Chlorinated pesticide concentrations in harp seals (Phoca Groenlandica) from the Barents Sea

• Main Authors: Wolkers, Hans, Lydersen, Christian, Burkow, Ivan C., Witkamp, Renger F.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: BIOTA; biology; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; Arctic; Barents Sea; Jan Mayen; Svalbard; Barentshav*; North Atlantic; Phoca groenlandica; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/9fc83f58-d767-5e4e-9121-a99731c4d262

Harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) from the Barents Sea were analyzed for blubber levels of polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs), polychlorinated camphenes (PCCs; toxaphenes), DDT and its metabolites, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), hexachlorocyclohexanes(HCHs), and the cyclodiene pesticides, including dieldrin, e...