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Sample 



Concentration 



Reference 



Elasmobranchs 24—2,080 



Teleosts 



10-6,300 



Birds 

 Mammals 



50—65,000 



40-387,000 



Childs and Gaffke, 1973; Childs, Gaffke, and 

 Crawford, 1973; Forrester, Ketchen, and 

 Wong, 1972; Gardner et al., 1975; Leather- 

 land et al., 1973; Peterson, Kalwe, and 

 Sharp, 1973; Windom et al., 1973 



Alexander et al., 1973; Arima and Umemoto, 

 1976; Barber, Vijayakumar, and Cross, 

 1972; Beasley, 1971; Beckett and Freeman, 

 1974; Benson et al., 1976; Childs and 

 Gaffke, 1973; Cocoros, Cahn, and Siler, 

 1973; Cugurraand Maura, 1976; DeGoeij 

 and Zegers, 1971; Establier, 1975a; Freeman 

 and Home, 1973; Gardner et al., 1975; 

 Greig, Wenzloff, and Pearce, 1976; Greig, 

 Wenzloff, and Shelpuk, 1975; Greve and 

 Wit, 1971; Johnson and Braman, 1975; 

 Kamps, Carr, and Miller, 1972; Leatherland 

 and Burton, 1974; Lulic and Strohal, 1974; 

 Peterson, Kalwe, and Sharp, 1973;Port- 

 mann, 1972; Raeder and Snekvik, 1949a; 

 1949b; Renzoni, Bacci, and Falciai, 1974; 

 Shultz et al., 1976; Stenner and Nickless, 

 1975; Stickney et al., 1975; Suzuki, 

 Miyama, and Toyama, 1973; Ui and 

 Kitamura, 1971; Vucetic, Vernberg, and 

 Anderson, 1974; Williams and Weiss, 

 1973 ; Windom etal., 1973 



Benson et al., 1976; Berg et al., 1966; 

 Koivusaari et al., 1976 



Anas, 1971; 1974; Buhler, Claeys, and Mate, 

 1975; Gaskin et al., 1972; 1973; 1974; 

 Holden, 1975; Jones et al., 1976; Kim, Chu, 

 and Barron, 1974;Koeman et al., 1973; 

 Roberts, Heppleston, and Roberts, 1976; 

 Robertson et al., 1972; Sergeant and 

 Armstrong, 1973; Tillander, Miettinen, 

 and Koivisto, 1972 



Sweden, marine fish caught near shore often showed comparatively 

 high methyl mercury levels, with many values in the range from 

 5,000 to 10,000 [ig/kg wet weight (Ackefors, Lofroth, and Rosen, 

 1970; Westoo, 1969); however, levels above 1,000 /Lig/kg in Swedish 

 fish are usually caused by industrial discharges of mercury com- 

 pounds (Westoo, 1969). 



