Contaminant Concentrations in Salish Sea Seaweeds Dataset.xlsx

This dataset contains concentrations of metals and organic contaminants from the edible
seaweeds Fucus distichus, Fucus spiralis, and Nereocystis
luetkeana that were collected from the Salish Sea in the summer of
2015. It includes data summarized in the
“Chemical Contaminant Levels in Edible Seaweeds of the Salish Sea and
Implications for their Consumption” by J.L. Hahn, K.L. Van Alstyne, J.K.
Gaydos, L.K. Wallis, J.E. West, G.M. Ylitalo, R.H. Poppenga, J.L. Bolton, S.J.
Hollenhorst, D. McBride, and R. Sofield, which has been submitted to Plos
One, as well as additional unpublished data. When citing this data set,
please also cite the Plos One paper, if appropriate. Information about
the collection of the seaweeds and measurement of contaminants is available in
the PLoS One paper.