Orgranochlorines in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) tissues from the northern Gulf of Alaska

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites, heptachlor and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) were analyzed in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) tissues collected from the Gulf of Alaska during 2000-2001. Sigma HCHs (16-728 ng/g lw) and Sigma DDTs (14-368 n...

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Main Authors: Wang, D. L., Atkinson, S., Hoover-Miller, A., Lee, S. E., Li, Q. X., 王德利
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
polychlorinated biphenyls
PCBs
DDTs
HCHs
heptachlor
harbor seals
Gulf of Alaska
harbor seal
Kodiak
Phoca vitulina
Alaska
Online Access:http://dspace.xmu.edu.cn/handle/2288/60587
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Summary:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites, heptachlor and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) were analyzed in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) tissues collected from the Gulf of Alaska during 2000-2001. Sigma HCHs (16-728 ng/g lw) and Sigma DDTs (14-368 ng/g lw) were the predominant pollutants followed by Sigma HCHs (0.56-93 ng/g lw) and heptachlor (<= 0.068-6.0 ng/g lw). Concentrations of the above organochlorines (OCs) in the liver, kidney and blubber tissues correlated with ages, sex, body weight and blubber thickness of the harbor seals. The OC concentrations were similar between the samples collected from two different regions - Prince William Sound, and Kodiak Island and Southern Alaska Peninsula. Mean levels of OCs in nursing female adults were much lower than those in male adults, which indicate that lactation transfer OCs from mother seals to newborns. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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