BioMed Research International / 2015 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Estrogenic Evaluation and Organochlorine Identification in Blubber of North Sea Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena ) Stranded on the North Sea Coast Table 3 Gender, length (cm), weight (kg), blubber thickness (cm), and blubber levels (
g/kg) of 13 organochlorine compounds of 12 North Sea harbour porpoise individuals. Chemicals were divided in three groups and the sum of concentrations for each group is presented for the different samples.
03/1521 01/1196 03/1238 A00/1140 A00/258 A03/1517 01/847 01/805 01/1219 A00/600 01/887 A00/974 Average Gender M M F F M M F M M M M F — Length 117 104 127 112 108 128 114 99 112 103 110 114 112 ± 9 Weight 30 n/a 26 20 18 22 29 14 19 27 17 22 22 ± 5 Blubber thickness 20 22 10 13 10 8 20 5 8 40 6 20 15 ± 10 Emaciation n/a n/a Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No — Parasites n/a n/a Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No — PCB 138 9.9 × 102 1.3 × 103 8.3 × 103 3.8 × 103 3.7 × 103 3.1 × 104 2.7 × 103 3.7 × 103 7.7 × 103 3.6 × 103 2.3 × 103 5.9 × 102 5.8 ± 8.3 × 103 PCB 153 1.4 × 103 1.7 × 103 1.2 × 104 6.3 × 103 5.5 × 103 4.2 × 104 4.0 × 103 5.5 × 103 1.1 × 104 5.1 × 103 3.2 × 103 6.0 × 102 0.8 ± 1.1 × 104 PCB 180 3.3 × 102 3.2 × 102 2.5 × 103 1.8 × 103 1.2 × 103 7.4 × 103 8.0 × 102 1.2 × 103 1.9 × 103 9.3 × 102 7.9 × 102 1.1 × 102 1.6 ± 1.9 × 103 (3) PCBs2.7 × 103 3.3 × 103 2.3 × 104 1.2 × 104 1.0 × 104 8.1 × 104 7.5 × 103 1.0 × 104 2.1 × 104 9.6 × 103 6.3 × 103 1.3 × 103 1.6 ± 2.2 × 104 o , -DDT4.8 × 101 1.0 × 102 3.4 × 102 9.8 × 101 7.4 × 101 2.1 × 102 6.0 × 101 8.2 × 101 8.6 × 102 5.4 × 101 1.7 × 102 7.1 × 101 1.8 ± 2.3 × 102 o , -DDDn/d 7.2 × 101 1.8 × 102 7.8 × 101 6.8 × 101 4.1 × 102 n/d 8.6 × 101 5.2 × 102 n/d 6.9 × 101 4.0 × 101 1.7 ± 1.8 × 102 p , -DDT1.8 × 102 3.2 × 102 7.9 × 102 5.6 × 102 4.7 × 102 7.1 × 102 1.9 × 102 3.7 × 102 1.4 × 103 2.0 × 102 5.8 × 102 1.1 × 102 4.9 ± 3.6 × 102 p , -DDD3.4 × 102 5.3 × 102 8.9 × 102 9.2 × 102 8.5 × 102 1.2 × 103 2.4 × 102 7.3 × 102 2.6 × 103 4.1 × 102 6.0 × 102 1.4 × 102 7.9 ± 6.6 × 102 p , -DDE1.0 × 103 1.2 × 103 3.1 × 103 2.6 × 103 2.9 × 103 4.1 × 103 9.1 × 102 2.4 × 103 8.6 × 103 1.4 × 103 2.3 × 103 5.1 × 102 2.6 ± 2.2 × 103 (5) DDTs1.6 × 103 2.3 × 103 5.3 × 103 4.3 × 103 4.4 × 103 6.6 × 103 1.4 × 103 3.7 × 103 1.4 × 104 2.1 × 103 3.7 × 103 8.6 × 102 4.2 ± 3.5 × 103 -HCHn/d n/d 9.7 × 101 n/d 8.8 × 101 8.0 × 101 n/d 8.3 × 101 1.3 × 102 4.2 × 101 7.4 × 101 4.7 × 101 8.0 ± 2.7 × 101 -HCHn/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d n/d — -HCH9.8 × 101 1.4 × 102 1.3 × 102 1.3 × 102 2.4 × 102 2.0 × 102 8.0 × 101 1.7 × 102 4.8 × 102 1.7 × 102 1.5 × 102 1.2 × 102 1.8 ± 1.1 × 102 -HCH7.0 × 101 n/d 6.8 × 101 6.6 × 101 n/d n/d n/d 8.0 × 101 9.8 × 101 7.1 × 101 1.0 × 102 7.4 × 101 7.9 ± 1.4 × 101 HCB 1.4 × 102 2.1 × 102 5.4 × 102 2.2 × 102 3.1 × 102 4.9 × 102 1.3 × 102 3.4 × 102 1.5 × 103 9.8 × 101 6.0 × 102 7.6 × 101 3.9 ± 4.0 × 102 (5) HCHs + HCB3.1 × 102 3.5 × 102 8.4 × 102 4.2 × 102 6.3 × 102 7.7 × 102 2.1 × 102 6.7 × 102 2.2 × 103 3.9 × 102 9.3 × 102 3.1 × 102 6.7 ± 5.4 × 102 (13) total4.6 × 103 5.9 × 103 2.9 × 104 1.7 × 104 1.5 × 104 8.8 × 104 9.1 × 103 1.5 × 104 3.7 × 104 1.2 × 104 1.1 × 104 2.5 × 103 2.1 ± 2.4 × 104
n/d: not detected; n/a: not available.