Organochlorine residues in harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphins stranded on the coast of Scotland, 1988-1991

David E. Wells; Lesley A. Campbell; Harry M. Ross; Paul M. Thompson; Christina H. Lockyer

doi:10.1016/0048-9697(94)90488-X

Organochlorine residues in harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphins stranded on the coast of Scotland, 1988-1991

David E. Wells^*, Lesley A. Campbell, Harry M. Ross, Paul M. Thompson, Christina H. Lockyer

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The organochlorine (OC) residues, chlorobiphenyls (CBs), DDT and its metabolites, dieldrin, hexachlorobenzene and technical chlordane mixtures have been determined in the blubber of harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphins from around the north and east coasts of Scotland as a result of strandings and bycatches between 1988 and 1991. The concentrations of OCs range from some of the lowest values reported at 280 μg kg^-1 for t-CBs, 145 μg kg^-1 for t-DDT and 71 μg kg^-1 for dieldrin to some of the highest values, 23 000 μg kg^-1 for t-CBs, and 10 200 μg kg^-1 for t-DDT. OC levels were correlated with the age and sex of the sample of harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphins from the Moray Firth area. The study confirms that the concentration of these compounds is highly dependent on co-factors of age and sex, and that data from single or small numbers of animals may be of limited value in comparing information on organochlorine residues in mammals within or between regions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-99
Number of pages	23
Journal	Science of the Total Environment, The
Volume	151
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(94)90488-X
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 1994

Keywords

Age
Chlorobiphenyl
DDT
Dieldrin
Dolphin
Organochlorine
Porpoise
Sex
Strandings

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