#Rivers in North Carolina contain small concentrations of #mercury which can accumulate in fish over their lifetimes. #Because mercury cannot be excreted from the body, it builds #up in the tissues. The concentration of mercury in #fish tissue can be obtained at considerable expense by #catching fish and sending samples to a lab for analysis. #Directly measuring the mercury concentration in the water #is impossible since it is almost always below detectable limits. #A study was recently conducted in the Waccamaw and Lumber #Rivers to investigate mercury levels in tissues of large #mouth bass. At several stations along each river, a #group of fish were caught, weighed, and measured. In addition #a fillet from each fish caught was sent to the lab so that #the tissue concentration of mercury could be determined for each fish. #Each fish caught corresponds to a single row of the file. #In order, the recorded information for each fish is # # RIVER, 0=Lumber, 1=Waccamaw # STATION NUMBER 0,1,...,15 # LENGTH (centimetres) # WEIGHT (grams) # MERCURY CONCENTRATION (ppm) # # RIVER STATION LENGTH WEIGHT MERCURY 0 0 47 1616 1.6 0 0 48.7 1862 1.5 0 0 55.7 2855 1.7 0 0 45.2 1199 0.73 0 0 44.7 1320 0.56 0 0 43.8 1225 0.51 0 0 38.5 870 0.48 0 0 45.8 1455 0.95 0 0 44 1220 1.4 0 0 40.4 1033 0.5 0 1 47.7 3378 0.8 0 1 45.1 2920 0.34 0 1 43.5 2674 0.54 0 1 47.4 3675 0.69 0 1 41 1904 0.9 0 1 33.7 1080 0.48 0 1 33.5 1146 0.57 0 1 32.2 1002 0.41 0 1 32 894 0.61 0 1 29.5 754 0.38 0 1 34.9 1174 0.61 0 1 47.1 1435 1.5 0 1 44.2 1378 0.72 0 1 41 1059 1.8 0 1 41.6 873 1.6 0 1 39 857 0.98 0 1 38 743 0.88 0 1 36.1 622 1.5 0 1 33.4 503 0.73 0 2 32.8 406 1.2 0 2 31.4 362 1.1 0 2 33.6 360 1.6 0 2 29.5 313 0.87 0 2 30.5 314 0.9 0 2 27 238 0.91 0 2 30 336 0.61 0 2 30 329 0.85 0 2 33.5 448 0.99 0 2 31 263 1.5 0 2 29 271 0.7 0 2 65 4511 2.1 0 2 58 3597 1.5 0 3 36 600 1.5 0 3 36 650 0.91 0 3 44 1132 1.8 0 3 40.5 863 1.1 0 3 38.5 773 1.3 0 3 40 898 1.2 0 3 44.5 1301 1.6 0 3 50.5 2021 1.2 0 3 50 1883 1.2 0 3 47 1546 1.2 0 4 26 234 0.28 0 4 30 323 0.51 0 4 30 430 0.27 0 4 29 353 0.35 0 4 31 402 0.57 0 4 41 1042 0.66 0 4 36.5 723 0.49 0 4 38 709 0.51 0 4 44 1455 0.73 0 4 27.5 308 0.94 0 4 39 879 1.4 0 4 48 1396 2.7 0 4 51.5 2369 1.8 0 4 56 3421 3.1 0 5 30.5 400 0.5 0 5 42 1049 1.2 0 5 34 678 0.55 0 6 50.5 2228 3.5 0 6 44.5 1853 2.7 0 6 30 380 1.4 0 6 35 620 0.73 1 7 30.4 320 0.51 1 7 25.2 217 0.23 1 7 36 574 1.6 1 7 29.9 298 0.48 1 7 34.7 491 0.58 1 7 34.7 491 0.58 1 7 31.7 407 0.5 1 7 34.5 496 0.58 1 7 40.1 805 1.4 1 7 30.7 315 0.44 1 8 33 518 0.55 1 8 40.5 970 0.84 1 8 32 421 0.65 1 8 37 673 0.76 1 8 35.5 550 0.65 1 8 30 331 0.5 1 8 40 856 1.1 1 8 35 487 1 1 8 39.5 923 1.2 1 8 31 415 0.53 1 8 31.5 521 0.74 1 8 30 348 0.41 1 8 33 440 0.78 1 8 47 586 1.3 1 9 54 2664 1.8 1 9 57.6 3283 1.4 1 9 46.2 1573 0.75 1 10 34.8 491 0.57 1 10 34.5 560 0.69 1 10 38.5 870 1.8 1 10 40 864 0.93 1 10 46.4 1285 3.4 1 10 41.9 1188 2.4 1 10 46.2 1365 0.88 1 10 47.3 1632 1.5 1 10 47.1 1725 1.8 1 10 39 977 1.5 1 10 56.5 2451 2.1 1 10 46.1 1327 0.91 1 10 28.5 303 0.61 1 10 25.5 203 0.76 1 10 40.2 796 0.86 1 10 44.5 1202 2.2 1 10 36.5 566 2.9 1 10 33.3 460 0.89 1 10 28.3 274 0.5 1 10 46 1342 2.2 1 10 36.7 647 2.4 1 11 39 844 0.69 1 11 53 3026 2.7 1 11 43 1258 0.9 1 11 47.2 1699 1.9 1 11 36.5 656 0.65 1 11 43.2 1356 1.2 1 11 41.5 1018 0.83 1 11 36 874 1.3 1 11 36.2 708 1.3 1 12 27.3 250 0.28 1 12 26.7 252 0.21 1 12 27.5 283 0.14 1 12 39 743 0.39 1 12 33.9 465 0.39 1 12 29.6 329 0.9 1 12 46.5 1292 0.64 1 12 57.5 2401 1.4 1 12 49 1891 0.58 1 12 34.9 498 0.42 1 12 29 307 0.11 1 12 31.5 376 0.28 1 12 38.2 573 0.59 1 13 28.6 338 1.1 1 13 36.8 714 1.6 1 13 43.4 1251 1.3 1 13 48.1 1801 0.88 1 14 50.8 2131 1.8 1 14 46.8 1604 1.8 1 14 40.2 1090 1.2 1 14 58.7 3314 2.9 1 14 56.1 2629 3.4 1 14 48 1743 1.9 1 14 44.7 1454 2.4 1 14 43.6 1245 1.8 1 14 37.6 937 2.4 1 14 40 869 1.4 1 14 37.4 879 1.6 1 14 46.5 772 1.7 1 14 36 724 1.3 1 15 50.4 1744 0.93 1 15 59.2 3524 3.6 1 15 58.4 2902 3.5 1 15 54 2709 2.4 1 15 53.7 2625 2.9 1 15 49.5 1924 2.3 1 15 47.5 1546 1.4 1 15 54.2 3164 2.1 1 15 45.4 1710 1.7 1 15 41.7 1255 1.4 1 15 36 702 0.92