NISTIR 7675 

National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank

2007-2008 

Rebecca S. Pugh

Michael B. Ellisor

Amanda J. Moors

Barbara J. Porter

John R. Kucklick

Steven J. Christopher

W. Clay Davis

Paul R. Becker

NISTIR XXXX

Photo courtesy of W. McFee (NOAA)
 

National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank

2007 -2008 

Rebecca S. Pugh1

Michael B. Ellisor1

Amanda J. Moors

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Barbara J. Porter2

John R. Kucklick1

Steven J. Christopher1

W. Clay Davis1

Paul R. Becker1

1

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory

Hollings Marine Laboratory

Charleston, SC 29412

2

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

March 2010

 

U.S. Department of Commerce

Gary Locke, Secretary

 National Institute of Standards and Technology

 Patrick Gallagher, Director
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CONTENTS

page

LIST OF TABLES.......................................................................................................................iii

LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................................................iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS........................................................................................................... iv

DISCLAIMER............................................................................................................................... v

INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 1

BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................. 1

GOAL OF THE NMMTB.............................................................................................................. 1

METHODS.................................................................................................................................... 2

COLLECTING AND BANKING SPECIMENS ................................................................................... 2

ANALYTICAL METHODS.............................................................................................................. 2

Trace Elements....................................................................................................................... 2

Organic Contaminants........................................................................................................... 4

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ................................................................................................... 5

SPECIMENS ARCHIVED IN THE NMMTB........................................................................................ 5

HOMOGENIZATION/SHIPMENT OF SAMPLES ............................................................................. 40

QUALITY ASSURANCE INTERCOMPARISON EXERCISE MATERIAL ............................................ 40

REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS................................................................................................... 49

CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................................... 49

REFERENCES............................................................................................................................ 49

APPENDIX A.............................................................................................................................. 51

REPORT OF ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 51

APPENDIX B .............................................................................................................................. 53

NMMTB BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................. 53
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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Temporal and spatial distribution of mono-, di- and tri-butyltin (BT) compounds in 

beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, and polar bear, Ursus maritimus, liver samples 

collected in the Chukchi Sea, and Beufort Sea, Alaska during 1989 and 1996 (Point et 

al., 2007b)....................................................................................................................... 3

Table 2 . Bottlenose dolpin (Tursips truncatus) samples analyzed for Hg content from remote 

dart biopsy or live capture release health assessment events. ........................................ 4

Table 3. Marine mammal samples analyzed during 2007-2008 for organic pollutants................. 5

Table 4. Marine mammals sampled in 2007 and 2008. ................................................................. 6

Table 5. Species, sampling region, location and number of individual animals sampled for 

marine mammal specimens archived in the NMMTB as of December 31, 2008. ....... 10

Table 6. Marine mammals sampled in the Atlantic Ocean for the MMHSRP. ........................... 12

Table 7. Marine mammals sampled in the Pacific Ocean for the MMHSRP.............................. 22

Table 8. Marine mammals sampled in the Gulf of Mexico for the MMHSRP ........................... 23

Table 9. Marine mammals sampled in the Arctic Ocean for the AMMTAP............................... 25

Table 10. Marine mammals sampled in the Gulf of Alaska for the AMMTAP .......................... 32

Table 11. Marine mammals sampled in the Bering Sea for the AMMTAP ................................ 35

Table 12. Participants in the 2007 Organic Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise for marine 

mammal tissue analysis. ............................................................................................... 41

Table 13. Participants in the 2007 Trace Element Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise for 

marine mammal tissue analysis.................................................................................... 44

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. The National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank collection: regional sampling (upper map) 

and growth of collection (lower graph).......................................................................... 8
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors acknowledge the organizations and individuals listed below for their collaboration 

with and/or support of the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank during the reporting period 

(January 1, 12007 to December 31, 2008). 

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS): Teresa K. Rowles and Janet Whaley, Marine 

Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program; Barbara Mahoney and Brad Smith, 

NMFS Western Alaska Office; Sabrina Bowen, Panama City Laboratory

National Ocean Service (NOS): Wayne McFee, Leslie Burdett, and James Powell, Center for 

Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, SC.

U.S. Geological Service, Biological Resources Division (USGS/BRD): Geoff York, Kristin 

Simac, and Steve Amstrup, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): Tom Evans, Leslie Slater, M. Opheim, Dana 

Jenski

Minerals Management Service (MMS): Cleveland Cowles, Chief, Alaska Environmental 

Studies Unit

New England Aquarium: Belinda Rubenstein

The Marine Mammal Center (California): Frances Gulland, Denise Greig, Liz Wheeler

University of North Carolina at Wilmington: William McClellan and Ann Pabst

Alaska Sea Life Center: Pam Tuomi and Sonja Ollig

Cape Cod Stranding Network: Katie Touhey and Andrea Boglomoni

Hubbs Sea World Research Institute: Megan Stolen and Wendy Noke-Durden

Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services: Kathy Burek
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DISCLAIMER

Certain commercial equipment or instruments are identified in this paper to specify adequately 

the experimental procedures. Such identification does not imply recommendations or 

endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology nor does it imply that the 

equipment or instruments are the best available for the purpose.
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NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL TISSUE BANK

2007-2008

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides for the cryogenic banking 

of marine mammal tissues in the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank (NMMTB). The 

purpose of the NMMTB is to maintain quality controlled marine mammal tissues to permit 

retrospective analyses for the purpose of determining environmental trends and conducting 

analyses using new and innovative analytical techniques. The NMMTB was formally 

established in 1992 by the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Act (Public Law 

102-587), which gives lead responsibility to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

(NOAA) and designates the Department of the Interior (DOI) as cooperator in establishing and 

managing this specimen bank. Through an agreement with NOAA, NIST maintains the 

NMMTB at two locations: the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (NBSB) in Gaithersburg, 

Maryland, and the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (Marine ESB) at the Hollings Marine 

Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. These facilities provide for the cryogenic long-term 

storage of well documented and preserved environmental specimens (Wise and Koster, 1995). 

Collecting and banking marine mammal tissues in the NMMTB is conducted as a collaboration 

among NIST, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the U.S. Geological 

Survey Biological Resources Division (USGS/BRD) through two programs: the Alaska Marine 

Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP) and the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding 

Response Program (MMHSRP). Detailed descriptions of these two programs have been 

published (Becker et al., 1988; 1993; 1994).

The MMHSRP includes stranding networks, response to unusual mortality events, information 

management, and biomonitoring. The biomonitoring component consists of real-time 

measurement of tissue contaminants, the NMMTB, and quality assurance. In addition to the 

NMMTB, NIST administers and coordinates the quality assurance (QA) program for chemical 

analysis of marine mammal tissues for the MMHSRP. This analytical QA program, described by 

Becker et al. (1999), consists of (1) preparation, analysis, and distribution of marine mammal 

tissue control materials; (2) interlaboratory comparison exercises among laboratories involved in 

marine mammal tissue analyses; and (3) development of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) 

for use in the analysis of marine mammal tissues. 

GOAL OF THE NMMTB

The goal of the NMMTB is to establish and maintain a quality controlled resource of selected 

marine mammal tissues for the purposes of:

1. Providing samples for future retrospective analyses for new analytes of interest;

2. Providing samples for future analyses using improved analytical techniques; and

3. Providing a resource of samples that have been collected and stored in a systematic 

and well-documented manner for comparing results over time to identify whether 

environmental trends exist.
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METHODS

COLLECTING AND BANKING SPECIMENS

Samples of blubber, fat, liver, and kidney were collected from marine mammals using standard 

AMMTAP and NMMTB protocols (Becker et al., 1988; 1991; 1994; 1999). All specimens from 

Alaska were collected by AMMTAP from Alaska Native subsistence hunts or from stranded 

animals along Alaska coasts. All specimens from outside Alaska were collected from either 

stranded animals or animals caught incidentally during commercial fishing operations as a part 

of the MMHSRP. Samples were frozen in the field after processing, and transported to the NIST 

Marine ESB facility at the HML in Charleston, SC where they were assigned a Marine ESB

storage number and permanently archived in liquid nitrogen (LN2) vapor-phase freezers (-150 

°C). Detailed descriptions on the protocols for archiving tissues at the Marine ESB have been 

described elsewhere (Pugh et al., 2007).

Samples selected for analysis were divided into 5 to 6 g aliquots using a cryogenic grinding and 

homogenization procedure specifically designed to maintain cryogenic conditions during the 

operation (Zeisler et al., 1983). This reduces the potential loss of volatile compounds and avoids 

degradation of the sample due to thawing and re-freezing. The cryogenic homogenization 

procedure is used to aliquot all individual NMMTB ‘B’ sub-samples and has been described in 

detail in Pugh et al., 2007.

ANALYTICAL METHODS

Trace Elements

Methods for quantifying trace elements in complex matrices are rapidly evolving. Hyphenated 

technologies such as gas and liquid chromatography interfaced to inductively coupled mass 

spectrometry (ICP-MS) allow for the quantification of trace element species in addition to total 

element concentrations. New collision cell ICP-MS technologies help eliminate isobaric 

interferences caused by the sample matrix or operating gas that inhibit detection of certain trace 

elements at low levels. Many of these new methods of analysis can be applied to the analysis of 

samples archived in the NMMTB. For example, chemical species such as organotins (Point et 

al., 2007a), and inorganic mercury and methylmercury (Point et al., 2007b and Davis et al., 

2007) can now be tracked and quantified retrospectively using banked samples. In addition, 

methods are currently being developed for determining organoarsenic concentrations. NIST has 

applied some of these technologies to assess temporal species stability for arsenic compounds in 

ringed seal (Phoca hispida) liver samples (Davis et al., unpublished), and have used organotin 

metabolites of tributyltin to demonstrate the uptake and accumulation of this antifouling 

compound in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) (Table 

1) (Point et al., 2007b). Typically, trace element concentrations are quantified using banked 

liver, kidney, and muscle samples (mostly liver). Over the last two years NIST has developed 

analytical methods for the determination of mercury and selenium in pygmy sperm whale (Kogia 

breviceps) liver samples and are currently studying the role these trace elements play in the 

occurrence of cardiomyopathy in pygmy sperm whales. Total mercury and total selenium have 

been measured in approximately 30 banked samples along with concentrations of methylmercury 

for a subset of these animals (Bryan et al., unpublished). The pygmy sperm whale control 

material, QC03LH3, has also been utilized in developing methods for the identification and 
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detection of selenium containing proteins in liver samples using both LC-ICP-MS and LCElectrospray MS methods, and these methods can be applied to analyze the banked samples.

Banked unknown and control sample data are being evaluated in concert with data obtained from 

donated heart and liver samples to examine selenium and mercury chemistries as a function of 

cardiomyopathy disease progression through collaborating with the NOAA/Center for Coastal 

Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research (CCEHBR) Laboratory, the Armed Forces 

Institute of Pathology (AFIP), and the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI). In 

addition, a large amount of effort has more recently been devoted to developing sample 

collection and analytical methodologies for live capture and release operations being conducted 

as part of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and sea turtle health assessments conducted 

through various federal agencies and research organizations. These methodologies rely on noninvasive sampling of blood, skin and keratin tissue types (Bryan et al., 2007). Methylmercury 

has been measured in samples such as milk and blood from mom/calf pairs and preliminary 

results have shown that placental or lactation transfer of mercury to calves is possible, but that 

this exposure route is minor relative to fish-based exposure (Bryan et al., unpublished). NIST 

also continues to provide the analytical support for mercury measurements for NOAA Bottlenose 

Dolphin Health Assessment (BDHA) projects. Approximately 98 bottlenose dolphin skin 

samples collected by either remote dart biopsy or during live capture health assessment events

are currently being measured for Hg content (Table 2). Measurement of Hg isotope ratios is 

planned in the near future to determine if small changes in Hg isotope ratios represent changes in 

local contamination sources or if mercury inputs are reflected in dolphin skin samples, in the 

regions covered by the assessment program.

Table 1. Temporal and spatial distribution of mono-, di- and tri-butyltin (BT) compounds in 

beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, and polar bear, Ursus maritimus, liver samples collected in 

the Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea, Alaska during 1989 and 1996 (Point et al., 2007b)

Animal ID.

Location, 

date of 

collection Sex

MBT DBT TBT

ng/g as Sn ± Ua, Wet-Mass

Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus 

leucas)

MM3L069 Chukchi Sea 

(Point 

Hope) 1989

F

4.8 ± 0.3 13.3 ± 0.8 1.06 ± 0.06

MM3L077 M 2.2 ± 0.1 15.8 ± 0.9 1.02 ± 0.06

MM3L072 F 2.9 ± 0.2 17.2 ± 1.1 1.34 ± 0.08

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)

MM11L533 Beaufort 

Sea 

(Barrow) 

1996

F

0.44 ± 0.02 0.43 ± 0.02 0.28 ± 0.02

MM11L530 F 1.09 ± 0.06 0.22 ± 0.01 0.11 ± 0.01

MM11L536 F 0.102 ± 0.007 0.21 ± 0.02 0.090 ± 0.005

a Expanded uncertainty based on a 95 % confidence level (k=2).
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Table 2 . Bottlenose dolpin (Tursips truncatus) samples analyzed for Hg content from remote 

dart biopsy or live capture release health assessment events. 

Collection Year Sample Number of 

Location Collected Samples Analyzed

St. Joe Bay, FL 2005 12

St. Joe Bay, FL 2006 12

Brunswick, GA 2006 14

Sapelo Island, GA 2007 14

Choctawhatchee, FL 2007 12

Brunswick, GA 2007 18

Sapelo Island, GA 2008 16

Total Analyzed 98

Organic Contaminants

The determination of organic contaminants in samples archived in the NMMTB has consisted of 

(1) analyzing blubber or other samples for organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyl

(PCB) congeners, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) using existing methodology, (2) 

developing new methods for either new matrices or sets of compounds, and (3) assessing 

temporal trends of emerging pollutants in the environment. The marine mammal samples 

analyzed during CY2007 are given in Table 3. Approximately 165 samples from individual 

marine mammals were analyzed in 2007 and of those 108 were archived in the NMMTB. Data 

for these samples are available in the form of Reports of Analysis (ROA) and are listed in 

Appendix A of this report. The samples analyzed for the specimen bank were from BDHA

activities, and from beluga whales collected as part of AMMTAP. For the dart biopsy samples 

the entire sample was used for analysis and any unused blood and milk samples from the BDHA

were archived.

New methods of analysis were developed in 2007-2008 and applied to the analysis of samples 

archived in the NMMTB. For mammal blood, a new method utilizing open focused microwave 

extraction and large volume injection onto the gas chromatography/mass spectrometer was 

developed and compared to existing methods for blood analysis (Keller et al., 2009). This

method was found to be superior to other existing methods based on recovery of compounds and 

detection limit. The method was initially applied to human serum samples and will be used for 

all bottlenose dolphin plasma samples that require analysis. These samples are primarily those 

collected in collaboration with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program. Other progress was 

made in the determination of individual toxaphene congeners in specimen bank samples. The 

NIST laboratory performed toxaphene analysis on marine mammal samples in the past but the 

analysis was limited to three congeners in addition to total toxaphene. The newly developed 

method allows for the quantification of approximately 25 congeners in additional to total 

toxaphene (Vander Pol et al., in review). The addition of these congeners will allow for a better 

understanding of toxaphene bioaccumulation and will help to determine the source of toxaphene 

contamination. These methods are also being applied to the sample sets listed in Table 3 and 
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Year Sample Number of Archived

Sample Location Tissue Type Common Name Collected Animals Analyzed Comments Samples

Alaska Blubber Beluga Whale 1990-2000 22 AMMTAP Samples Yes

Brunswick, GA Blubber dart biopsy Bottlenose Dolphin 2006 27 No

Brunswick, GA Blubber dart biopsy Bottlenose Dolphin 2007 28 No

Sarasota, FL Milk Bottlenose Dolphin 2005 2 Collected by R. Wells No

and Dolphin Quest

Sarasota, FL Blood Bottlenose Dolphin 2002-2005 86 Collected by R. Wells Yes

and Dolphin Quest

Total Number Samples Analyzed 165

will be applied to future marine mammal samples. A method for the determination of a common

current use flame retardant, hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) was also developed (Peck et al., 

2008). This analytical method was applied to the determination of HBCD in beluga whales from 

Alaska to determine if a temporal increase is present in this sample set. A significant (p<0.05) 

trend was observed between time of collection and concentration of HBCD in beluga whale

blubber. Prior NMMTB work has also shown that this compound is increasing exponentially 

with time in California Sea lions (Zalophus californianus) but not in white-sided dolphins

(Lagenorhynchus acutus) from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (Stapleton, et al., 2006 and Peck, 

et al., 2008). In addition, a previously developed method for polychlorinated naphthalene 

congeners (PCNs) is currently being applied to the analysis of 24 beluga samples. PCNs and 

toxaphene are both named in the Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) Stockholm Treaty as 

compounds slated for global monitoring and phase-out. 

Additional details on methods as well as data from trace element and organic contaminants 

analysis from samples banked as a part of the NMMTB can be found in the NIST ROAs. The 

reports produced in 2007 and 2008 are listed in Appendix A and are available upon request. 

