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. 2024 Aug 9;58(33):14797–14811. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c02625

Table 1. Median (Range) Concentrations of Short-, Medium-, and Long-Chain CPs (SCCPs, MCCPs, and LCCPs, Respectively) and Dechloranes in Marine Mammals of Different Species, Age Class, and Sex Sampled from Norway 2015–2020 (ng/g lw)a.

species n age; sex year code lipid % SCCPs MCCPs LCCPs Dech-602 DP syn DP anti
common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) 5 adult; female 2019 2 77 (64–86.3) 42 (<LOD–110) 500 (<LOD–1400) 120 (60–290) 0.27 (0.09–0.72) <LOD <LOD
  5 adult; male 2019 2 58 (45–76) 140 (110–260) 1300 (450–1900) 200 (40–290) 0.52 (0.12–1.3) 0.13 (<LOD–0.16) 0.22 (<LOD–0.28)
  4 subadult; female 2019 2 63 (23–89) 46 (<LOD–58) 240 (<LOD–450) 480 (370–1100) 0.34 (0.04–1.5) <LOD <LOD
  14 all 2019 2 64 (23–89) 69 (<LOD–260) 480 (<LOD–1900) 240 (40–1100) 0.36 (0.04–1.5) 0.07 (<LOD–0.16) 0.13 (<LOD–0.28)
killer whale (Orcinus orca) 3 adult; female 2016–2017 3 64 (52–85) 170 (160–210) 440 (360–660) 89 (41–110) 7.2 (5.2–14) 0.12 (0.06–0.17) 0.15 (<LOD–0.21)
  2 adult; male 2016–2017 2–3 (35–64) (130–200) (420–2000) (74–620) (1.1–79) (<LOD–0.35) (<LOD–0.94)
  1 adult; UNK 2015 4 66 300 480 170 1.6 <LOD <LOD
  1 neonate; male 2017 2 65 110 290 69 0.36 0.079 0.17
  1 subadult; male 2016 2 41 110 320 120 2.5 0.045 0.074
  8 all 2015–2017 2–4 64 (35–85) 160 (110–300) 430 (290–2000) 99 (41–620) 3.8 (0.36–79) 0.097 (<LOD–0.35) 0.16 (<LOD–0.94)
sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) 1 adult; female 2020 3 33 230 330 160 1.4 <LOD <LOD
  5 adult; male 2018–2020 2–4 22 (11–83) 340 (87–1600) 510 (220–2400) 72 (31–700) 2.1 (1.4–2.5) 1.0 (<LOD–4.2) 1.3 (<LOD–5.2)
  1 subadult; male 2020 3 54 160 280 37 1.3 <LOD <LOD
  7 all 2018–2020 2–4 33 (11–83) 230 (87–1600) 330 (220–2400) 72 (31–700) 2.0 (1.3–2.5) 0.13 (<LOD–4.2) 0.22 (<LOD–5.2)
harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) 2 adult; female 2020 2 (4–97) (90–720) (56–100) (47–98) (0.80–1.7) <LOD <LOD
  4 UNK 2020 2–4 80 (77–86) 53 (37–67) 69 (<LOD–110) 25 (<LOD–37) 0.70 (0.12–1.1) <LOD 0.081 <LOD–0.099
  6 all 2020 2–4 80 (4–97) 51 (37–720) 70 (<LOD–110) 35 (<LOD–98) 0.89 (0.12–1.7) <LOD 0.093 <LOD–0.099
humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) 1 adult; female 2020 3 74 60 110 37 0.078 <LOD <LOD
  1 adult; male 2020 4 77 26 3.5 11 0.029 <LOD 0.16
  1 subadult; female 2020 3 74 91 310 65 0.063 <LOD <LOD
  1 UNK 2019 3 67 66 180 18 0.044 <LOD <LOD
  4 all 2019–2020 3–4 74 (67–77) 63 (26–91) 150 (3.5–310) 28 (11–65) 0.054 (0.029–0.078) <LOD 0.099 (<LOD–0.16)
fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) 1 adult; female 2020 3 75 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.061 <LOD <LOD
  1 adult; UNK 2020 2 74 95 130 31 1.6 <LOD <LOD
harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) 1 adult; female 2020 2 62 66 5.0 2.0 1.2 0.083 0.23
  1 UNK 2017 2 87 39 89 11 1.7 <LOD <LOD
long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) 1 subadult; UNK 2020 4 59 20 <LOD 12 0.14 <LOD <LOD
northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) 1 UNK; male 2020 4 77 39 140 37 0.48 <LOD <LOD
white-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) 1 UNK 2020 3 76 84 250 11 0.27 <LOD <LOD
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UNK = unknown. NA = not analyzed. LOD = limit of detection (values given in Table S1) code = decomposition code.50