Gouteux, B; Muir, Derek C G; Backus, S; Born, Erik W; Dietz, Rune; Haug, Tore; Metcalfe, T; Metcalfe, C; Øien, Nils (2008): Total length, and lipid and toxaphene content in blubber of minke whales (B. acutorostrata) from the North Atlantic [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810306, Supplement to: Gouteux, B et al. (2008): Toxaphene in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the North Atlantic. Environmental Pollution, 153(1), 71-83, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.07.031
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Abstract:
Toxaphene contamination of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from North Atlantic waters was examined for the first time. Total toxaphene and SumCHB (sum of 11 chlorobornanes) concentrations in blubber samples ranged from 170 ± 110 and 41 ± 39 ng/g lipid weight (l.w.) for female minke whales from southeastern Greenland to 5800 ± 4100 and 1100 ± 780 ng/g l.w. for males from the North Sea, respectively. Very large variations in toxaphene concentrations among sampling areas were observed suggesting a spatial segregation of minke whales. However, much of the apparent geographical discrimination was explained by the seasonal fluctuation of animal fat mass. Patterns of CHBs in males revealed that recalcitrant CHBs were in higher proportions in animals from the more easterly areas than in animals from the more westerly areas. This trend may be influenced by the predominance of the US, over the European, input of toxaphene to North Atlantic waters.
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Median Latitude: 68.133714 * Median Longitude: -3.702000 * South-bound Latitude: 60.610000 * West-bound Longitude: -54.440000 * North-bound Latitude: 77.700000 * East-bound Longitude: 32.910000
Date/Time Start: 1998-05-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-07-12T00:00:00
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Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
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- Gouteux, B; Muir, DCG; Backus, S et al. (2008): (Table 1) Total length and lipid content of blubber from minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the North Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810302
- Gouteux, B; Muir, DCG; Backus, S et al. (2008): (Table 2) Toxaphene, chlorobornane and chlorobornane congener content in blubber of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810305