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SC/67B/E/09
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Document Number
SC/67B/E/09
Full Title
Mercury concentrations in wild humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) sampled in the Colombian Pacific and the Antarctic Peninsula
Author
Paula A. Angel-Romero, Dalia C. Barragan-Barrera, Natalia Botero-Acosta, Federico G. Riet-Sapriza, Susana Caballero, Andrea Luna-Acosta
Publisher
International Whaling Commission
Publication Year
2018
Abstract
In order to measure the mercury concentration in G stock humpback whale’ skin and blubber, samples were collected in the Antarctic Peninsula (2015, n=15) and in the Colombian Pacific (Chocó Province) (2015, n=14; 2016, n=42). Total mercury concentrations ([THg]) were measured by atomic absorption spectrometry (AMA-454, Altec). Results revealed significant differences between tissue types in the same individual (n=22; p