Table 1 Mean, median, standard deviation of ΣPCB, ΣICES7, and ∑PBDE, in the blubber of Cuvier’s beaked whale of juvenile (n = 4), subadult male (n = 8), adult male (n = 6) concentrations are expressed in mg/kg lipid weight.

From: First assessment of POPs and cytochrome P450 expression in Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) skin biopsies from the Mediterranean Sea

 

Juvenile

Subadult

Adult male

Adult female

Mean

Median

SD

Mean

Median

SD

Mean

Median

SD

Mean

Median

SD

∑PCBs

11.82

12.58

4.68

25.11

16.41

19.91

28.17

27.13

14.40

5.64

5.64

3.65

ΣICES7

8.82

9.43

3.44

18.34

12.29

14.24

20.73

19.37

10.77

4.08

4.08

2.38

∑PBDEs

0.26

0.27

0.11

0.62

0.35

0.60

0.49

0.50

0.15

0.14

0.14

0.13

Total TEQ

102.48

110.89

44.06

242.59

129.15

305.37

157.44

167.51

28.04

162.39

162.39

178.56

BDE-47/PCB-153

0.03

0.03

0.01

0.03

0.03

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.01

0.03

0.03

0.02

BDE-47/BDE-99

2.36

2.59

0.52

2.60

2.63

0.14

2.62

2.58

0.16

2.22

2.22

1.00

BDE-99/BDE-100

1.37

1.31

0.17

1.30

1.28

0.15

1.57

1.55

0.20

1.49

1.49

0.19

BDE-153/BDE-154

0.38

0.37

0.05

0.36

0.35

0.04

0.45

0.45

0.06

0.40

0.40

0.11

  1. Total TEQ is expressed in pg/g lipid weight. Mean, median and standard deviation, of BDE-47/PCB-153, BDE-47/BDE-99, BDE-99/BDE-100, BDE-153/BDE-154 ratio.
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