Chlorinated hydrocarbons in skin and blubber of two blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) stranded along the Baja California coast

摘要

Poly chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides, generically termed as chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHs), are highly persistent contaminants distributed globally throughout the environment (Voldner and Li 1995) As hydrophobic compounds, CHs exhibit a high affinity for lipids, so they tend to accumulate in fatty tissues of mairne mammals For this reason, most analyses of the CHs body burdens in these organisms have been performed in blubber.