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Table 38. Spatial extent of toxicity (km2 and percentages of total area) <strong>in</strong> microbial<br />

biolum<strong>in</strong>es~ence tests per<strong>for</strong>med with solvent extractsof sediments from 19 U. S. bays and<br />

estuaries.<br />

Microbial<br />

biolum<strong>in</strong>escence<br />

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

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

Choctawhatchee Bay 1994<br />

St. Andrew Bay 1993<br />

Apalachicola Bay 1994<br />

Pensacola Bay 1993<br />

Galveston Bay 1996<br />

Sab<strong>in</strong>e Lake 1995<br />

W<strong>in</strong>yah Bay 1993<br />

Long Island <strong>Sound</strong> 199 1<br />

Savannah River 1994<br />

Biscayne Bay 199511996<br />

St. Simons <strong>Sound</strong> 1994<br />

Boston Harbor 1993<br />

Charleston Harbor 1993<br />

Hudson-Raritan Estuary 199 1<br />

Leadenwah Creek 1993<br />

Delaware ~a~~ 1997<br />

northern <strong>Puget</strong> <strong>Sound</strong> A 1997<br />

Tampa Bay 199211 993<br />

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

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

01997 1215 7 160 2802.4<br />

A Critical value of

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