Variation in Organochlorine Bioaccumulation by a Predatory Fish; Gender, Geography, and Data Analysis Methods
ΣPCB and p,p′-DDE levels within and among walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) populations were examined to determine how the method of data analysis could influence the interpretation of (i) gender differences and (ii) geographic variation. In the lower Great Lakes (Huron, Erie, and Ontario) whole-body b...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.1055.1510 2023-05-15T17:46:41+02:00 Variation in Organochlorine Bioaccumulation by a Predatory Fish; Gender, Geography, and Data Analysis Methods T H O M A S A J O H N S T O N The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1055.1510 http://web4.uwindsor.ca/users/f/fisk/main.nsf/831fc2c71873e46285256d6e006c367a/48abbaa50ed52cc08525724a006839ac/%24FILE/EST%202002%20Johnston%20fish%20bioaccumulation.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1055.1510 http://web4.uwindsor.ca/users/f/fisk/main.nsf/831fc2c71873e46285256d6e006c367a/48abbaa50ed52cc08525724a006839ac/%24FILE/EST%202002%20Johnston%20fish%20bioaccumulation.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://web4.uwindsor.ca/users/f/fisk/main.nsf/831fc2c71873e46285256d6e006c367a/48abbaa50ed52cc08525724a006839ac/%24FILE/EST%202002%20Johnston%20fish%20bioaccumulation.pdf text ftciteseerx 2020-04-12T00:20:58Z ΣPCB and p,p′-DDE levels within and among walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) populations were examined to determine how the method of data analysis could influence the interpretation of (i) gender differences and (ii) geographic variation. In the lower Great Lakes (Huron, Erie, and Ontario) whole-body burdens of both contaminants tended to increase with body mass at a faster rate in males than in females. Thus, males generally had higher burdens than females at large body sizes but not at small body sizes. This result was not strongly influenced by the method of expressing contaminant level (burden, wet mass concentration, or lipid mass concentration) but was influenced by the choice of covariate (body mass, body length, or age) in some cases. Mean ΣPCB and p,p′-DDE concentrations of walleye muscle declined along a gradient from the lower Great Lakes to the Northwest Territories. Analyses using means adjusted for age yielded a stronger contrast between Great Lakes and non-Great Lakes populations than analyses using means adjusted for body length. The gender composition of fish samples and the type and level of covariate used in statistical analyses should be considered in studies of spatiotemporal variation in organochlorine bioaccumulation in fish. Text Northwest Territories Unknown Northwest Territories |
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ΣPCB and p,p′-DDE levels within and among walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) populations were examined to determine how the method of data analysis could influence the interpretation of (i) gender differences and (ii) geographic variation. In the lower Great Lakes (Huron, Erie, and Ontario) whole-body burdens of both contaminants tended to increase with body mass at a faster rate in males than in females. Thus, males generally had higher burdens than females at large body sizes but not at small body sizes. This result was not strongly influenced by the method of expressing contaminant level (burden, wet mass concentration, or lipid mass concentration) but was influenced by the choice of covariate (body mass, body length, or age) in some cases. Mean ΣPCB and p,p′-DDE concentrations of walleye muscle declined along a gradient from the lower Great Lakes to the Northwest Territories. Analyses using means adjusted for age yielded a stronger contrast between Great Lakes and non-Great Lakes populations than analyses using means adjusted for body length. The gender composition of fish samples and the type and level of covariate used in statistical analyses should be considered in studies of spatiotemporal variation in organochlorine bioaccumulation in fish. |
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