Determination of PCBs and chlorinated hydrocarbons in marine mammal tissues.
Selected tissues (blubber, liver, kidney and muscle) from marine mammals, which were collected as part of the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP), were analyzed for polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners and chlorinated pesticides. Concentrations of these compounds in the different tissues were compared and blubber was selected as the primary tissue for organic contaminant analyses for the AMMTAP based on higher levels (1-2 orders of magnitude) in this tissue compared to liver, kidney and muscle. Concentrations for 15 PCB congeners and 12 chlorinated pesticides are reported for 10 different animals of three species (northern fur seal, ringed seal and belukha whale) from five different sites.
Schantz
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Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
Koster
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BJ
Wise
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Becker
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000737:chemistry; D000375:Aging; D000413:Alaska; D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000032:analysis*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*; D046048:Seals, Earless; D012623:Seawater; D013045:Species Specificity; D014907:Whales
D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls