caa a22 4500 465763499 CHVBK 20180323111906.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00233702 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00233702 Zinc, cadmium, mercury and selenium in minke whales, belugas and narwhals from West Greenland [Elektronische Daten] [Carsten Hansen, Christian Nielsen, Rune Dietz, Martin Hansen] Summary: Samples of muscle, liver and kidney from 24 minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), 43 belugas (Delphinapterus leucas), and 98 narwhals (Monodon monoceros) were analyzed for zinc, cadmium, mercury, and selenium. Highly significant age accumulation of mercury was found. A lower level of significance of age accumulation of cadmium in belugas and narwhals is probably due to the fact that some of the highest cadmium concentrations are in subadults and young adults. The maximum concentrations of cadmium and mercury are very high: 1.68, 73.7, and 125 μg cadmium, and 9.88, 42.8, and 4.61 μg mercury per g wet weight of narwhal muscle, liver and kidney, respectively. The cadmium concentrations are correlated in the three organs, as are mercury and to a lesser extent selenium concentrations. The concentrations of mercury and selenium in liver are highly correlated. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Hansen Carsten Greenland Environmental Research Institute, Tagensvej 135, 4, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark aut Nielsen Christian Greenland Environmental Research Institute, Tagensvej 135, 4, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark aut Dietz Rune Greenland Environmental Research Institute, Tagensvej 135, 4, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark aut Hansen Martin Greenland Environmental Research Institute, Tagensvej 135, 4, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark aut Polar Biology Springer-Verlag 10/7(1990-08-01), 529-539 0722-4060 10:7<529 1990 10 300 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233702 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233702 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hansen Carsten Greenland Environmental Research Institute, Tagensvej 135, 4, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nielsen Christian Greenland Environmental Research Institute, Tagensvej 135, 4, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dietz Rune Greenland Environmental Research Institute, Tagensvej 135, 4, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hansen Martin Greenland Environmental Research Institute, Tagensvej 135, 4, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Polar Biology Springer-Verlag 10/7(1990-08-01), 529-539 0722-4060 10:7<529 1990 10 300 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer