Geographical variation of persistent organochlorine concentrations in blubber of ringed seal (Phoca hispida) from the Canadian arctic: Univariate and multivariate approaches

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作者
Weis, IM
Muir, DCG
机构
[1] UNIV WINDSOR, GREAT LAKES INST ENVIRONM RES, WINDSOR, ON N9B 3P4, CANADA
[2] ENVIRONM CANADA, NATL WATER RES INST, BURLINGTON, ON L7R 4A6, CANADA
关键词
ringed seals (Phoca hispida); organic contaminants; Canadian Arctic; geographical variation; PCBs;
D O I
10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00048-1
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Geographical variation of organochlorine (OC) concentrations in ringed seal (Phoca hispida) in the Canadian Arctic was studied using univariate and multivariate statistical techniques. The dataset consisted of 80 individual OC components (58 PCB congeners plus DDT-and chlordane (CHL)-related compounds, toxaphene, hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH), chlorobenzenes (CBz), and dieldrin) determined in 221 ringed seal blubber samples from 13 locations throughout the Canadian Arctic from the period 1983 to 1989. Mean concentrations of the major OC groups in ringed seal blubber (Sigma PCBs, Sigma DDT, Sigma CHL and toxaphene), adjusted for the age and sex of the seals, showed few significant geographical differences. Principal components analysis was used to examine geographical trends. Significant differences in mean factor scores for three of four principal components were found between sampling locations. Locations in the western and high Arctic could be distinguished from those in Hudson Bay by highest scores along principal component two which was associated principally with CBz. PCB congeners with six or more chlorine substitutions declined with increasing nor th latitude, whereas more volatile OCs (CBz, HCH, less chlorinated PCBs) increased in the proportion of total OCs with latitude. Proportions of less chlorinated PCBs also decreased with increasing longitude, whereas slopes of regressions for more highly chlorinated PCBs increased significantly. The results were generally consistent with the 'cold condensation' hypothesis of increasing proportions of more volatile OCs with increasing latitude and distance front sources. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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