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Table 8. Mean concentrations (ppm, wet weight) of organochlorines in eggs of Alaskan seabirds, 1973-76, ranked by 
species within collection site and compound. Sites are included only if at least five eggs were collected for each of two 
or more species. Compounds are omitted if there were no significant differences (P< 0.05) among species at a particu- 






lar site. 
Geometric Geometric 
Site, compound and species mean# Site, compound and species mean@ 
Hinchinbrook Island Middleton Island 
DDE DDE 
Tufted puffin 0.408 A Common murre 0.649 A 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.277 A Glaucous-winged gull 0.540 A 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.074 B Pelagic cormorant 0.134 B 
DDD Black-legged kittiwake 0.047 B 
Tufted puffin 0.033 A DDD 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.007 B Common murre 0.033 A 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.004 B Glaucous-winged gull 0.005 B 
DDT Pelagic cormorant 0.003 B 
Tufted puffin 0.025 A Black-legged kittiwake <0.001 B 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.002 B DDT 
Glaucous-winged gull NDB Common murre 0.017 A 
Dieldri Pelagic cormorant 0.005 B 
ses Claucous-winged gull 0.004 B 
Tufted puffin 0.020 A laucous-winged gu 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.009 B Black-legged kittiwake ND B 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.003 C Heptachlor epoxide 
Heptachlor epoxide Common murre O.O11 A 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.014 A Glaucous-winged gull 0.010 A 
Tufted nuttin O.01LA Pelagic cormorant 0.007 AB 
Pp ne 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.003 B Black-legged kittiwake ne 
itera Oxychlordane 
irex 
Tufted puffin 0.014 A Common murre 0.042 A 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.002 B Glaucous-winged gull 0.020 B 
Glaucous-winged gull ND B Black-legged kittiwake 0.009 C 
tae Pelagic cormorant 0.009 C 
Tufted puffin 0.017 A Ceseniondanis 
Claucous-winged gull 0.014 AB Pelagic cormorant 0.032 A 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.009 B Common murre 0.012 B 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.012 B 
eee ie Black-legged kittiwake 0.010 B 
Tufted puffin 0.023 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.011 B Cis-nonachlor 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.001 C Common murre 0.008 A 
Pelagic cormorant 0.005 AB 
C cote cee Pern Black-legged kittiwake 0.002 AB 
ufted pultin ‘ Glaucous-winged gull <0.001 B 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.001 B Tekaphene a 
Black-legged kittiwake <0.001 B Palelae earnvant 0.081 A 
ce: Poet naecee Common murre 0.023 B 
ufted puffin : Glaucous-winged gull 0.007 B 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.019 B Black-legged See 0.002 B 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.018 B 7 
PCB's 
Toxaphene Common murre 105 A 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.010 A Glaucous-winged gull 0.941 A 
Black-legged kittiwake ND B Black-legged kittiwake 0.539 AB 
Tufted puffin ND B Pelagic cormorant 0.296 B 
PCB's 
Tufted puffin 0.625 A 
Glaucous-winged gull 0.461 A 
Black-legged kittiwake 0.296 B 
