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Table 5.

PCBs concentration detected in water birds from different regions

Species	Location	Years	Organ/ tissue	PCDD/F-dlPCB pg-TEQs/g	PCBs ng/g	Reference
Surf scoters Melanitta perspicillata	South coast of British Columbia, Canada	1998–2001	Liver	7.1	13.3 (ww) ∑52 congeners	Wilson et al. (2010)
Northern pintail Anas acuta	Caspian Sea	2008	Liver	–	29.5 (ww) ∑7 congeners	Rajaei et al. (2010)
Eurasian teal Anas creaca					11.5 (ww) ∑7 congeners
Mallard duck Anas platyrhynchos					29.5 (ww) ∑7 congeners
European herring gull Larus argentatus	Southern Baltic	2010–2012	Muscle	206.5	–	Falkowska et al. (2016)
European herring gull Larus argentatus	Southern Baltic	2010–2012	Liver	711.9	–	Falkowska et al. (2016)
Black-footed albatross Phoebastria nigripes	North Pacific	1993–1998	Fat	–	72,600 (ww) ∑14 congeners	Guruge et al. (2001)
Laysan albatross Phoebastria immutabilis	North Pacific			–	18,900 (ww) ∑14 congeners
Royal albatross Diomedea epomophora	Southern Ocean			–	2300 (ww) ∑14 congeners
Black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Southern Ocean			–	910 (ww) ∑14 congeners
Giant petrel Macronectes spp.	Southern Ocean	2011	Blood		6.10–72.2 (ww) ∑21 congeners	Roscales et al. (2016)
American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	Canada	1989	Liver	–	A: 493 (ww) B: 3195 (ww) ∑42 congeners	Donaldson and Braune (1999)
Glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus	Norway Svalbard	1991–1998	Liver	–	16,000 (lw) n/d	Skaare et al. (2000)
Common eider Somateria mollisima	Norway Sklinna Røst	2012	Eggs			Huber et al. (2015)
Common eider Somateria mollisima	Norway Sklinna Røst	2012	Eggs		10.9 (ww) 76.9 (ww) ∑32 congeners	Huber et al. (2015)
Black cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis	Poland		Liver Muscle		13,000–69,000 (lw) 19,000–110,000 (lw) n/d	Falandysz et al. (2003)
Least tern Sternula antillarum	Coastal Georgia, USA	2011–2012	Whole bodies of chicks Eggs		418–3299 (dw) 544–4758 (dw) ∑12 congeners	Robinson et al. (2015)
Skua Stercorarius antarcticus	Antarctic King George Island	2010–2011	Muscle		54.100* (dw) ∑14 congeners	Wolschke et al. (2015)
Kentish Plovers Charadrius alexandrines	Bohai Bay China	2015–2016	Liver Muscle Eggs		101 (lw) 113 (lw) 56.3 (lw) ∑19 congeners	Zheng et al. (2018)

A female, B male, ww wet weight, lw lipid weight, * Σdl-PCB, n/d no data