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Trends in sum-PCB, sum-DDT, sum-CHL, and toxaphene over a ten year period (20 years for DDT in the Mackenzie Delta) for male narwhal and beluga blubber samples from the Canadian Arctic (N=8-26)
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Trends in sum-PCB, sum-DDT, sum-CHL, and toxaphene over a ten year period (20 years for DDT in the Mackenzie Delta) for male narwhal and beluga blubber samples from the Canadian Arctic (N=8-26)
Sources | data for beluga from 1972: Addison, R.F. and P.F. Brodie, 1973. Occurrence of DDT residues in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T. J. Fish. Res. Bd Can. 30: 1733-1736. data for narwhal: Muir, D.C.G., 1994. Spatial and temporal trends of organochlorines in Arctic marine mammals. In: J.L. Murray and R.G. Shearer (eds). Synopsis of research conducted under the 1993/1994 Northern Contaminants Program, pp. 189-196. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Environmental Studies 72, 459p. Muir, D.C.G., 1996. Spatial and temporal trends of organochlorines in Arctic marine mammals. In: J.L. Murray and R.G. Shearer (eds). Synopsis of research conducted under the 1994/95 Northern Contaminants Program, pp. 143-146. Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, Canada, Environmental Studies 73, 377p. (AAR Figure 6.55) | ||||
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Published | 1998 | ||||
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