the data (Fig 6). No patterns in location or water depth were observed for the normalized data. Aliphatic n-alkanes in blue Aliphatic normal-alkanes with 16-31 carbons were detected in each crab tissue sample. The concentration of total alkanes in muscle tissue from the Harvey site was 4.57 µg g¯1 dry wt. tissue, and the muscle tissue from the KC site was 6.25 µg g¯1 dry wt. tissue. The hepatopancreas tissue showed higher concentrations of total alkanes. The hepatopancreas from the Harvey site had a total alkane concentration of 28.74 µg g¯1 dry wt. tissue, while the KC site showed a concentration of 36.50 µg g¯1 dry wt. tissue (Fig. 7). Long chain alkanes were the dominant species in three of the four crab samples. The hepatopancreas from the KC site did not have a majority of long chain alkanes. There was a long odd/even chain predominance for C23 C31 alkanes except for muscle tissue – from the KC site (Fig. 8). Crab samples were not normalized using percent organic carbon.
the data (Fig 6). No patterns in location or water depth were observed for the normalized data. Aliphatic n-alkanes in blue Aliphatic normal-alkanes with 16-31 carbons were detected in each crab tissue sample. The concentration of total alkanes in muscle tissue from the Harvey site was 4.57 µg g¯1 dry wt. tissue, and the muscle tissue from the KC site was 6.25 µg g¯1 dry wt. tissue. The hepatopancreas tissue showed higher concentrations of total alkanes. The hepatopancreas from the Harvey site had a total alkane concentration of 28.74 µg g¯1 dry wt. tissue, while the KC site showed a concentration of 36.50 µg g¯1 dry wt. tissue (Fig. 7). Long chain alkanes were the dominant species in three of the four crab samples. The hepatopancreas from the KC site did not have a majority of long chain alkanes. There was a long odd/even chain predominance for C23 – C31 alkanes except for muscle tissue from the KC site (Fig. 8). Crab samples were not normalized using percent organic carbon.
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