How do you report concentrations below the detection limit in environmental samples?
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I keep running into datasets where a large share of trace pollutant measurements fall below the instrument's detection limit, and reviewers want different treatments each time.
Some ask for substitution, others want censored-data methods, and a few just want the values flagged.
I'm curious how other environmental chemists handle this in practice and what you tell reviewers who push back.