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Table 37. Spatial extent of toxicity (km2 and percentages of total area) <strong>in</strong> sea urch<strong>in</strong><br />

fertilization tests per<strong>for</strong>med with 100% sediment pore waters from 23 U. S. bays and<br />

estuaries. Unless specified differently, tests per<strong>for</strong>med with Arbacia punctzilata.<br />

Urch<strong>in</strong> fertilization <strong>in</strong><br />

100% core waters<br />

Survev areas <strong>Year</strong> No. of Total area of Toxic area Pct. of area<br />

sampled sediment survey (km2) (km2) toxic<br />

samples<br />

San Pedro Baya<br />

Tampa Bay<br />

San Diego ~a~~ .<br />

Mission ~a~~<br />

Tijuana Rive8<br />

San Diego Rive?'<br />

Biscayne Bay<br />

Choctawhatchee Bay<br />

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

lagoons<br />

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

Apalachicola Bay<br />

Galveston Bay<br />

Charleston Harbor<br />

Savannah River<br />

Delaware Bay<br />

Boston Harbor<br />

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

Pensacola Bay<br />

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

<strong>Sound</strong>c<br />

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

St. Andrew Bay<br />

central <strong>Puget</strong> soundc 1998<br />

Leadenwah Creek 1993<br />

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

*I997 1309 6837.8 1728<br />

a Tests per<strong>for</strong>med <strong>for</strong> embryological development of Haliotis rufescens<br />

' Tests per<strong>for</strong>med <strong>for</strong> embryological development of Strmgylocentrotus purpuratiis<br />

Tests per<strong>for</strong>med <strong>for</strong> fertilization success of S. purpuratus<br />

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