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Retrospective Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants, including PCBs, PBDEs, and Polycyclic Musks in Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis) and Sediments from New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, USA: 1991-2005

Bikram Subedia, Sehun Yuna, Saro Jayaramanb, Barbara J. Bergenb, and Kurunthachalam Kannana,*

aWadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Empire State Plaza, P.O. Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, United States

bUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States

*Corresponding author: K. Kannan

Wadsworth Center

Empire State Plaza, P.O. Box 509

Albany, NY 12201-0509

Tel: 1-518-474-0015

Fax: 1-518-473-2895

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Submission to: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Table S1 Concentrations of PBDEs in mussel tissue (ng/g lw) from a reference site (DAY0), upper (NBH-2) and lower (NBH-4) harbors of New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, USA

Sample ID / BDE-28 / BDE-47 / BDE-99 / BDE-100 / ∑PBDEs
DAY 0 (1993) / ND / 74.6 / ND / 22.1 / 96.7
DAY 0 (1995)* / 5.13 / 141 / 64.4 / 31.0 / 241
DAY 0 (1999) / 7.15 / 80.9 / 33.2 / 17.9 / 139
DAY 0 (2003) / ND / 49.4 / ND / 15.0 / 64.5
NBH-2 (1991) / ND / 110 / 66.6 / 36.7 / 213
NBH-2 (1993)* / ND / 200 / 182 / 58.1 / 440
NBH-2 (1995) / 8.48 / 301 / 294 / 77.1 / 681
NBH-2 (1997) / ND / 163 / 109 / 44.3 / 316
NBH-2 (1999) / 9.60 / 119 / 64.3 / 30.3 / 224
NBH-2 (2001) / ND / 119 / 52.3 / 21.4 / 192
NBH-2 (2003) / 5.45 / 83.4 / 58.7 / 19.2 / 167
NBH-2 (2005) / 7.10 / 68.5 / 39.6 / 12.8 / 128
NBH-4 (1993)* / 3.87 / 165 / 106 / 40.1 / 315
NBH-4 (1995) / 8.19 / 144 / 163 / 48.1 / 364
NBH-4 (1997) / 7.91 / 156 / 147 / 45.7 / 357
NBH-4 (1999) / 8.79 / 152 / 81.3 / 38.2 / 280
NBH-4 (2001) / ND / 123 / 38.8 / 17.8 / 179
NBH-4 (2003) / ND / 94.5 / 52.6 / 21.9 / 169
NBH-4 (2005) / ND / 74.1 / 37.7 / 16.4 / 128

*the mean concentrations of multiple samples from DAY 0 (1995) (n = 3); NBH-2 (1993) (n = 2); and NBH-4 (1993) (n = 3) are presented

Table S2 Concentrations of OCPs in mussel tissue (ng/g lw) and sediments (ng/g dw) from a reference site (DAY0), upper (NBH-2) and lower (NBH-4) harbors of New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, USA

