Volume III, Appendices EM - National Marine Fisheries Service ...

Appendix III. Mercury, Cadmium, Lead and Tin in Tissues of Selected Marine Mammal Species from US Waters, Reported 1994 through
2005. All concentrations are reported on a wet weight basis, except where noted otherwise by an asterisk*.
Mercury (Hg)
Mean
Date
Species Tissue ug/g Min. Max. n Location
Sampled Event Reference
E. robustus kidney a 277* 140 j Mexico (Gulf of
Ruelas-Inzunza et al.,
NR 4 California) 1999 Stranding 2002
E. robustus kidney b 51* 22 j Mexico (Gulf of
Ruelas-Inzunza et al.,
NR 4 California) 1999 Stranding 2002
E. robustus liver a 185* 82 j Mexico (Gulf of
Ruelas-Inzunza et al.,
NR 4 California) 1999 Stranding 2002
E. robustus liver b 42* 34 j Mexico (Gulf of
Ruelas-Inzunza et al.,
NR 4 California) 1999 Stranding 2002
E. robustus muscle a 145* 82 j Mexico (Gulf of
Ruelas-Inzunza et al.,
NR 4 California) 1999 Stranding 2002
E. robustus muscle b 109* 40 j Mexico (Gulf of
Ruelas-Inzunza et al.,
NR 4 California) 1999 Stranding 2002
E. robustus brain a 0.022 0.002 h NR 6 g Russia (NW Bering Sea) 1994
E. robustus kidney a 0.034 0.001 h NR 6 g Russia (NW Bering Sea) 1994
E. robustus liver a 0.16 0.061 h NR 5 g Russia (NW Bering Sea) 1994
Subsistence
harvest Tilbury et al., 2002 i
Subsistence
harvest Tilbury et al., 2002 i
Subsistence
harvest Tilbury et al., 2002 i
E. robustus brain a ND ND ND 1 CA, WA & AK 1988-91 Stranding Varanasi et al., 1994
E. robustus kidney a 0.034 ND 0.06 10 CA, WA & AK 1988-91 Stranding Varanasi et al., 1994
E. robustus liver a 0.056 0.009 0.12 10 CA, WA & AK 1988-91 Stranding Varanasi et al., 1994
G. melas liver a 40.3 1.00 112.0 9 MA 1990-91 Stranding Mackey et al., 1995
L. acutus liver a 10.36 1.00 22.70 4 MA 1993 Stranding Mackey et al., 1995
S. bredanensis kidney a 5.8 0.9 15 15 FL (Gulf of Mexico) 1997 Stranding Mackey et al., 2003
S. bredanensis liver a 70 3.4 235 15 FL (Gulf of Mexico) 1997 Stranding Mackey et al., 2003
T. truncatus liver a 17.8