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Table A7. Blubber. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of chlorinated analytes in Washington gray whales.
Site:Eagle PointHartstene
Island
Sequim BayLyre River Norwegian
Memorial
Totten InletOwens Beach
Chlorinated analytesAnimal ID:CRC 332CRC 334 CRC 337GLR 101CRC 395CRC 397CRC 398

Sample no.:59-27859-28159-801 59-27959-40659-39859-401

hexachlorobenzene430250642,90019010037
lindane (gamma-BHC)ndndndnd910.9
heptachlorndndndndndnd0.3
aldrinndndndnd2nd1
heptachlor epoxide361654402775
alpha-chlordane4734nd2601584
trans-nonachlor300220191,500754126
dieldrin20084121,600542311
mirex1825nd100464
o,p'-DDE2313nd140843
p,p'-DDE590590152,000767951
o,p'-DDD16nd586955
p,p'-DDD714173801485
o,p'-DDT180100nd370172211
p,p'-DDTndndndnd5ndnd
trichlorobiphenylsndndnd571168
tetrachlorobiphenyls800410473,7003709374
pentachlorobiphenyls730520523,40020012084
hexachlorobiphenyls420790441,7001109968
heptachlorobiphenyls360370311,400887448
octachlorobiphenyls4880nd1308127
nonachlorobiphenyls49ndnd0.713
decachlorobiphenyl89nd14214

sample weight, grams3.022.961.013.001.001.031.03

% lipid161.91.00.9732.00.8

Table A8. Blubber. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of individual polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers in Washington gray whales.
Site:Eagle PointHartstene
Island
Sequim BayLyre River Norwegian
Memorial
Totten InletOwens Beach
Individual PCB isomersAnimal ID:CRC 332CRC 334 CRC 337GLR 101CRC 395CRC 397CRC 398

2,2',5-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 18) *ndndndnd456
2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl (no. 28)ndndndnd832
2,2',3,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 44)ndnd1143757
2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 52)280160167402302628
2,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (no. 66)292141201064
2,2',4,5,5'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 101)75551241023128
2,3,3'4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 105)2329nd79564
2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (no. 118)5044420012119
2,2',3,3',4,4'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 128)4nd1125212
2,2',3,4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 138)901009350232116
2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (no. 153)130160nd430253022
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 170)817324223
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 180)1935245465
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-heptachlorobiphenyl (no. 187)355641006108
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-octachlorobiphenyl (no. 195)ndndndnd0.50.40.8
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-nonachlorobiphenyl (no. 206)ndndndnd0.70.72
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-decachlorobiphenyl (no. 209)89nd14214

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