Printed in the USA 0730-7268/04 $12.00 �.00 HARBOR SEALS (PHOCA VITULINA) IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, AND WASHINGTON STATE, USA, REVEAL A COMBINATION OF LOCAL AND GLOBAL

Abstract—The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) can serve as a useful indicator of food web contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) because of its high trophic level, wide distribution in temperate coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere, and relative ease of capture. In 1996 through 1997,...

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Main Authors: Polychlorinated Biphenyl, Furan Signals, Peter S. Ross, Steven J. Jeffries, Mark B. Yunker, Richard F. Addison, Michael G. Ikonomou, John C. Calambokidis
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Canada
British Columbia
harbor seal
Phoca vitulina
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.434.8955
http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/reports/Ross seal 2004.pdf
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Summary:Abstract—The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) can serve as a useful indicator of food web contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) because of its high trophic level, wide distribution in temperate coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere, and relative ease of capture. In 1996 through 1997, we live-captured 60 harbor seal pups from three regions, spanning remote (Queen

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