Table 3. Marine mammal samples analyzed during 2007-2008 for organic pollutants.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

SPECIMENS ARCHIVED IN THE NMMTB

During the reporting period (January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008), 299 specimens (154 in 

2007; 145 in 2008) were collected from 105 animals (53 in 2007; 52 in 2008) (Table 4). Species 

sampled by region and growth of the collection since 1990 are shown in Fig. 1. The inventory of 

marine mammal specimens in the NMMTB (as of December 31, 2008) collected by both the 

AMMTAP and the MMHSRP includes 3,402 specimens collected from 1,210 animals 

representing 46 species (Table 4). Summary inventories of the MMHSRP and AMMTAP 

animals are provided in this volume (Tables 5 through 11). Additional details about the animal 

and samples collected for the NMMTB through 2008 are provided in the National Marine 

Mammal Tissue Bank Inventory, and are available through a public access website,

https://mmhsrp.nmfs.noaa.gov/tissbk/, or are available upon request.

Of the 3,402 marine mammal tissue specimens archived in the NMMTB, 1,628 were collected 
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by the MMHSRP from 553 animals (33 species) outside of Alaska. These include tissue 

specimens from 441 individuals representing 27 species of cetaceans and 112 individuals 

representing six species of pinnipeds. Cetaceans include: harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), 

pilot whale (Globicephela melas or melaena), short finned pilot whale (Globicephala 

macrorynchus), pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps), dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus), North 

Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), Blainville’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris), 

Gervais’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus), bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), 

striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), an unidentified species of dolphin (Stenella spp.), 

Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus), white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus), common 

dolphin (Delphinus delphis), rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis), fin whale 

(Balaenoptera physalus), Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), Atlantic spotted dolphin 

(Stenella frontalis), Eastern spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris orientalis), Pantropical spotted 

dolphin (Stenella attenuata), Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene), Minke whale (Balaenoptera 

acutorostrata), Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra), Bryde’s Whale (Balaenoptera 

edeni), pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuate), beluga whale (Delphinpaterus leucas), and an 

unidentified species of dolphin (Delphinid spp.). Pinniped species include: California sea lion 

(Zalophus californianus), hooded seal (Cystophora cristata), harbor seal (P. vitulina), ringed seal 

(Phoca hispida), harp seal (P. groenlandica), and gray seal (Halichoerus grypus).

There are 1,734 marine mammal tissue specimens archived in the NMMTB collected by the 

AMMTAP from 657 animals (18 species) in Alaska. These include tissue specimens from 369

individuals representing nine species of pinnipeds, 169 individuals representing seven species of 

cetaceans and 119 individuals representing two species of fissipeds. Pinnipeds include: ringed 

seal (Phoca hispida), harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), spotted seal (Phoca largha), bearded seal 

(Erignathus barbatus), elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris), stellar sea lion (Eumetopias 

jubatus), northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens), 

and ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata). Cetaceans include: beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), 

bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), gray whale 

(Eschrichtius robustus), Stejneger’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri), humpback whale 

(Megaptera novaengliae), and Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Fissiped species 

include: polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and sea otter (Enhydra lutris). 

Table 4. Marine mammals sampled in 2007 and 2008.

AMMTAP 1987-2006 2007 2008 Total

Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) 115 115

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) 18 18

Spotted Seal (Phoca largha) 24 24

Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) 60 60

Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) 1 1

Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) 14 1 1 16

Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)

Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

52

47

10 11 73

47

Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) 79 79

Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) 80 80

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) 72 7 79

Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) 37 2 1 40
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Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) 4 4

Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

Ribbon Seal (Phoca fasciata) 

Table 4. Continued.

Stejneger’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon stejnegri)

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) 

1

15

3

1

1

1

15

3

1

1

Total Animals 622 21 14 657

MMHSRP 1987-2006 2007 2008 Total

Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) 37 2 39

Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) 39 39

Short Finned Pilot Whale (G. macrorynchus) 6 6

Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) 26 5 1 32

Gervais' Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) 1 1

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 60 8 14 82

Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) 10 10

Dolphin (Stenella spp.)

Dolphin (Delphinid spp.)

1

1

1

1

Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) 9 1 10

White Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) 90 1 5 96

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) 38 1 39

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) 33 4 7 44

Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) 26 2 28

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) 18 2 20

Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) 1 1

Harp Seal (Phoca groenlandica) 16 2 18

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) 4 2 6

Rough-Toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) 45 45

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) 1 1

Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia simus) 7 3 2 12

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) 3 3

Cuvier’s Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) 2 2

Eastern Spinner Dolphin (Stenella l. orientalis) 1 1

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) 2 2

Blainvilles Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)

North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene)

Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra)

Bryde’s Whale (Balaenoptera edeni)

Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuate)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

4

1

3

Total Animals 483 32 38 553
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bowhead whale, beluga whale, ringed seal

bearded seal, polar bear

beluga whale, harbor seal,

Steller sea lion, N. elephant seal,

sea otter

harbor porpoise

California sea lion

harbor seal, ringed seal, hooded seal, harp seal, 

grey seal, pilot whale, harbor porpoise, 

white-sided dolphin, common dolphin, fin whale, 

pygmy sperm whale, dwarf sperm whale

Gervais’ beaked whale, striped dolphin, 

bottlenose dolphin, Risso’s dolphin,

spotted seal, walrus, N. fur seal

rough-toothed dolphin

Figure 1. The National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank collection: regional sampling (upper map) 

and growth of collection (lower graph).
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During the reporting period (January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008), tissue specimens were 

collected and processed by individuals representing numerous agencies, academic institutions, 

and other organizations. These include the following:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)/Panama City Laboratory: Sabrina Bowen

National Ocean Service (NOS)/Center for Coastal Environmental Health and 

Biomolecular Research: Wayne McFee, Leslie Burdett, and James Powell

U.S. Geological Service, Biological Resources Division (USGS/BRD): Kristin Simac

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): Tom Evans, Leslie Slater, M. Opheim, Dana 

Jenski

Belinda Rubenstein

The Marine Mammal Center (California): Frances Gulland, Denise Greig, Liz Wheeler

University of North Carolina at Wilmington: William McLellan and Ann Pabst

Alaska Sea Life Center: Pam Tuomi, Sonja Ollig, and Carrie Goertz

Hubbs Sea World Research Institute: Megan Stolen, Wendy Noke Durden, and Teresa 

Mazza

Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services: Kathy Burek

The summaries of the NMMTB inventory in Tables 5 through 11 provide information on the 

status of the banked specimens. Tables 6 through 8 indicate specimens collected by the 

MMHSRP for which sub-sample B is homogenized and ready for analysis. Tables 9 through 11

indicate specimens collected by the AMMTAP for which sub-sample B is homogenized and 

ready for analysis.
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Table 5. Species, sampling region, location and number of individual animals sampled for 

marine mammal specimens archived in the NMMTB as of December 31, 2008. 

Species Region Location # of Individuals

Cetaceans:

Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) Arctic Alaska 80

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) North Atlantic Massachusetts 1

Pilot whale (Globicephala melas or melaena) North Atlantic Massachusetts/VA 39

Short finned pilot whale (G. Macrorynchus) North Atlantic North Carolina (NC) 6

Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) North Atlantic MA/ME/NH/Can/NC 38

North Pacific Washington 1

Arctic Alaska 1

Gulf of Alaska Cook Inlet/Alaska 3

White-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) North Atlantic Massachusetts/NC 96

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) North Atlantic MA/VA/NC 44

Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) Gulf of Mexico Florida 45

Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Arctic Alaska 40

Bering Sea Alaska 5

Cook Inlet Alaska 34

North Atlantic Maine 1

Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) North Atlantic NC/SC/FL/MA 32

Dwarf sperm whale (K. simus) North Atlantic NC/SC/FL 12

Gervais’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) North Atlantic South Carolina 1

Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) North Atlantic NC/MA/DE/VA 10

Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) North Atlantic VA/MA 1

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) North Atlantic NC/SC/MA/VA/FL 82

Dolphin (Stenella spp.) North Atlantic NC 1

Dolphin (Delphinid spp.) North Atlantic NC 1

Atl. Spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) North Atlantic SC/MA 3

Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) North Atlantic NC/MA 2

Eastern Spinner dolphin (Stenella l. orientalis) South Pacific 1

Pantropical Spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) South Pacific 1

North Atlantic South Carolina 1

Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) North Pacific Alaska 1

Blainville’s Beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)North Atlantic North Carolina 2

North Atlantic Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) North Atlantic Florida 1

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) North Atlantic Massachusetts 1

Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) North Atlantic North Carolina 1

Stejneger’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegri) Gulf of Alaska Alaska 1

Bering Sea Alaska 2

Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) North Atlantic Florida 4

Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) Gulf of Mexico Florida 1

Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuate) North Atlantic SC 3

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Gulf of Alaska Alaska 1

Pinnipeds:

Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) North Atlantic Massachusetts 20

North Pacific Alaska 18

Ringed seal (P. hispida) Arctic Alaska 91

Bering Sea Alaska 24

North Atlantic Maine 1

Spotted seal (P. largha) Bering Sea Alaska 4

Arctic Alaska 20
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Table 5. (continued)

Harp seal (P. groenlandica) North Atlantic Massachusetts 18

Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) North Atlantic Massachusetts 6

Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) North Atlantic Massachusetts 28

Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) Arctic Alaska 43

Bering Sea Alaska 17

Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) North Pacific Alaska 1

Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) North Pacific Alaska 14

Bering Sea Alaska 2

Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) N. Pacific/Bering Sea Alaska 72

Arctic Alaska 1

California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) North Pacific California 39

Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) Bering Sea Alaska 45

Arctic Alaska 2

Ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata) Bering Sea Alaska 15

Fissipeds:

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) Arctic Alaska 34

 Bering Sea Alaska 44

Beaufort Sea Alaska 1

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) North Pacific Alaska 11

Gulf of Alaska Alaska 29

TOTAL NUMBER OF ANIMALS 1210
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Table 6. Marine mammals sampled in the Atlantic Ocean for the MMHSRP (L - Liver,: K - Kidney; B - Blubber; M 

- Muscle; R - Brain; a - samples archived; h - subsample B homogenized and divided into aliquots for analyses).

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M R

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Harbor Porpoise M MH-90-553Pp NEA/Boston 10/90 h h

Harbor Porpoise F MH-91-424Pp NEA/Boston 1/91 h h

Harbor Porpoise F MH-91-461Pp NEA/Boston 3/91 h h

Harbor Porpoise F MH-91-505Pp NEA/Boston 5/91 h h

Harbor Porpoise M MH-91-504Pp NEA/Boston 5/91 h h

Harbor Porpoise F MH-92-477Pp NEA/Boston 4/92 h a

Harbor Porpoise MH-92-575Pp NEA/Boston 10/92 h h

Harbor Porpoise M MH-92-597Pp NEA/Boston 12/92 h a

Harbor Porpoise MH-93-496Pp NEA/Boston 5/93 a a

Harbor Porpoise M MH-97-462Pp Winthrop,MA 3/97 a h

Harbor Porpoise F GM-97-19Pp Grand Manan, 8/97 a a h

NB,Canada

Harbor Porpoise F GM-97-27Pp Grand Manan, 8/97 a a h

NB,Canada

Harbor Porpoise F MH-99-437Pp Great Island, MA 2/99 a a a

Harbor Porpoise F MH-99-453Pp Winthrop, MA 2/99 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M MH-99-473Pp Mayo Beach, MA 3/99 a a a

Harbor Porpoise F MH-99-510Pp Chelsea, MA 3/99 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M MH-99-530Pp Wellfleet, MA 3/99 a a a

Harbor Porpoise F GM9920 Grand Manan, 8/99 a a a a

NB, Canada

Harbor Porpoise M GM9921 Grand Manan 8/99 a a a a

NB, Canada

Harbor Porpoise F MH-99-590Pp Nantasket Beach, MA3/99 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M MH-99-505Pp Wellfleet, MA 3/99 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M KMS033 Outer Banks, NC 3/00 a a a a

