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Table A17. Brain. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of chlorinated analytes in a Washington gray whale.

Site:Hartstene Island
Chlorinated analytesAnimal ID:CRC 334
Sample no.:59-283

hexachlorobenzene110
lindane (gamma-BHC)nd
heptachlornd
aldrinnd
heptachlor epoxide8
alpha-chlordane11
trans-nonachlor32
dieldrin47
mirex3
o,p'-DDE4
p,p'-DDE100
o,p'-DDD11
p,p'-DDD10
o,p'-DDT4
p,p'-DDTnd

trichlorobiphenyls3
tetrachlorobiphenyls120
pentachlorobiphenyls140
hexachlorobiphenyls81
heptachlorobiphenyls59
octachlorobiphenyls10
nonachlorobiphenyls1
decachlorobiphenyl1
sample weight, grams5.13

% lipid11

Table A18. Brain. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of individual polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers in a Washington gray whale.
Site:Hartstene Island
Individual PCB isomersAnimal ID:CRC 334
Sample no.:59-283

2,2',5-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 18) *5
2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 28)nd
2,2',3,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 44)2
2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 52)39
2,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 66)5
2,2',4,5,5'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 101)17
2,3,3'4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 105)5
2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 118)10
2,2',3,3',4,4'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 128)1
2,2',3,4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 138)18
2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 153)26
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 170)2
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 180)5
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 187)7
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-octachlorobiphenyl (no. 195)nd
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-nonachlorobiphenyl (no. 206)nd
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-decachlorobiphenyl (no. 209)1

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