PCB's and other organochlorine contaminants in white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from West Greenland: variations with age and sex

• Main Authors: Stern, Garry A., Muir, Derek C. G., Segstro, Mark D., Dietz, Rune, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press 1994
• Subjects: Greenland; Nuussuaq; Delphinapterus leucas; Disko bugt
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142555

Blubber samples from 138 white whales from two locations in West Greenland (the Nuussuaq area, ea. 74°N, 58°W, and the Disko Bugt area, ea. 69°N, 53°W and skin and kidney samples from 20 white whales from Nuussuaq were analysed for PCB congeners and related organochlorines (hexachlorohexanes (ΣHCH),...