Harbor Porpoise M GM-00-01 Grand Manan, 7/00 a a a a a

NB, Canada

Harbor Porpoise M GM-01-96 Grand Manan, 8/01 a a a

NB, Canada

Harbor Porpoise M GM-01-136 Grand Manan 8/01 a a a

NB, Canada

Harbor Porpoise F MH-02-624Pp Brewster, MA 4/02 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M MH-02-584Pp Wellfleet, MA 3/02 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M MH-01-695Pp Wellfleet, MA 4/01 a a a

Harbor Porpoise F MH-02-470Pp Dover, NH 7/02 a a a

Harbor Porpoise F MLC 001 Corolla, NC 5/05 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M DO 5243 MA 10/05 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M DO 5640 MA 3/05 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M DO 5654 MA 11/05 a a a

Harbor Porpoise F DO 6742 Portland, ME 11/05 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M DO 7926 MA 11/05 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M DMB 001 Currituck, NC 1/03 a a a

Harbor Porpoise M 05-471-Pp Duxbury, MA 3/05 a a a

Harbor Porpoise F DO 8732 Pp Cape Cod, MA 10/06 a a a

Pilot Whale F MH-90-597Gm Hyannis 12/90 h h

Pilot Whale F MH-90-599Gm Hyannis 12/90 h h

Pilot Whale F MH-90-600Gm Hyannis 12/90 h h

Pilot Whale F MH-90-617Gm Hyannis 12/90 h h

Pilot Whale F MH-90-624Gm Hyannis 12/90 h h

Pilot Whale F MH-91-602Gm Wellfleet 9/91 h h
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Table 6. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Pilot Whale F MH-91-603Gm Wellfleet 9/91 h h

Pilot Whale M MH-91-604Gm Wellfleet 9/91 h h

Pilot Whale M MH-91-605Gm Wellfleet 9/91 h a

Pilot Whale F NMFS 1609 George's Canyon 7/96 h h h

Pilot Whale F NMFS 2090 George's Canyon 7/96 h h h

Pilot Whale M MH99-705Gm Long Island,ME 9/98 a a a

Pilot Whale M MH-00-620Gm Nantuckett Island, ME7/00 a a

Pilot Whale M MH-00-621Gm Nantuckett Island, ME7/00 a a a

Pilot Whale M MH-00-622Gm Nantuckett Island, ME7/00 a a a

Pilot Whale M MH-00-623Gm Nantuckett Island, ME7/00 a a a a

Pilot Whale M MH-00-624Gm Nantuckett Island, ME7/00 a a a

Pilot Whale M MH-00-625Gm Nantuckett Island, ME7/00 a a a

Pilot Whale M MH-00-626Gm Nantuckett Island, ME7/00 a a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-02-004-Gm Kingston, MA 1/02 a a a

Pilot Whale M COA010202 Belfast, ME 1/02 a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-02-178 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-02-178Fetus Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-02-179 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale F CCSN-02-180 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale F CCSN-02-181 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale F CCSN-02-182 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale F CCSN-02-182Fetus Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-02-184 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-02-185 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale F CCSN-02-186 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale F CCSN-02-187 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-02-187Fetus Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-02-188 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-02-235 Dennis Chapin, MA 7/02 a a a

Pilot Whale F VMSM20031052 Wreck Island, VA 6/03 a a a

Pilot Whale F MH-01-401Gm Nantuckett, MA 1/01 a a a

Pilot Whale M DO 5140 Georges Bank, MA 12/04 a a a

Pilot Whale M CCSN-279-Gm Brewster, MA 12/05 a a a

Short Finned Pilot Whale F WAM555 Southport, NC 7/00 a a a

Short Finned Pilot Whale M RT blue 47 Oregon Inlet, NC 1/05 a a a

Short Finned Pilot Whale F RT 49 Oregon Inlet, NC 1/05 a a a

Short Finned Pilot Whale F RT 50 Oregon Inlet, NC 1/05 a a a

Short Finned Pilot Whale F RT 105 Oregon Inlet, NC 1/05 a a a

Short Finned Pilot Whale F RT 106 Oregon Inlet, NC 1/05 a

Dwarf Sperm Whale M MMES 9889 SC Isle of Palms,SC 7/98 a a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale F MH-99-696Ks Long Sands Beach, 8/99 a a a

York, ME

Dwarf Sperm Whale F DAP032 Holden Beach, NC 4/00 a a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale F WAM 566 Cape Fear, NC 3/01 a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale M MMES2001131SC Sullivans Island, SC 11/01 a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale M WAM609 Shallotte, NC 7/05 a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale M MML 0525 Siesta Key, FL 9/05 a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale M Hubbs-0725-Ks Melbourne Beach, FL 3/07 a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale F WAM 637 Surf City, NC 8/07 a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale M CLP001 Sunset Beach, NC 11/07 a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale F Hubbs-0873-Ks Cocoa Beach, FL 8/08 a a a

Dwarf Sperm Whale F Hubbs-0874-Ks Cocoa Beach, FL 8/08 a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M WAM 531 Holden Beach,NC 2/98 h h h a
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Table 6. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Pygmy Sperm Whale F MMES98111SC Litchfield Beach,SC 8/98 h h h a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F MMES98114SC Debordieu Beach,SC 9/98 h h h

Pygmy Sperm Whale F MMES98121SC Sullivans Island,SC 10/98 h h h

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES98122SC Sullivans Island,SC 10/98 h h h

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2001013SC Folly Beach, SC 2/01 h h h

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2001045SC Dewee’s Island, SC 6/01 h h h

Pygmy Sperm Whale F MMES2001055SC Charleston, SC 7/01 h h h

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2004006SC Isle of Palms, SC 2/04 h h h

