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Table A13. Blubber. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of chlorinated analytes in Alaska gray whales.
Site:Kodiak Island,
Karluk
Tugidak Island
Chlorinated analytesAnimal ID:AKI 101AKI 102

Sample no.:59-43759-439

hexachlorobenzene7816
lindane (gamma-BHC)50.5
heptachlorndnd
aldrin10.4
heptachlor epoxide183
alpha-chlordane211
trans-nonachlor929
dieldrin594
mirex242
o,p'-DDE140.3
p,p'-DDE1909
o,p'-DDD170.2
p,p'-DDD251
o,p'-DDT721
p,p'-DDT160.5

trichlorobiphenyls40.6
tetrachlorobiphenyls31059
pentachlorobiphenyls32034
hexachlorobiphenyls27026
heptachlorobiphenyls21023
octachlorobiphenyls473
nonachlorobiphenyls20.6
decachlorobiphenyl51

sample weight, grams1.041.05

% lipid3.20.9


Table A14. Blubber. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of individual polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers in Alaska gray whales.
Site:Kodiak Island,
Karluk
Tugidak Island
Individual PCB IsomersAnimal ID:AKI 101AKI 102

Sample no.:59-43759-439

2,2',5-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 18) *4nd
2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 28)ndnd
2,2',3,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 44)64
2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 52)16034
2,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 66)132
2,2',4,5,5'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 101)322
2,3,3'4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 105)142
2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 118)252
2,2',3,3',4,4'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 128)71
2,2',3,4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 138)536
2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 153)719
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 170)70.5
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 180)162
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 187)313
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-octachlorobiphenyl (no. 195)0.70.2
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-nonachlorobiphenyl (no. 206)0.80.3
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-decachlorobiphenyl (no. 209)51

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