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Table 30. Spearman-rank correlation coefficients (rho, corrected <strong>for</strong> ties) and significance levels (p) <strong>for</strong> n<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong>d<br />

<strong>in</strong>faunal structure and concentrations of High Molecular Weight Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (HPAH)<br />

1998 central <strong>Puget</strong> <strong>Sound</strong> sites (n=100).<br />

Total Swartz's<br />

Abund- Taxa Pielou's Domi- Annelida Arthropods Mollusca<br />

Chemical ance (p) Richness (p) Evenness (J') (p) nance (p) Abundance (p) Abundance (p) Abundance (p<br />

Benzo(a)anthracene<br />

Benzo(a)pyrene<br />

Benzo(b)fluoranthene<br />

Benzo(e)pyrene<br />

Benzo(g,h,i)perylene<br />

Benzo(k)fluoranthene<br />

Chrysene<br />

Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene<br />

Fluoranthene<br />

Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene<br />

Perylene<br />

Pyrene<br />

S L I of ~ 6 HPAHA<br />

sum of 9 HPAHAA<br />

Total HPAH<br />

sum of 13 PAHAAA<br />

Sum of 15 PAHAAAA<br />

Total all PAH<br />

"6HPAH = def<strong>in</strong>ed by Long et. AL, 1995; Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Chrysene, Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, Fluoranthene, Pyrene<br />

"9HPAH = def<strong>in</strong>ed by WA Ch. 173-204 RCW; Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Benzo(l,2,3,-c,d)pyrene, Benzo(g,I~,i)perylenc, Chrysen<br />

Fluoranthene, Pyrene, Total Benzofl~~ranthenes, carbon normalized<br />

^13PAH = 7LPAH and 6HPAH<br />

AAAA15PAH= 6LPAH and A1 1HPAH<br />

11s = p > 0.05<br />

S? *=p50.05<br />

% **=psO.O] - *** =<br />

4 p50.001 - ****= p 5 0.0001

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