Postmortem Health and Pollution Investigations on Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) of the Islands Helgoland and Sylt

Table 3

Heavy metal concentrations in liver, kidney, and muscle samples [mg kg⁻¹ w.w.] samples.

		Pv 01	Pv 02	Pv 03	Pv 04	Pv 05
As	Liver	0.065	0.091	0.068	0.004	0.111
	Kidney	0.064	0.085	0.062	0.068	0.087
	Muscle	0.044	0.058	0.005	0.064	0.053
Cd	Liver	0.021	0.004	<0.002	0.005	0.010
	Kidney	0.114	0.037	0.043	0.038	0.054
	Muscle	<0.002	<0.002	<0.002	<0.002	<0.002
Hg	Liver	0.009	0.023	0.013	0.017	0.023
	Kidney	0.040	0.025	0.003	0.014	0.031
	Muscle	0.066	0.038	0.006	0.024	0.041
Pb	Liver	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.018	<0.0001	<0.0001
	Kidney	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
	Muscle	0.004	<0.0001	0.006	<0.0001	<0.0001