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2004086SC Kiawah Island, SC 8/04 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2004087SC Hilton Head Isl., SC 8/04 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F MMES2004088SC Kiawah Island, SC 9/04 a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2004089SC Kiawah Island, SC 9/04 a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2004090SC Kiawah Island, SC 9/04 a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F Hubbs-0477-Kb Palm Coast, FL 9/04 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2004092SC Edisto Island, SC 9/04 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F MMES2005039SC Kiawah Island, SC 7/05 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F MMES2005022SC Sand Island, SC 6/05 a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M HUBBS-0530-KB Melbourne Beach,FL 8/05 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2005070SC Hilton Head Island,SC10/05 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2005041SC Kiawah Island, SC 7/05 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2005047SC Pawley’s Island, SC 8/05 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2005065SC Sullivan’s Island, SC 8/05 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F MML 0603 Longboat Key, FL 1/06 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F 06-201-Kb W Dennis Beach, MA6/06 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F Hubbs-0635-Kb Daytona Beach, FL 6/06 a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F Hubbs-0721-Kb Ormond Beach, FL 3/07 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F MMES2007018SC Beaufort, SC 4/07 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2007016SC Sullivan’s Isl., SC 4/07 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M Hubbs-0736-Kb Indian Harbor, FL 5/07 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale F WAM634 Holden Beach, FL 7/07 a a a

Pygmy Sperm Whale M MMES2008040SC Folly Beach, SC 8/08 a a a

Gervais Beaked Whale F MMES98119SC Georgetown 9/98 a a a

Cuvier’s Beaked Whale F ASF043 Caswell Beach, NC 7/00 a a

Cuvier’s Beaked Whale M 06-437-Uk Cohasset, MA 4/06 a a a

Blainville’s Beaked Whale M WAM593 Kure Beach, NC 1/04 a a a

Blainville’s Beaked Whale F MMES2007053SC Sullivan’s Island, SC 9/07 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F ASF 021 Long Beach,NC 10/97 a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES 9885 SC Kiawah Island,SC 7/98 a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MH-98-673Tt Gloucester,MA 7/98 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F H0F 007 NC 9/98 a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F SDZ 001 Long Beach,NC 10/98 a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M DAP 031 Long Beach,NC 10/98 a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M NE Tag #03976 Atlantic Beach,NC 2/99 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M PTM047 NC 4/99 a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M SDZ005 Topsail Island, NC 4/99 a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2000002SC Stono River, SC 1/00 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M WAM553 NC 3/00 a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M NEFC5451 NC 2/00 a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M NEFSC03701 NC 2/00 a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M WAM550 Figure 8 Island, NC 4/00 a a a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2000075SC Wando River, SC 7/00 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M VMSM20001049 Norfolk, VA 9/00 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F NJ-00-111 Sandy Hook, NJ 11/00 a a a
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Table 6. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Bottlenose Dolphin F WAM559 Wrightsville Beach,NC11/00 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M NEFSC5332 Hatteras Inlet, NC 12/00 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M WAM560 ICW off Lee, NC 11/00 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2001001SC James Isl. Creek, SC 1/01 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F WJW 007 Avon, NC 3/01 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2001042SC Sullivan’s Isl., SC 6/01 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F WAM 569 Topsail Island, NC 5/01 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2001108SC Hunting Beach, SC 9/01 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2002030SC Charleston, SC 2/02 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2002118SC Kiawah Isl., SC 7/02 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2002162SC Charleston, SC 8/02 h a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M REL 014 Beaufort, NC 3/02 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M WAM 579 Brunswick Co., NC 10/02 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2003042SC Hilton Head Isl., SC 5/03 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M WAM 591 Topsail Island, NC 8/03 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2003089SC Wallace Creek, SC 8/03 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2003160SC Goat Island, SC 11/03 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2003161SC Myrtle Beach, SC 11/03 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2004001SC Seabrook Island, SC 1/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2004003SC Kiawah Island, SC 1/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2004038SC Cape Romaine, SC 5/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2004082SC Folly Beach, SC 7/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F VMSM20041079 Virginia Beach, VA 7/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2004084SC Charleston, SC 8/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M WAM601 Surf City, NC 7/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2004085SC N. Myrtle Beach, SC 8/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M WAM607 N. Topsail, NC 11/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M AJW001 Carolina Beach, NC 3/05 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2005019SC Beaufort, SC 5/05 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2005007SC Hilton Head Isl., SC 3/05 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M VAQS20051086 Virginia Beach, VA 7/05 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2005075SC Sullivan’s Island, SC 12/05 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M Hubs 0541-Tt Satellite Beach, FL 1/06 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M VAQS 2005 1118 Norfolk, VA 11/05 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F Hubbs-0630-Tt Scottsmoon, FL 5/06 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M PCNMFS06-28 Panama City, FL 8/06 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2006058SC Beaufort, SC 10/06 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M WAM627 Brunswick City, NC 10/06 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F WAM631 Topsail Island, NC 3/07 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M Hubbs-0717-Tt Merritt Island, FL 2/07 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F Hubbs-0720-Tt New Smyrna, FL 2/07 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2007004SC Folly Beach, SC 3/07 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2007038SC Calibogue Sound 7/07 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2007049SC Folly Beach, SC 8/07 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2007055SC Daufuskie Isl, SC 11/07 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F Hubbs-0805-Tt Melbourne, FL 1/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M Hubbs-0832-Tt Cocoa, FL 5/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F Hubbs-0838-Tt Meritt Island, FL 6/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M Hubbs-0844-Tt Titusville IRL, FL 6/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2008031SC Debidue Beach, SC 7/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2008041SC Folly Beach, SC 8/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M Hubbs-0875-Tt Cocoa Beach, FL 8/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M Hubbs-0879-Tt New Smyrna, FL 9/08 a a a
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Table 6. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2008043SC Awendaw, SC 9/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2008045SC Fripp Island, SC 7/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F MMES2008049SC Hilton Head Isl., SC 12/08 a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M MMES2008052SC Edisto Island, SC 12/08 a a a

