Background On 2 May 2001, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received a
petition from the Center for Biological Diversity and 10 co-petitioners requesting that …

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), specifically PCBs, PBDEs, and DDTs, in the marine
environment are well documented, however accumulation and mobilization patterns at the …

Pollution is a threat to the health of marine mammals worldwide. Mass-strandings are poorly
understood, but often involve pilot whales. However, there is limited information regarding …

This study uses an individual-based contaminant bioaccumulation model for marine
mammals to explore factors controlling the transfer of PCBs from mother to calf via nursing in …

The present study reports unique data on concentrations of several classes of
organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in blubber biopsies from healthy …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), and
polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) were quantified in blubber biopsy samples collected …

Killer whales can be found in all three of Canada's oceans, as well as occasionally in
Hudson Bay and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Little is known about their occurrence or …

White whale (De! phinapterus leucas) blubber samples from three of the five different
Alaskan stocks, Cook Inlet (n= 20), Eastern Chukchi Sea (n= 19) and Eastern Beaufort Sea …

Remote locations, such as the Arctic, are often sinks for persistent contaminants which can
ultimately bioaccumulate in local wildlife. Assessing temporal contaminant trends in the …

Abstract Southern Hemisphere Megaptera novaeangliae undertake the longest migration,
which reflect their exposure to lipophilic contaminants. To assess these changes, persistent …