Sample ID / Chlordanes (CHLs) / DDTs
t-CHL / c-CHL / t-nonaCHL / c-nonaCHL / ΣCHLs / o,p’-DDE / p,p’-DDE / o,p’-DDD / p,p’-DDD / o,p’-DDT / p,p’-DDT / ΣDDTs
Mussel tissue
DAY 0 (1993) / 22.9 / 37.5 / 35.6 / 16.6 / 113 / ND / ND / ND / 985 / 1891 / ND / 2880
DAY 0 (1995)* / 29.9 / 36.2 / 32.4 / 11.3 / 110 / ND / 223 / ND / 218 / 78.5 / ND / 519
DAY 0 (1999) / 22.5 / 31.5 / 25.3 / 8.87 / 88.1 / ND / 132 / ND / 163 / 93.0 / ND / 388
DAY 0 (2003) / 12.9 / 20.3 / 18.5 / 6.02 / 57.7 / ND / 80.0 / ND / ND / ND / ND / 80.0
NBH-2 (1991) / 136 / 160 / 127 / 44.7 / 469 / ND / 482 / ND / ND / 432 / ND / 914
NBH-2 (1993)* / 83.8 / 102 / 78.7 / 28.0 / 292 / ND / 207 / ND / ND / 1370 / ND / 1570
NBH-2 (1995) / 59.0 / 68.0 / 52.2 / 16.8 / 196 / ND / 300 / ND / 217 / 105 / ND / 622
NBH-2 (1997) / 75.9 / 90.5 / 68.2 / 27.5 / 262 / 192 / 586 / 86.2 / 258 / ND / 429 / 1550
NBH-2 (1999) / 75.2 / 92.4 / 65.2 / 23.4 / 256 / 175 / 393 / 94.6 / 310 / ND / ND / 972
NBH-2 (2001) / 81.1 / 103 / 73.0 / 25.1 / 282 / ND / ND / ND / 148 / 192 / ND / 340
NBH-2 (2003) / 40.3 / 46.0 / 37.9 / 14.4 / 139 / 161 / 428 / ND / ND / ND / ND / 589
NBH-2 (2005) / 76.5 / 89.9 / 68.7 / 22.7 / 258 / 250 / 554 / 125 / ND / 120 / ND / 1050
NBH-4 (1993)* / 39.7 / 53.3 / 47.5 / 15.8 / 156 / ND / 486 / ND / 108 / 49.9 / ND / 644
NBH-4 (1995) / 30.0 / 49.6 / 42.2 / 17.7 / 140 / 126 / 491 / 115 / 284 / 90.4 / 203 / 1310
NBH-4 (1997) / 30.8 / 45.6 / 36.8 / 15.4 / 129 / ND / 344 / ND / 143 / ND / ND / 487
NBH-4 (1999) / 33.6 / 45.4 / 37.3 / 13.1 / 129 / 63.4 / 297 / 31.4 / 134 / ND / ND / 526
NBH-4 (2001) / 25.4 / 34.2 / 26.5 / 7.33 / 93.5 / ND / ND / ND / ND / 420 / ND / 420
NBH-4 (2003) / 30.6 / 41.9 / 30.6 / 11.5 / 115 / ND / ND / ND / ND / 395 / ND / 395
NBH-4 (2005) / 27.3 / 37.5 / 28.1 / 9.50 / 102 / ND / 174 / ND / ND / 86.8 / ND / 261
Sediments
Fox Hill (ref) (2003) / 0.130 / 0.140 / 0.330 / ND / 0.600 / ND / 4.10 / 0.150 / ND / 0.980 / 0.520 / 5.74
Playground 1 (2003) / 2.93 / 2.86 / 2.09 / 0.610 / 8.49 / ND / 14.7 / ND / ND / 14.4 / 10.5 / 39.6
Playground 2 (2004) / 3.43 / 1.78 / 1.98 / 0.670 / 7.87 / ND / ND / ND / ND / ND / ND / ND
Playground 3 (2004) / 1.93 / 1.61 / 1.21 / 0.310 / 5.06 / 3.10 / 13.5 / 6.32 / ND / 9.75 / 45.8 / 78.5
NBH CDF (2003) / 5.16 / 5.86 / 4.67 / 1.02 / 16.7 / ND / 25.4 / 2.70 / ND / 18.5 / 8.30 / 54.9
NBH PS 1 (2004) / 2.45 / 1.64 / 0.740 / 0.39 / 5.22 / ND / 25.1 / 33.5 / ND / 84.7 / ND / 143
NBH PS 2 (2004) / ND / ND / 0.160 / ND / 0.160 / 1.40 / 4.38 / 0.430 / ND / 3.47 / 9.05 / 18.7
NBH PS 3 (2004) / 5.05 / 4.30 / 1.71 / 0.740 / 11.8 / 8.75 / 180 / 192 / 5.53 / 962 / ND / 1347
Upper NBH (2007) / 3.76 / 3.18 / 2.55 / 0.690 / 10.2 / ND / 13.2 / 2.31 / ND / 14.7 / 12.1 / 42.4
Lower NBH (2007) / 0.080 / 0.080 / 0.150 / ND / 0.310 / 1.23 / 1.64 / ND / ND / 0.770 / ND / 3.63

*the mean concentrations of multiple samples from DAY 0 (1995) (n = 3); NBH-2 (1993) (n = 2); and NBH-4 (1993) (n = 3) are presented

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