Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sea Otter Blood and in Blue Mussels from the Aleutian Islands and Southeast Alaska

• Main Authors: Jessup, David A, Johnson, Christine K, Estes, James A, Carlson-Bremer, Daphne, Jarman, Walter M, Reese, Stacey L, Dodd, Erin, Tinker, M. Tim, Ziccardi, Michael H, Kenner, Michael C
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2021
• Subjects: biota, bivalves, health, organic pollutants, sea otters, wildlife biology, wildlife disease; Monson; Archipelago; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p94z7ao8; https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/605e6784d34ec5fa65ee7b64

Two data sets concerning organic contaminants are included here to aid in assessment of the sea otter population collapse in southwest Alaska. One data set consists of levels of organic pollutant compounds found in wild sea otter blood collected from captured animals in 1997 (Jessup et al., 2010). T...