Orcasphere

Marie Noel
PCBs are transported through the atmosphere in both gas and particulate phases.  In Great Lakes and Baltic Sea, the majority of aquatic PCBs come from atmospheric transport.  Transport from Asia to BC takes 2-10 days.  One sampling site at Ucluelet as reference for Saturna Island samples (gas (86% of PCBs, 63% PBDEs), particulate (porportionally [...]

Persistent organic pollutants as chemical tracers for Puget Sound marine biota, Gina Ylitalo
Chemical tracers can be used to determine geographic ranges.  Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) like PCBs and PDBEs in Salish Sea herring (3 yr old males collected ‘99 and ‘04) showed elevated levels in Puget Sound relative to Georgia Strait, though difference was small [...]