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Table A11. Blubber. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of chlorinated analytes in Washington gray whales.

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	Site:	Point Roberts	La Push	Tahola	Ruby Beach	Queets
Chlorinated analytes	Animal ID:	RCF 252	RCF 268	RCF 269	RCF 271	RCF 272
	Sample no.:	59-722	59-724	59-435	59-275	59-274
hexachlorobenzene		17	560	400	170	450
lindane (gamma-BHC)		0.8	7	11	nd	nd
heptachlor		nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
aldrin		nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
heptachlor epoxide		3	60	62	13	24
alpha-chlordane		nd	6	57	19	17
trans-nonachlor		12	180	240	130	120
dieldrin		7	120	190	57	70
mirex		1	3	16	15	8
o,p'-DDE		nd	26	45	nd	14
p,p'-DDE		11	130	490	240	99
o,p'-DDD		1	16	120	nd	22
p,p'-DDD		3	61	140	21	42
o,p'-DDT		1	5	nd	62	nd
p,p'-DDT		nd	nd	4	nd	nd
trichlorobiphenyls		3	11	15	nd	nd
tetrachlorobiphenyls		44	450	700	280	410
pentachlorobiphenyls		32	320	780	290	270
hexachlorobiphenyls		25	260	530	220	130
heptachlorobiphenyls		17	150	260	170	89
octachlorobiphenyls		1	14	38	39	16
nonachlorobiphenyls		nd	nd	3	5	nd
decachlorobiphenyl		nd	2	5	7	5
sample weight, grams		1.05	1.02	1.00	2.97	2.99
% lipid		1.8	6.3	16	1.4	19

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Table A12. Blubber. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of individual polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers in Washington gray whales.

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	Site:	Point Roberts	La Push	Tahola	Ruby Beach	Queets
Chlorinated analytes	Animal ID:	RCF 252	RCF 268	RCF 269	RCF 271	RCF 272
	Sample no.:	59-722	59-724	59-435	59-275	59-274
2,2',5-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 18) *		nd	7	15	nd	nd
2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 28)		2	5	1	nd	nd
2,2',3,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 44)		4	6	10	nd	nd
2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 52)		9	100	180	120	100
2,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 66)		2	12	43	13	12
2,2',4,5,5'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 101)		8	120	89	30	27
2,3,3'4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 105)		2	11	25	14	nd
2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 118)		4	25	52	24	12
2,2',3,3',4,4'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 128)		nd	3	8	5	5
2,2',3,4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 138)		6	43	83	50	26
2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 153)		9	58	130	76	50
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 170)		0.9	2	11	6	5
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 180)		1	9	24	14	9
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 187)		2	6	23	25	8
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-octachlorobiphenyl (no. 195)		nd	nd	2	nd	nd
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-nonachlorobiphenyl (no. 206)		nd	nd	2	5	nd
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-decachlorobiphenyl (no. 209)		nd	2	5	7	5

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* The accepted numbering system for PCB isomers as developed by Ballschmiter and Zell (1980).