. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Environ Anal Toxicol. 2013 Sep 18;3(6):190. doi: 10.4172/2161-0525.1000190

Table 3:

Concentrations (μg/g ww) of essential metals and one essential element (Se) in skin biopsies from ten adult female southern right whales. Data represent the mean ± standard deviation of the mean and the range of minimum-maximum values measured.

Element	Mean Range	n (nd)^a	Detection Limit^b	Element	Mean Range	n (nd)^a	Detection Limit^b

Mg	187.02 ± 9.1 138.1-230.8	10 (10)	2.3	Cu	0.35 ± 0.1 0.09-0.67	10 (10)	0.05
Zn	14.71 ± 0.6 12.79-19.67	10 (10)	0.18	Mn	0.27 ± 0.1 0.1-0.74	10 (10)	0.02
Fe	7.24 ± 3 2.3-32.3	10 (7)	2.3	Mo	0.02 ± 0 0.02-0.06	10 (6)	0.02
Se	2.06 ± 0.4 0.7-4.4	10 (10)	0.05

n (nd) = Total number of samples (Number of samples with detectable levels)

Detection limit = μg/g