Table 5. Heavy metals (Hg, Se, Cd; mg/kg ww) and POPs (HCB, PCBs, DDTs, Total and Carcinogenic PAH; ng/lwt) concentrations in the muscular tissue of the seven sperm whales.

Sperm whale	no. 1	no. 2	no. 3	no. 4	no. 5	no. 6	no. 7
TotHg (mg/kg ww)	7,35	3,22	7,15	4,85	2,98	7,03	5,16
Se (mg/kg ww)	1,21	1,39	0,87	1,19	0,47	1,23	0,86
Hg∶Se (molar)	2,38	0,91	3,25	1,60	2,50	2,25	2,36
Cd (mg/kg ww)	0,008	0,006	0,004	0,006	0,006	0,003	0,004
HCB (ng/g lwt)	33,69	98,26	89,28	93,66	66,47	156,16	18,69
DDTs (ng/g lwt)	13899,66	19988,41	27597,67	21305,98	11352,15	122086,30	3907,08
PCBs (ng/g lwt)	12148,43	25162,86	29477,59	20754,51	9488,29	104106,6	4320,10
Tot PAHs (ng/g lwt)	3747,43	513,41	1395,84	1339,47	1199,86	3444,95	1195,65
Carc PAHs (ng/g lwt)	144,90	67,17	49,16	28,13	32,22	128,51	31,74