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Table A15. Blubber. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of chlorinated analytes in California gray whales.

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	Site:	Point Richmond	Carquinez Strait	Alcatraz Island	Oakland	Oakland
Chlorinated analytes	Animal ID:	SFB 102	SFB 103	SFB 105	SFB 107	SFB 107
					Duplicates*
	Sample no.:	59-585	59-586	59-588	59-587	59-594
hexachlorobenzene		56	110	200	150	150
lindane (gamma-BHC)		0.4	0.5	1	0.9	1
heptachlor		nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
aldrin		nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
heptachlor epoxide		4	7	19	16	16
alpha-chlordane		8	11	22	18	18
trans-nonachlor		49	68	120	110	100
dieldrin		17	37	85	71	69
mirex		3	4	6	6	5
o,p'-DDE		3	7	13	12	11
p,p'-DDE		60	130	220	200	180
o,p'-DDD		3	22	10	9	nd
p,p'-DDD		10	25	40	35	34
o,p'-DDT		5	2	40	33	27
p,p'-DDT		nd	nd	0.7	0.5	0.5
trichlorobiphenyls		5	6	5	5	5
tetrachlorobiphenyls		73	140	270	230	220
pentachlorobiphenyls		260	170	320	280	260
hexachlorobiphenyls		110	140	230	200	190
heptachlorobiphenyls		67	96	210	190	170
octachlorobiphenyls		11	15	30	22	19
nonachlorobiphenyls		0.6	0.9	2	2	1
decachlorobiphenyl		2	2	3	4	3
sample weight, grams		1.01	0.99	1.11	1.11	1.00
% lipid		1.1	1.6	2.7	1.5	1.3

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* Duplicates refers to analyses of replicate subsamples of a unique sample.

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Table A16. Blubber. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of individual polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers in California gray whales.

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	Site:	Point Richmond	Carquinez Strait	Alcatraz Island	Oakland	Oakland
Chlorinated analytes	Animal ID:	SFB 102	SFB 103	SFB 105	SFB 107	SFB 107
					Duplicatesa
	Sample no.:	59-585	59-586	59-588	59-587	59-594
2,2',5-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 18) b		2	3	3	1	1
2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 28)		3	3	2	2	6
2,2',3,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 44)		4	6	6	5	6
2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 52)		25	48	82	71	47
2,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 66)		4	7	13	11	18
2,2',4,5,5'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 101)		13	18	36	30	25
2,3,3'4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 105)		6	8	13	11	19
2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 118)		10	16	24	21	16
2,2',3,3',4,4'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 128)		2	2	3	3	4
2,2',3,4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 138)		20	30	48	43	32
2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 153)		28	40	61	55	40
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 170)		9	5	5	5	8
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 180)		5	7	14	12	10
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 187)		8	13	16	18	11
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-octachlorobiphenyl (no. 195)		0.2	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.6
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-nonachlorobiphenyl (no. 206)		0.4	0.5	1	1	0.8
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-decachlorobiphenyl (no. 209)		2	2	3	4	3

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^a Duplicates refers to analyses of replicate subsamples of a unique sample.
^b The accepted numbering system for PCB isomers as developed by Ballschmiter and Zell