FIGURE 2.17. Liver lesions in English sole and rock sole from the combined Flatfish Injury Studies, compared to historical data. n = number of analyses conducted. Site abbreviations: 11th St = 11th St. Bridge; LTB = Lower Turning Basin; UTB = Upper Turning Basin; Hyl = combined data from any Hylebos Waterway site, Years listed behind the site name indicate the years data was collected. Data collected in '84 is from Becker et al., 1987; data collected from '79-85 is combined from multiple studies done by NWFSC; data collected in '94 and '94-95 is from the present study. The "any toxicopathic liver lesion" category includes fish having one or more toxicopathic lesion types including neoplasms, foci of cellular alteration, specific degenerative/necrotic lesions, and proliferative lesions.

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