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Table 6. Sums of concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in stomach content samples from gray whales collected from sites in Washington and Alaska.^a

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Specimen	Number	Sum of the LACs	Sum of the HACs	Sum of the PACsb
Puget Sound, Washington	4	370±250c (nd-860)	390±280d (7-1,200)	680±490 (7-2,100)
Washington - Outer Coast	1	10	4	14
Strait of Juan de Fuca and Strait of Georgia	2	290±270 (11-560)	88±82 6-170)	370±360 (17-730)
Alaska	1	56	10	66
Mean ± SE for all areas	8	250±130 (nd-860)	220±140 (4-1,200)	440±250 (7-2,100)
Port Angeles, Washington (1984)e	1	-	-	140

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^aSee Table 1 for list of analytes
^bThe values of the sum of PACs are the summed concentrations of all PACs listed in Table 1.
^cThe data are presented as the mean ± standard error and the values in parentheses are the range of concentrations. The mean values do not include values for samples in which the concentrations of an analyte was below the limit of detection.
^dSignificantly (P<0.05) different from the mean concentration (48 ± 41 ng/g wet weight) of all the other sites (n=4) combined.
^eThese samples were analyzed previously (1984).

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Table 7. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of selected toxic and essential elements and percent (%) dry weights in tissues and stomach contents of gray whales collected from sites in Washington, Alaska, and California.^a

