Concentrations of estrogenic chemicals in fish and shellfish tissues from Puget Sound, WA

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Toxics Biological Observation System (TBiOS) team conducts biennial surveys to monitor the status and trends of toxic contaminants in indicator species throughout Puget Sound, WA, USA. This dataset includes concentrations of estrogenic contaminants measured in whole body, fillet, or bile samples from juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), adult resident Chinook salmon, Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii), English sole (Parophrys vetulus), and bay mussels (Mytilus trossulus). These samples were collected as part of TBiOS' ongoing surveys and were opportunistically analyzed for contaminants of emerging concern., Sample collection and preparation: Fish were collected by beach seine, gill net, bottom trawl or from a recreational or commercial test fishery between 2013 and 2018. English sole bile samples were collected immediately after collection and frozen at -20°C until analysis. After collection, fish were frozen and stored at -20C or -80C until processed. Fish were processed as whole bodies or edible fillet samples, depending on species. Composite samples were created by combining tissues from 2-20 fish and homogenized into a single representative sample, frozen and stored at -20°C until analysis. 
Mussel samples were from 2012-2013 and 2019-2020 surveys. Cultured, pre-reproductive native bay mussels sourced from a commercial aquaculture facility were caged and deployed at the mean lower low water level in multiple nearshore sites in Puget Sound for 3 months during the winter. Retrieved mussels from each site were cleaned by deionized water to remove external debris and sorted to remove ..., , # Concentrations of estrogenic chemicals in fish and shellfish tissues from Puget Sound, WA

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.mcvdnck9x](10.5061/dryad.mcvdnck9x)

## Description of the data and file structure

### Files and variables

The following files contain contaminant concentration data for fish and shellfish samples necessary to replicate analyses in Faber et al., (in review), examining the estrogenic activity of mixtures that biota are exposed to in the Salish Sea. Descriptions of analytical lab flags, blank adjusted concentrations and blank adjusted detection limits apply across all three files. 

#### File: WDFW\_eEDC\_fish\_bile\_data.csv

**Description:** This CSV file contains contaminant concentration data for fish bile samples

##### Variables

* SAMPLE_ID: Unique sample identifier
* SiteName: Sample location identifier
* Species: Common species name
* Species_2: Scientific species name
* Tissue_type: Sample tissue type
* Lab: Analytical chemistry lab where tissue was analyzed...,