ORGANOCHLORINE RESIDUES IN HARP SEALS, PHOCA-GROENLANDICA, FROM THE GULF OF ST-LAWRENCE AND HUDSON STRAIT - AN EVALUATION OF CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS AND BURDENS

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BECK, GG
SMITH, RG
ADDISON, RF
机构
[1] FISHERIES & OCEANS CANADA,BIOL SCI BRANCH,PACIFIC BIOL STN,NANAIMO V9R 5K6,BC,CANADA
[2] FISHERIES & OCEANS CANADA,INST OCEAN SCI,DIV OCEAN CHEM,SIDNEY V8L 4B2,BC,CANADA
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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE ZOOLOGIE | 1994年 / 72卷 / 01期
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10.1139/z94-022
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Q95 [动物学];
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071002 ;
摘要
We evaluated organochlorine contaminant concentrations and burdens in blubber samples from 50 harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) obtained from the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and Hudson Strait, Canada, between December 1988 and December 1989. The concentration and burden of PCBs increased significantly during the winter months for males occupying the St. Lawrence estuary. The potential for rapid accumulation of contaminants in the estuary was also observed among females: nine postpartum females (1 month after weaning) had higher organochlorine levels than prepartum females from the same location. The lowest observed contaminant concentrations and burdens were in seals from Hudson Strait in autumn. In winter specimens, males had DDT and PCB concentrations about 4 and 2 times as great, respectively, as females of similar age distribution and collection date. Congeners with IUPAC Nos. 138 and 153 accounted for more than 50% of total identifiable PCBs, which is consistent with their prevalence in other marine biota. The concentration of PCBs has declined and the percent p,p'-DDE of total DDT has increased between 1982 and the present study. Unlike the beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), harp seals occupy the more polluted waters of the estuary only seasonally, and this may account for their lower residue concentrations.
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