Geographical differences in organochlorine contaminants in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena from the western North Atlantic

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Westgate, Andrew S., Tolley, Krystal A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: nise; harbour porpoise; Lambda; Lawrence Bay; Manan; Harbour porpoise; Newfoundland; North Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/108362; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps177255

Organochlorine contaminants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated bornanes (CHBs), dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro ethanes (DDTs), chlordanes (CHLORs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and, chlorobenzenes (CBZs) were quantified in 188 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) killed in comme...