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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2015 Jul 4;70(1):96–105. doi: 10.1007/s00244-015-0179-y

Table 3.

Temporal trend (% change per year) and 95 % confidence intervals of POPs and vitamins in northern fur seals from St. Paul Island from 1987 to 2007.

Compound Trend 95 % CI
Σ64PCBs NS −3, +1
  di- and trichlorobiphenyls NS −2, +1
  tetrachlorobiphenyls NS −3, 0
  pentachlorobiphenyls NS −5, +1
  hexachlorobiphenyls NS −3, 0
  heptachlorobiphenyls NS −3, 0
  octachlorobiphenyls NS −1, +1
Σ6DDTs NS −17, +2
  4,4'-DDT NS −25, +2
Σ5Chlordanes 5 % decrease −7, −1
Σ3HCHs 4 % decrease −6, −3
  β-HCH 3 % decrease −1, −4
Pentachlorobenzene 3 % decrease −4, −2
Hexachlorobenzene 5 % decrease −7, −2
Mirex NS −21, +4
Σ6PBDEs 9 % increase +5, +13
  BDE 47 9 % increase +5, +13
α-HBCD 12 % increase +8, +16
Σ15PFAAs 9 % increase +8, +10
  PFOS NS −2, +16
Retinol NS −5, +3
α-Tocopherol NS −2, 0
γ-Tocopherol NS −2, 0

Abbreviations: NS=no significant trend