Table 3. (Continued) 



Ecosystem, taxonomic group, 

 collection locale, year of 

 collection, species, tissue, 

 and other variables 



Concentration' 

 (ppt) 



Reference 



Carp, 



Cyprinus carpio 

 Channel catfish 

 Cayuga Creek, New York 1978 

 Coho salmon 

 Fillet 

 Amsterdam, Netherlands 

 Eel , Anguilla anguilla 

 From sediments containing 

 5,000 ppt (dry weight) 

 Whole 

 Fat 



TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS 



Higher plants 



Seveso, Italy, 1976 

 Various species, leaves 



Annelids 



Seveso, Italy, 1978 

 Earthworms, whole 



Reptiles 



Seveso, Italy, 1978 

 Snakes, various spp. 

 Liver 

 Adipose tissue 



Mammals 



Seveso, Italy, 1978 



Field mouse, Microtus arvalis 

 Whole 



55 (20-153) 

 157 (28-695) 



20 



1.1 

 3.9 



12,000 



2,700 

 16,000 



O'Keefe et al . 1983 



Heida 1983 



Max. 50,000,000 Ramel 1978 



Fanelli et al . 1980c 



Rabbit, Lepus sp. 

 Liver 

 Seveso, Italy, 1976 



Domestic goat, Capra sp, 



1,200 (70-49,000) 

 7,700 (2,700-13,000) 



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