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Table A5. Liver. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of chlorinated analytes in a California gray whale.
Site:Point Richmond
Chlorinated analytesAnimal ID:SFB 102
Sample no.:59-589
hexachlorobenzene23
lindane (gamma-BHC)nd
heptachlornd
aldrinnd
heptachlor epoxide2
alpha-chlordane2
trans-nonachlor7
dieldrin5
mirex0.3
o,p'-DDE1
p,p'-DDE11
o,p'-DDD1
p,p'-DDD2
o,p'-DDTnd
p,p'-DDTnd
trichlorobiphenyls2
tetrachlorobiphenyls25
pentachlorobiphenyls66
hexachlorobiphenyls24
heptachlorobiphenyls14
octachlorobiphenyls3
nonachlorobiphenyls2
decachlorobiphenyl0.7

sample weight, grams1.07

% lipid1.4
Table A6. Liver. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of individual polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers in a California gray whale.
Site:Point Richmond
Individual PCB isomersAnimal ID:SFB 102
Sample no.:59-589
2,2',5-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 18) *1
2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 28)1
2,2',3,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 44)5
2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 52)7
2,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 66)0.8
2,2',4,5,5'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 101)3
2,3,3'4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 105)2
2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 118)3
2,2',3,3',4,4'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 128)0.4
2,2',3,4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 138)6
2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 153)7
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 170)2
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 180)1
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 187)2
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-octachlorobiphenyl (no. 195)0.2
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-nonachlorobiphenyl (no. 206)2
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-decachlorobiphenyl (no. 209)0.7
* The accepted numbering system for PCB isomers as developed by Ballschmiter and Zell (1980).