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Puget Sound, Washington
Tissue	Aluminum (Al)	Iron (Fe)	Chromium (Cr)	Manganese (Mn)	Nickel (Ni)	Copper (Cu)	Zinc (Zn)	Arsenic (As)
Liver (n=4)	32,000 ± 21,000	4,200,000	110	3,000	350	12,000 ± 4,500	140,000 ± 8,500	520 ± 68
	(8,500 - 93,000)	(n=1)	(nd - 110)	(n=1)	(n=1)	(5,700 - 25,000)	(120,000 - 160,000)	(390 - 700)
Kidney (n=4)	6,200 ± 3,600	150,000	93 ± 57	nd	200	2,100 ± 210	41,000 ± 3,800	170 ± 19
	(1,800 - 17,000)	(n=1)	(10 - 260)	(n=1)	(n=1)	(1,500 - 2,400)	(32,000 - 47,000)	(150 - 230)
Stomach contents (n=4)	1,490,000 ± 720,000	140,000	2,100 ± 1,100	11,000	240	9,100 ± 3,200	15,000 ± 8,400	4,700 ± 3,100
	(190,000 - 3,400,000)	(n=1)	(360 - 4,800)	(n=1)	(n=1)	(3,000 - 15,000)	(3,200 - 40,000)	(640 - 14,000)
Brain (n=1)	2,300	39,000	60	nd	nd	2,400	10,000	nd
Tissue	Selenium (Se)	Silver (Ag)	Cadmium (Cd)	Mercury (Hg)	Lead (Pb)	Strontium (Sr)	Tin (Sn)	Barium (Ba)
Liver (n=4)	2,600 ± 160	20	7,600 ± 1,200	63 ± 19	130 ± 24	320 ± 120 (n=3)	nd	37 ± 22 (n=3)
	(2,300 - 3,000)	(n=1)	(5,100 - 11,000)	(10 - 100)	(80 - 190)	(200 - 550)	(n=3)	(10 - 80)
Kidney (n=4)	1,400 ± 140	10	5,100 ± 500	23 ± 3	50 ± 11	1,300 ± 180 (n=3)	nd	93 ± 24 (n=3)
	(1,200 - 1,800)	(n = 1)	(3,700 - 6,100)	(nd - 30)	(30 - 80)	(1,000 - 1,600)	(n = 3)	(60 - 140)
Stomach contents (n=4)	750 ± 230	30	370 ± 170	180 ± 110	1,600 ± 770	52,000 ± 49,000 (n=3)	20 (n=3)	2,000 ± 950 (n=3)
	(420 - 1,400)	(n = 1)	(40 - 840)	(20 - 500)	(300 - 3,300)	(1,900 - 150,000)	(nd - 20)	(310 - 3,600)
Brain (n=1)	100	20	20	nd	60	na	na	na
Tissue	% dry weight
Liver (n=4)	21 ± 0.9
	(19 - 23)
Kidney (n=4)	28 ± 0.8
	(26 - 30)
Stomach contents (n=4)	22 ± 10
	(7.5 - 50)
Brain (n=1)	37
Washington Outer Coast
Tissue	Aluminum (Al)	Iron (Fe)	Chromium (Cr)	Manganese (Mn)	Nickel (Ni)	Copper (Cu)	Zinc (Zn)	Arsenic (As)
Liver (n=2)	11,000 ± 6,700	1,400,000	130	3,000	nd	13,000 ± 3,300	82,000 ± 7,000	260 ± 100
	(4,600 - 18,000)	(n=1)	(nd - 130)	(n=1)	(n=1)	(9,400 - 16,000)	(75,000 - 89,000)	(160 - 360)
Kidney (n=1)	1,700	na	10	na	na	2,600	32,000	90
Stomach contents (n=1)	860,000	na	510	na	na	5,100	22,000	980
Tissue	Selenium (Se)	Silver (Ag)	Cadmium (Cd)	Mercury (Hg)	Lead (Pb)	Strontium (Sr)	Tin (Sn)	Barium (Ba)
Liver (n=2)	2,300 ± 1,200	10	3,200 ± 3,000	55 ± 25	130 ± 15	930	nd	70
	(1,100 -3,400)	(n=1)	(210 - 6,200)	(30 - 80)	(110 - 140)	(n=1)	(n=1)	(n=1)
Kidney (n=1)	1,000	na	4,200	20	10	1,600	nd	140
Stomach contents (n=1)	470	na	690	30	140	360,000	nd	16,000
Tissue	% dry weight
Liver (n=2)	23 ± 0
Kidney (n=1)	25
Stomach contents (n=1)	31
Strait of Juan de Fuca and Strait of Georgia
Tissue	Aluminum (Al)	Iron (Fe)	Chromium (Cr)	Manganese (Mn)	Nickel (Ni)	Copper (Cu)	Zinc (Zn)	Arsenic (As)
Liver (n=1)	9,200	3,600,000	150	3,000	100	8,300	120,000	410
Kidney (n=2)	5,500 ± 3,900	88,000 ± 13,000	540 ± 470	nd	210	3,100 ± 150	69,000 ± 9,500	230 ± 40
	(1,600 - 9,300)	(75,000 - 100,000)	(70 - 1,000)	-	(nd - 210)	(2,900 - 3,200)	(59,000 - 78,000)	(190 - 270)
Stomach contents (n=2)	2,000,000 ± 1,100,000	410,000 ± 400,000	8,200 ± 2,800	30,000 ± 24,000	900 ± 560	37,000 ± 29,000	52,000 ± 33,000	6,200 ± 4,900
	(940,000 - 3,100,000)	(5,800 - 810,000)	(5,400 - 11,000)	(5,100 - 54,000)	(380 - 1,500)	(8,000 - 66,000)	(19,000 - 85,000)	(1,300 - 11,000)
Tissue	Selenium (Se)	Silver (Ag)	Cadmium (Cd)	Mercury (Hg)	Lead (Pb)	Strontium (Sr)	Tin (Sn)	Barium (Ba)
Liver (n=1)	2,100	20	3,100	120	110	na	na	na
Kidney (n=2)	1,600 ± 500	20 ± 10	4,400 ± 700	60	90 ± 10	na	na	na
	(1,100 - 2,100)	(10 - 30 )	(3,700 - 5,100)	(nd - 60)	(80 - 100)
Stomach contents (n=2)	1,400 ± 940	20 ± 10	290 ± 240	85 ± 15	210 ± 110	na	na	na
	(430 - 2,300)	(10 - 30)	(50 -530)	(70 - 100)	(100 - 320)
Tissue	% dry weight
Liver (n=1)	24
Kidney (n=2)	26 ± 1.0
	(25 - 27)
Stomach contents (n=2)	38 ± 13
	(25 - 50)
Alaska
Tissue	Aluminum (Al)	Iron (Fe)	Chromium (Cr)	Manganese (Mn)	Nickel (Ni)	Copper (Cu)	Zinc (Zn)	Arsenic (As)
Liver (n=2)	80,000 ± 70,000	na	250	na	na	5,400 ± 4,200	47,000 ± 46,000	210 ± 65
	(10,000 - 150,000)
	(nd - 250)	(1,200 - 9,600)	(1,600 - 93,000)	(140 - 270)
