Mercury, DDT and PCB in the Atlantic Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from the Thule District, North Greenland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Born, E.W., Kraul, I., Kristensen, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1981
• Subjects: Age; Bioaccumulation; Biological sampling; DDT; Gender differences; Internal organs; Marine pollution; Mercury; PCBs; Toxicity; Walruses; Smith Sound; Greenland/Nunavut; Smith Sound region; Arctic; Greenland; Morse; Nunavut; North Greenland; Odobenus rosmarus; Smith sound; Thule; morse; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65580

Tissue samples of 69 Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) were collected in the Thule district, North Greenland, in May-July 1975 and 1977. The mean concentration of total mercury in liver was 1.78 mg/kg (SD=1.54; N=46), wet weight basis, with the mean percentage of methyl mercury being 5....