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Table 36. Spatial extent of toxicity (km2 and percentages of total area) <strong>in</strong> amphipod<br />

survival tests per<strong>for</strong>med with solid-phase sediments from 26 U.S. bays and estuaries.<br />

Unless specified differently, test animals were Ai~zpelisca abdita.<br />

Ampl~ipod survival<br />

Survey Areas <strong>Year</strong> No. of Total area Toxic area Pct. of area<br />

sampled sediment of survey (lcm2) toxic<br />

samples (k1n2)<br />

Newark Bay 1993<br />

San Diego Bay* 1993<br />

Cali<strong>for</strong>nia coastal lagoons<br />

Tijuana River*<br />

Long Island <strong>Sound</strong><br />

Hudson-Raritan Estuary<br />

San Pedro Bay*<br />

Biscayne Bay<br />

Boston Harbor<br />

Delaware Bay<br />

Savannah River<br />

St. Simons <strong>Sound</strong><br />

Tampa Bay<br />

central <strong>Puget</strong> <strong>Sound</strong><br />

Pe~~sacola Bay<br />

Galveston Bay<br />

northern <strong>Puget</strong> <strong>Sound</strong><br />

1994<br />

Cl~octawl~atcl~ee Bay<br />

Sab<strong>in</strong>e Lake<br />

Apalachicola Bay<br />

St. Andrew Bay<br />

Cllarleston Harbor<br />

W<strong>in</strong>yall Bay<br />

Mission Bay*<br />

Leadenwah Creek<br />

San Diego River*<br />

Cumulative National estuar<strong>in</strong>e average based upon data collected tllrougl~:<br />

01997 1543 7278.8 431.8<br />

* tests per<strong>for</strong>med wit11 Rhepoxy~zi~~s abroni~ls<br />

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