Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s), Chlorinated Pesticides, and Heavy Metals and Other Elements in Tissues of Belugas, Delphinapterus leucas, from Cook Inlet

• Main Authors: Becker, Paul R., Krahn, Margaret M., Mackey, Elizabeth A., Demiralp, Rabia, Schantz , Michele M., Epstein, Michael S., Donais, Mary Kate, Porter, Barbara J., Muir , Derek C. G., Wise , Stephen A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Fisheries; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Point Hope; Beluga; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Alaska
• Online Access: http://aquaticcommons.org/9772/; http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/mfr623/mfr6238.pdf; http://aquaticcommons.org/9772/1/mfr6238.pdf

Tissues from Cook Inlet beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, that were collected as part of the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project were analyzed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s), chlorinated pesticides, and heavy metals and other elements. Concentrations of total PCB’s (ΣPCB’s), tota...