dieldrin {pairwiseCI}R Documentation

Dieldrin in fish of two different rivers

Description

Observations below a detection limit: the dieldrin concentration (microg/kg) in roach fish (Rutilus rutilus) were measured in the Thames river near Oxford, UK and as a control in an upper arm, the river Ray.

Usage

data(dieldrin)

Format

A data frame with 11 observations on the following 2 variables.

River
a factor with 2 levels aThames Ray
dieldrin
a numeric vector giving the measured dieldrin concentration, where 0.09 was the detection limit

Source

Yamaguchi N. et al. Concentrations and hazard assessment of PCBs, organochlorine pesticides and mercury in fish species from the upper Thames: River pollution and its potential effects on top predators. Chemosphere 2003, 50, 265-273.

Examples

data(dieldrin)
boxplot(dieldrin~River, data=dieldrin)

[Package pairwiseCI version 0.1-15 Index]