Abstract

Nine Weddell Seals, Leptonychotes weddelli, 6 Crabeater Seals, Lobodon carcinophagus, 9 Adelie Penguins, Pygoscelis adeliae, 12 Emperor Penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, and 7 South Polar skuas, Catharacta maccormicki, were collected along the ice-shelf of the Weddell Sea in the austral summer of 1980–1981 for a baseline investigation of concentrations of organochlorines and heavy metals in these animals. Muscle, liver, and kidney tissues were analysed for concentrations of cadmium, copper, and zinc. Adipose tissue was analysed for several organochlorines (polychlorinated biphenyls, DDT and its main analogues, and other insecticides). The results are reported and discussed.

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