Table 3.
Estimated concentrations of selenium and total mercury in fish/whale by serving size [57–61]
| Fish/Whale Species a | |
Serving Size |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| μg/g | μg/75 g Serving | μg/100 g Serving | μg/150 g Serving | |
| Estimated Amount of Selenium | ||||
| Coho Salmon (O. kisutch) | 0.153 | 11.5 | 15.3 | 23.0 |
| Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha) | 0.165 | 12.4 | 16.5 | 24.7 |
| Pink Salmon (O. gorbuscha) | 0.170 | 12.8 | 17.0 | 25.5 |
| Lake Whitefish (C. clupeaformis) | 0.173 | 13.0 | 17.3 | 26.0 |
| Sockeye Salmon (O. nerka) | 0.203 | 15.3 | 20.4 | 30.5 |
| Broad Whitefish (C. nasus) | 0.221 | 16.6 | 22.1 | 33.2 |
| Burbot (L. lota) | 0.223 | 16.7 | 22.3 | 33.5 |
| Arctic Cisco (C. autumnalis) | 0.232 | 17.4 | 23.2 | 34.8 |
| Chum Salmon (O. keta) | 0.270 | 20.3 | 27.0 | 40.5 |
| Dolly Varden (S. malma) | 0.350 | 26.3 | 35.0 | 52.5 |
| Arctic Char (S. aplinus) | 0.577 | 43.3 | 57.7 | 86.6 |
| Inconnu (S. nelma) | 0.595 | 44.6 | 59.5 | 89.3 |
| Beluga Whale (D. Leucas) | 0.994 | 74.5 | 99.4 | 149.1 |
| Estimated Amount of Total Mercury | ||||
| Pink Salmon (O. gorbuscha) | 0.013 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Chum Salmon (O. keta) | 0.020 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Sockeye Salmon (O. nerka) | 0.045 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Coho Salmon (O. kisutch) | 0.050 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 7.6 |
| Arctic Cisco (C. autumnalis) | 0.050 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 7.6 |
| Lake Whitefish (C. clupeaformis) | 0.073 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 11.0 |
| Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha) | 0.080 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 |
| Dolly Varden (S. malma) | 0.110 | 8.3 | 11.0 | 16.5 |
| Broad Whitefish (C. nasus) | 0.126 | 9.4 | 12.6 | 18.9 |
| Inconnu (S. nelma) | 0.180 | 13.5 | 18.0 | 27 |
| Burbot (L. lota) | 0.277 | 20.8 | 27.7 | 41.5 |
| Arctic Char (S. aplinus) | 0.299 | 22.4 | 29.9 | 44.9 |
| Beluga Whale (D. Leucas) |
1.649 |
123.8 |
165.0 |
247.5 |
| a Species ordered according to the concentration of each compound (lowest to highest) | ||||