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Table 5 PBDE concentrations [mean, (SD), range] along with the fat contents (relative to wet weight) in aquatic and terrestrial samples

From: Biomonitoring of selected persistent organic pollutants (PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs) in Finnish and Russian terrestrial and aquatic animal species

Sample

n

Fat %

PBDE (ng/g ww)

PBDE (ng/g lw)

Baltic herring

12

9.5 (3.2) 6.019.0

0.4 (0.7) 0.02.0

12.2 (7.0) 4.226.3

Grey seal

6

4.6 (3.8) 0.79.5

5.2 (4.8) 0.7413.4

115.0 (59.4) 47.6212

Mallard

1 (sub-n = 2)

19.5

0.17

0.88

Reindeer

14

3.4 (1.34) 1.45.8

0.06 (0.11) 0.0040.44

1.85 (2.52) 0.127.57

Moose

3

2 (0.96) 1.03.3

0.017 (0.006) 0.010.03

1.24 (0.94) 0.362.55

European hare

1

3.3

0.06

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