Ž.The Science of the Total Environment 287 2002 4559 Persistent organochlorine pollutants in ringed seals and polar bears collected from northern Alaska
Ž. Ž.Blubber samples from ringed seal Phoca hispida; n8 and polar bear subcutaneous fat Ursus maritimus; n5 were collected near Barrow, Alaska in 1996 as part of the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project Ž.AMMTAP and retained in the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank at the National Institu...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.578.4628 2023-05-15T15:10:24+02:00 Ž.The Science of the Total Environment 287 2002 4559 Persistent organochlorine pollutants in ringed seals and polar bears collected from northern Alaska John R. Kucklicka William D. J. Struntza Paul R. Becker A Geoff W. Yorkb Todd M. O’harac Jesssica E. Bohonowychd The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2001 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.578.4628 http://www.nativescience.org/assets/Documents/PDF Documents/TSTE.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.578.4628 http://www.nativescience.org/assets/Documents/PDF Documents/TSTE.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.nativescience.org/assets/Documents/PDF Documents/TSTE.pdf text 2001 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T12:52:00Z Ž. Ž.Blubber samples from ringed seal Phoca hispida; n8 and polar bear subcutaneous fat Ursus maritimus; n5 were collected near Barrow, Alaska in 1996 as part of the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project Ž.AMMTAP and retained in the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank at the National Institute of Standards and Ž.Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA. The samples were analyzed for a variety of persistent organochlorine Ž. Ž. Ž.pollutants POPs including polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs, hexachlorocyclohexanes HCHs, chlordane and Ž.metabolites, hexachlorobenzene HCB and DDTs and metabolites. The geometric mean, on a wet mass basis, of Ž. Ž.PCBs sum of 29 congeners and congener groups were 732282 ngg 1 S.D. in seals and 33951442 ngg in Ž. Ž.polar bears. The geometric mean of DDTs, HCHs -, - and - HCH and HCB concentrations wet mass basis in seals and bears were 562261 ngg vs. 74.839 ngg, 380213 ngg vs. 515 ngg, and 17.410.1 ngg vs. Ž183153 ngg, respectively. The geometric mean sum of chlordane chlordane, sum of cis- and trans-chlordane,.cis- and trans-nonachlor, oxychlordane and heptachlor epoxide and dieldrin concentrations in ringed seals and polar bears were 753617 ngg vs. 720315 ngg and 38.622.8 ngg vs. 13065 ngg, respectively. Apparent Ž.bioaccumulation factors polar bearringed seal POP concentrations were lower in the animals sampled near Barrow, Alaska than in those from locations in the Canadian Arctic. This suggests that polar bears are also preying Disclaimer: Certain commercial equipment or instruments are identified in the paper to specify adequately the experimental Text Arctic Barrow Phoca hispida polar bear ringed seal Ursus maritimus Alaska Unknown Arctic |
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Ž. Ž.Blubber samples from ringed seal Phoca hispida; n8 and polar bear subcutaneous fat Ursus maritimus; n5 were collected near Barrow, Alaska in 1996 as part of the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project Ž.AMMTAP and retained in the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank at the National Institute of Standards and Ž.Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA. The samples were analyzed for a variety of persistent organochlorine Ž. Ž. Ž.pollutants POPs including polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs, hexachlorocyclohexanes HCHs, chlordane and Ž.metabolites, hexachlorobenzene HCB and DDTs and metabolites. The geometric mean, on a wet mass basis, of Ž. Ž.PCBs sum of 29 congeners and congener groups were 732282 ngg 1 S.D. in seals and 33951442 ngg in Ž. Ž.polar bears. The geometric mean of DDTs, HCHs -, - and - HCH and HCB concentrations wet mass basis in seals and bears were 562261 ngg vs. 74.839 ngg, 380213 ngg vs. 515 ngg, and 17.410.1 ngg vs. Ž183153 ngg, respectively. The geometric mean sum of chlordane chlordane, sum of cis- and trans-chlordane,.cis- and trans-nonachlor, oxychlordane and heptachlor epoxide and dieldrin concentrations in ringed seals and polar bears were 753617 ngg vs. 720315 ngg and 38.622.8 ngg vs. 13065 ngg, respectively. Apparent Ž.bioaccumulation factors polar bearringed seal POP concentrations were lower in the animals sampled near Barrow, Alaska than in those from locations in the Canadian Arctic. This suggests that polar bears are also preying Disclaimer: Certain commercial equipment or instruments are identified in the paper to specify adequately the experimental |
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Ž.The Science of the Total Environment 287 2002 4559 Persistent organochlorine pollutants in ringed seals and polar bears collected from northern Alaska |
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