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  5. Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants Found in Blue Mussels (Mytilus trossulus) in the Aleutian Archipelago and Southeast Alaska in 1994-1996

Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants Found in Blue Mussels (Mytilus trossulus) in the Aleutian Archipelago and Southeast Alaska in 1994-1996

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Start Date
1994
End Date
1996

Citation

Jessup, D.A., Johnson, C.K., Estes, J.A., Carlson-Bremer, D., Jarman, W.M., Reese, S.L., Dodd, E., Tinker, M.T., Ziccardi, M.H., and Kenner, M.C., 2021, Persistent organic pollutants in sea otter blood and in blue mussels from the Aleutian Islands and southeast Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94Z7AO8.

Summary

The data consist of levels of organic pollutants found in the blue mussels (Mytelus trossulus) samples from 44 sites along the Aleutian archipelago and in Cross Sound in southeast Alaska. For each site, the percent lipid, percent water and the sum of the target organic compounds are reported. The compounds are PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), DDTs (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes), HCHs (hexachlorocyclohexanes), chlordane, and HCB (hexachlorocyclobenzene).

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Originator :
David A Jessup, Christine K Johnson, James A Estes, Daphne Carlson-Bremer, Walter M Jarman, Stacey L Reese, Erin Dodd, M. Tim Tinker, Michael H Ziccardi, Michael C Kenner
Metadata Contact :
Michael C Kenner
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Levels of persistent organic pollutants found in blue mussels (Mytilus trossulus) in the Aleutian archipelago and southeast Alaska in 1994-1996.xml
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Purpose

The data set provides contamination levels in blue mussels by persistent organic pollutants as part of an assessment of distribution of pollutants across a broad geographic area. This geographic range encompasses sea otter populations which have recently suffered considerable decline as well as some which have not. The data can be used to help evaluate the possible relationship between sea otter health and the population declines as well as other general questions about the distribution of organic pollutants..

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