Harp seal

Lactic dehydrogenase Serum Harp seal Yes Increased Ronald et al. (1977)... 

Erythrocytes Whole blood Harp seal Yes Decreased Ronald et al. 

Ronald K, Tessaro SV, Uthe JF, Freeman HC, Frank R. 1977. Methylmercury poisoning in the harp seal (Pagophiltis gwenlandicus). Sci Tot Environ 8 1-11. 

Harp seal, Phoca groenlandica, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1984 Mother ... 

Harp seal, Pagophilus groeniandicus 25.0 mg/kg BW daily oral route Dead in 20 to 26 days. Blood Hg levels just before death were 26.8 to 30.3 mg/L 6... 

Harp seal, Pagophilus 250 pg kg BW daily for 90 days in diet Increased incidence of anomalous fetuses 3, 4... 

Ramprashad, F. and K. Ronald. 1977. A surface preparation study on the effect of methylmercury on the sensory hair cell population in the cochlea of the harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus Erxleben, 1977). Canad. Jour. Zool. 55 223-230. 

Wagemann, R., R.E.A. Stewart, W.L. Lockhart, and B.E. Stewart. 1988. Trace metals and methyl mercury associations and transfer in harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) mothers and their pups. Mar. Mammal Sci. 4 339-355. 

Oehme, M., M. Schlabach, K. Hummert, B. Luckas, and E.S. Nordoy. 1995. Determinations of levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, biphenyls and pesticides in harp seals from the Greenland Sea. Sci. Total Environ. 162 75-91. 

Dali s porpoise Killer whale Finless porpoise Striped dolphin Risso s dolphin Bottlenose dolphin Pinnipeds Caspian seal Baikal seal Harbour seal Ringed seal Ringed seal Harp seal... 

Shahidi, F., Wanasundara, U., and Brunet, N. 1994. Oxidative stability of oil from blubber of harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) as assessed by NMR and standard procedures. Food Res. Int. 27 555-562. 

Fraser, A.J., Burkow, I.C., Wolkers, Mackay, D. (2002) Modeling biomagnification and metabolism of contaminants in harp seals of the Barents Sea. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21, 55-61. 

As with birds, little work has been done with brominated contaminants in pinnipeds. Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) from the Canadian Arctic had slightly nonracemic (—)-a-HBCDD for unknown reasons [193]. The only study of chiral brominated flame retardants in pinnipeds reported enantiomer separation of 2,3-dibromopropyl-2,4,6-tribromophenyl ether, the major component of the flame retardant Bromkal 73-5 PE [5]. While this chemical was identihed in blubber and brain tissue of hooded seals and harp seals, enantiomer analysis on these tissue extracts were not performed. 

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