Kidney (n=2)	3,800 ± 1,000	na	20 ± 10	na	na	1,000 ± 580	40,000 ± 5,000	1,400 ± 1,300
	(2,800 - 4,800)
	(10 - 30)		(450 - 1,600)	(35,000 - 45,000)	(10 - 2,700)
Stomach contents (n=1)	2,900,000	na	2,100	na	na	55,000	41,000	1,600
Tissue	Selenium (Se)	Silver (Ag)	Cadmium (Cd)	Mercury (Hg)	Lead (Pb)	Strontium (Sr)	Tin (Sn)	Barium (Ba)
Liver (n=2)	1,600 ± 600	na	1,500 ± 1,300	25 ± 16	170 ± 110	2,600 ± 1,800	nd	62 ± 32
	(1,000 - 2,200)
	(200 - 2,700)	(9 - 40)	(60 - 270)	(880 - 4,400)	-	(30 - 94)
Kidney (n=2)	720 ± 380	na	1,400 ± 1,200	30 ± 0	10	1,500 ± 770	50	15 ± 5
	(340 - 1,100)
	(140 - 2,600)	-	(nd - 10)	(770 - 2,300)	(nd - 50)	(10 - 20)
Stomach contents (n=1)	1,400	na	1,700	80	350	410,000	nd	24,000
Tissue	% dry weight
Liver (n=2)	19 ± 3.5
	(15 - 22)
Kidney (n=2)	27 ± 3.4
	(23 - 30)
Stomach contents (n=1)	25
San Francisco Bay, California
Tissue	Aluminum (Al)	Iron (Fe)	Chromium (Cr)	Manganese (Mn)	Nickel (Ni)	Copper (Cu)	Zinc (Zn)	Arsenic (As)
Liver (n=1)	6,400	120,000	nd	na	na	630	46,000	47
Kidney (n=1)	5,100	84,000	nd	na	na	4,900	110,000	480
Tissue	Selenium (Se)	Silver (Ag)	Cadmium (Cd)	Mercury (Hg)	Lead (Pb)	Strontium (Sr)	Tin (Sn)	Barium (Ba)
Liver (n=1)	350	nd	60	30	20	520	40	120
Kidney (n=1)	1,600	nd	5,400	60	80	1,300	30	160
Tissue	% dry weight
Liver (n=1)	18
Kidney (n=1)	21
Means for All Areas
Tissue	Aluminum (Al)	Iron (Fe)	Chromium (Cr)	Manganese (Mn)	Nickel (Ni)	Copper (Cu)	Zinc (Zn)	Arsenic (As)
Liver (n=10)	32,000 ± 15,000	2,300,000 ± 950,000	160 ± 31	3,000 ± 0	230 ± 130	9,200 ± 2,200	99,000 ± 16,000	340 ± 62
	(6,400 - 150,000)	(120,000 - 4,200,000)	(nd - 250)	-	(nd - 350)	(630 - 25,000)	(1,600 - 160,000)	(47 - 700)
	(n=4)
	(n=3)	(n=3)
Kidney (n=10)	5,000 ± 1,500	100,000 ± 17,000	170 ± 110	nd	210 ± 5	2,400 ± 370	52,000 ± 7,800	440 ± 250
	(1,600 - 9,300)	(75,000 - 150,000)	(nd - 1000)	-	(nd - 210)	(450 - 4,900)	(32,000 - 110,000)	(10 - 2,700)
		(n=4)
	(n=3)	(n=3)
Stomach contents (n=8)	1,700,000 ± 450,000	320,000 ± 250,000	3,400 ± 1,300	23,000 ± 15,000	710 ± 400	21,000 ± 8,800	28,000 ± 9,500	4,200 ± 1,800
	(190,000 - 3,400,000)	(5,800 - 810,000)	(510 - 11,000)	(5,100 - 54,000)	(240 - 1,500)	(3,000 - 66,000)	(3,200 - 85,000)	(640 - 14,000)
		(n=3)
	(n=3)	(n=3)
Brain (n=1)	2,300	39,000	60	nd	nd	2,400	10,000	nd
Tissue	Selenium (Se)	Silver (Ag)	Cadmium (Cd)	Mercury (Hg)	Lead (Pb)	Strontium (Sr)	Tin (Sn)	Barium (Ba)
Liver (n=10)	2,000 ± 300	17 ± 3	4,300 ± 1,200	56 ± 12	120 ± 22	1,100 ± 560	40	61 ± 16
	(350 - 3,400)	(10 - 20)	(60 - 6,200)	(9 - 120)	(20 - 270)	(200 - 1,800)	(nd - 40)	(10 - 120 )
		(n=4)			(n=7)	(n=7)	(n=8)
Kidney (n=10)	1,300 ± 150	17 ± 7	4,100 ± 550	34 ± 6	53 ± 11	1,400 ± 190	40 ± 10	87 ± 23
	(340 - 2,100)	(10 - 30 )	(140 - 6,100)	(nd - 60)	(nd - 100)	(770 - 2,300)	(nd - 50)	(10 - 160 )
		(n=4)			(n=7)	(n=7)	(n=8)
Stomach contents (n=8)	950 ± 240	23 ± 7	560 ± 190	120 ± 56	940 ± 450	180,000 ± 86,000	20	9,200 ± 4,600
	(420 - 1,400)	(10 - 30)	(40 - 1,700)	(20 - 500)	(100 - 3,300)	(1,900 - 410,000)	(nd - 20)	(310 - 24,000)
		(n=3)			(n=5)	(n=5)	(n=5)
Brain (n=1)	100	20	20	nd	60	na	na	na
Tissue	% dry weight
Liver (n=10)	21 ± 0.9
	(15 - 24)
Kidney (n=10)	26 ± 0.9
	(21 - 30 )
Stomach contents (n=8)	27 ± 5.6
	(7.5 - 50)
Brain (n=1)	37
Port Angeles, Washington (1984)c
Tissue	Al	Cr	Ni	Cu	Zn	As	Hg	Pb
Liver	39,000	2,200	3,400	8,800	62,000	nd	nd	nd
Kidney	1,900	nd	250	5,700	34,000	nd	nd	nd
Stomach contents	1,100,000	3,300	1,800	9,600	18,000	nd	nd	nd
Brain	8,800	3,800	na	4,200	26,000	nd	nd	nd

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^a The toxic and essential elements analyzed are given in Table 1. ^b The data are presented as the mean ± standard error and the values in parentheses are the range of concentrations. The mean values do not include values for samples in which the ^c concentrations of an element were below the limit of detection.
These samples were analyzed previously (1984).
nd - indicates that the analyte was not detected above the limit of detection.
na - the sample was not analyzed for this element.