NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC/TM11:Table C1, C4 and C7.

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Table C1. Liver. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of elements in Washington gray whales.

Elements	Animal ID:	CRC 334	GLR 101	CRC 397	CRC 398	CRC 401	CRC 402	RCF 246
	Site:	Hartstene Island	Lyre River	Totten Inlet	Owens Beach	Port Susan	Ocean City	Ocean City

aluminum		9,200	9,200	8,500	93,000	16,000	18,000	4,600
iron		4,200,000	3,600,000	*	*	*	*	1,400,000
chromium		110	150	nd	nd	nd	nd	130
manganese		3,000	3,000	*	*	*	*	3,000
nickel		350	100	*	*	*	*	nd
copper		6,500	8,300	5,700	25,000	9,500	16,000	9,400
zinc		150,000	120,000	120,000	160,000	140,000	89,000	75,000
arsenic		390	410	530	700	440	360	160
selenium		2,300	2,100	2,500	2,400	3,000	3,400	1,100
silver		20	20	*	*	*	*	10
cadmium		6,800	3,100	5,100	11,000	7,400	6,200	210
mercury		100	120	80	60	10	80	30
lead		110	110	150	80	190	110	140
strontium		*	*	200	550	210	930	*
tin		*	*	nd	nd	nd	nd	*
barium		*	*	20	80	10	70	*

sample weight, grams		1.5	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.2

% dry weight		23	24	20	22	19	23	23

* The sample was not anaylzed for this element.

Table C4. Kidney. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of elements in Washington gray whales.

Elements	Animal ID:	CRC 332	CRC 334	GLR 101	CRC 397	CRC 398	CRC 401
	Site:	Eagle Point	Hartstene Island	Lyre River	Totten Inlet	Owens Beach	Port Susan

aluminum		9,300	17,000	1,600	1,800	4,100	1,800
iron		75,000	150,000	100,000	*	*	*
chromium		1,000	260	70	60	10	40
manganese		nd	nd	nd	*	*	*
nickel		210	200	nd	*	*	*
copper		2,900	1,500	3,200	2,400	2,000	2,400
zinc		59,000	32,000	78,000	47,000	47,000	36,000
arsenic		270	230	190	160	150	150
selenium		1,100	1,500	2,100	1,200	1,200	1,800
silver		30	10	10	*	*	*
cadmium		3,700	3,700	5,100	5,200	5,200	6,100
mercury		nd	nd	60	20	20	30
lead		80	80	100	30	50	40
strontium		*	*	*	1,600	1,000	1,200
tin		*	*	*	nd	nd	nd
barium		*	*	*	140	80	60

sample weight, grams		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

% dry weight		27	30	25	27	27	26

* The sample was not anaylzed for this element.

Table C7. Stomach Contents. Concentrations, ng/g wet weight, of elements in Washington gray whales.

Elements	Animal ID:	CRC 332	CRC 334	GLR 101	CRC 397	CRC 398	CRC 401	CRC 402
	Site:	Eagle Point	Hartstene Island	Lyre River	Totten Inlet	Owens Beach	Port Susan	Ocean City

aluminum		3,100,000	190,000	940,000	3,400,000	580,000	1,800,000	860,000
iron		5,800	140,000	810,000	*	*	*	*
chromium		11,000	360	5,400	2,700	500	4,800	510
manganese		54,000	11,000	5,100	*	*	*	*
nickel		1,500	240	380	*	*	*	*
copper		8,000	4,200	66,000	15,000	3,000	14,000	5,100
zinc		19,000	10,000	85,000	3,200	7,300	40,000	22,000
arsenic		11,000	640	1,300	2,300	1,800	14,000	980
selenium		430	470	2,300	420	700	1,400	470
silver		10	30	30	*	*	*	*
cadmium		50	40	530	230	380	840	690
mercury		100	20	70	160	30	500	30
lead		320	300	100	3,300	380	2,600	140
strontium		*	*	*	3,000	1,900	150,000	360,000
tin		*	*	*	nd	20	nd	nd
barium		*	*	*	2,100	310	3,600	16,000

sample weight, grams		0.7	3.5	1.3	0.7	2.8	1.6	0.9

% dry weight		50	8	25	50	12	18	31

* The sample was not anaylzed for this element.