxicity tests for all 1998 central Puget
Sound sites ........................................................................................................................... 165
Table 26. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients and significance levels for nine indices of
benthic infaunal structure and concentrations of trace metals, chlorinated organic
hydrocarbons, and total PAHs, normalized to their respective ERM, SQS, and CSL
values for all 1998 central Puget Sound sites. ..................................................................... 166
Table 27. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients and significance levels for nine indices
of benthic infaunal structure and concentrations of partial digestion metals in sediments
for all 1998 central Puget Sound sites ................................................................................. 168
Table 28. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients and significance levels for nine indices
of benthic infaunal structure and concentrations of total digestion metals in sediments
for all 1998 central Puget Sound sites ................................................................................. 169
Table 29. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients and significance levels for nine indices
of benthic infaunal structure and concentrations of Low Molecular Weight Polynuclear
Aromatic Hydrocarbons (LPAH) in sediments for all 1998 central Puget Sound sites ...... 170
Table 30. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients and significance levels for nine
indices of benthic infaunal structure and concentrations of High Molecular Weight
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (HPAH) in sediments for all 1998 central Puget
Sound sites ........................................................................................................................... 17 1
Table 3 1. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients and significance levels for nine indices
of benthic infaunal structure and concentrations of DDT and PCB compounds in
sediments for all 1998 central Puget Sound sites ................................................................ 172
Table 32. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients and significance levels for nine indices
of benthic infaunal structure and concentrations of organotins and organic compounds
in sediments for all 1998 central Puget Sound sites ............................................................ 173
Table 33. Triad results for 1998 central Puget Sound stations with significant results for
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both chemistry and toxicity parameters. .............................................................................. 174
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