Organochlorines in British Grey Seals
Heppleston, P.B. (1973). Organochlorines in British Grey Seals. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 4(3): 44-45
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Macmillan: London. ISSN 0025-326X; e-ISSN 1879-3363, more
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| Keywords |
British Isles Chemical compounds > Halogen compounds > Chlorine compounds Deposits Environments Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Aquatic mammals Grey seals Oceans Pesticides Water pollution British Isles [Marine Regions] Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
Further samples of the organochlorine content in tissues of grey seals from places around the British coast, show high levels of PCBs compared with DDT and dieldrin. Greater concentrations are recorded in North Sea seals than in those from the north and west coasts |
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