Persistent organic pollutants in forage fish prey of rhinoceros auklets breeding in Puget Sound and the northern California Current

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6357777	Marine Pollution Bulletin	2014	12 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Organochlorine contaminants in upper trophic-level consumers inhabiting Puget Sound are consistently higher than in those species inhabiting other west coast locations. We analyzed persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the six most common fish prey of rhinoceros auklets breeding on Protection Island (Puget Sound), Tatoosh Island (WA coast), and Destruction Island (WA coast). Wet-weight concentrations of POPs ranged widely (PCBs: 1.6-25.0Â ng/g; DDTs: 0.2-56.0Â ng/g; PBDEs:

Keywords

Puget Sound Contaminants Salmonids Forage fish California Current

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Earth and Planetary Sciences Oceanography

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Persistent organic pollutants in forage fish prey of rhinoceros auklets breeding in Puget Sound and the northern California Current

Authors

Thomas P. Good, Scott F. Pearson, Peter Hodum, Daryle Boyd, Bernadita F. Anulacion, Gina M. Ylitalo,