Striped Dolphin M ASF 020 Figure Eight Island 10/97 a a a a

Striped Dolphin M WAM 524 Coquina Beach,NC 11/97 a a a a

Striped Dolphin M MH-98-411Sc Beverly,MA 1/98 a a a

Striped Dolphin M MH-00-674Sc Kalmus Beach, MA 8/00 a a a

Striped Dolphin F VMSM20031005 VA State Park,VA 2/03 a a a a

Striped Dolphin M SGB 126 Corova, NC 2/03 a a a

Striped Dolphin F ST 471SC Dewey, DE 2/03 a a a

Striped Dolphin M ST 473SC Dewey, DE 2/03 a a a

Striped Dolphin M ST 475SC Dewey, DE 2/03 a a a

Striped Dolphin M ST 474SC Dewey, DE 2/03 a a a

Dolphin (Stenella spp.) F SGB114 Nags Head,NC 8/98 a a a a a

Dolphin (Delphinid spp.) M 07-014-Uk Wellfleet, MA 1/07 a a a

Risso’s Dolphin M VMSM981045 Newport News,VA 8/98 a a a a a

Risso’s Dolphin F 02-621-Gg Nahant, MA 4/02 a a a

Risso’s Dolphin M CCSN03-165Gg Provincetown, MA 11/03 a a a

Risso’s Dolphin M CCSN03-166Gg Provincetown, MA 11/03 a a a

Risso’s Dolphin M CCSN03-167Gg Provincetown, MA 11/03 a a a

Risso’s Dolphin M 05-406-Gg Plymouth, MA 1/05 a a a

Risso’s Dolphin M CCSN-05-192Gg Hyannisport, MA 7/05 a a a

Risso’s Dolphin M CCSN-05-2566 Eastham, MA 11/05 a a a

Risso’s Dolphin F 06-229-Gg Westport, MA 7/06 a a a

Risso’s Dolphin F 07-488-Gg Manchester, MA 7/07 a a a

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin M MMES99180SC N. Litchfield Beach 9/99 a a a

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin M CCSN-03-126Sf Chatham, MA 6/03 a a a

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin F MMES2006054SC Myrtle Beach, SC 8/06 a a a

Pantropical Spotted DolphinM MMES2004123SC Folly Beach, SC 9/04 a a

White Sided Dolphin MH-93-445La NEA/Boston 3/93 h h

White Sided Dolphin MH-93-446La NEA/Boston 3/93 h h

White-Sided Dolphin MH-93-460La NEA/Boston h h

White-Sided Dolphin MH-93-461La NEA/Boston h h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-94-611La NEA/Boston 12/94 a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-96-408La NEA/Boston 1/96 h h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-97-425La Brewster,MA 2/97 h h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-97-506La Duxbury,MA 5/97 h h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-97-507La Duxbury,MA 5/97 a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-97-534La Great Island,MA 8/97 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-414La Brewster,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-415La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-460La Eastham,MA 1/98 a a h 

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-98-461La Eastham,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-462La Eastham,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-98-447La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-464La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-98-456La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-98-459La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-455La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-418La Eastham,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-98-465La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-463La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h
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Table 6. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-436La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-434La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-448La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-98-440La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-98-413La Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-98-600La Wellfleet,MA 4/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH98-800La Chipmans Cove,MA 11/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH98-801La Chipmans Cove,MA 11/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH98-803La Great Island,MA 11/98 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-99-538La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-99-540La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-99-539La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-99-531La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-99-486La Chipmans Cove, MA 3/99 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-99-471La Chimpans Cove, MA 3/99 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-99-487La Chipmans Cove, MA 3/99 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-99-743La Popham Beach, 11/99 h a h

Phippsburg, ME

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-99-519La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-99-537La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-99-536La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-99-520La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-99-518La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-00-724La Wellfleet, MA 8/00 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-00-725La Wellfleet, MA 8/00 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-00-726La Wellfleet, MA 8/00 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-00-727La Wellfleet, MA 8/00 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-00-531La Wellfleet, MA 4/00 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-00-532La Wellfleet, MA 4/00 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-99-521La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-99-522La Wellfleet, MA 3/99 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-02-500La Wellfleet, MA 3/02 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-02-501La Wellfleet, MA 3/02 h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-02-503La Wellfleet, MA 3/02 h h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-02-549La Wellfleet, MA 3/02 a a a

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-02-548La Wellfleet, MA 3/02 h a a

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-02-551La Wellfleet, MA 3/02 a a a

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-02-547La Wellfleet, MA 3/02 a a a

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-02-545La Wellfleet, MA 3/02 h a a

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-02-571La Provincetown, MA 3/02 a a a

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-01-662La Wellfleet, MA 4/02 a a a

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-01-663La Wellfleet, MA 4/02 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-01-664La Wellfleet, MA 4/02 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M MH-01-665La Wellfleet, MA 4/02 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M DMB008 south of NC state line 4/04 a a h

White-Sided Dolphin M CCSN-03-064La Wellfleet, MA 4/03 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M 1054 4/03 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin M CCSN-03-074La Brewster, MA 4/03 h a h

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-03-471La 5/03 a a a

White-Sided Dolphin F MH-03-438La Nahant, MA 4/03 a a a

White-Sided Dolphin F NEA-03-456La Wellfleet, MA 4/03 a a a

White-sided Dolphin F 05-037-La Wellfleet, MA 2/05 a a a

White-sided Dolphin F 05-038-La Wellfleet, MA 2/05 a a a
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Table 6. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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White-sided Dolphin F 05-039-La Wellfleet, MA 2/05 a a a

White-sided Dolphin F 05-232-La Orleans, MA 10/05 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M DO 5332 MA 3/05 h a a

White-sided Dolphin M DO 5619 MA 3/05 h a a

White-sided Dolphin F DO 6465 MA 3/05 a a a

White-sided Dolphin F DO 6466 MA 3/05 a a a

White-sided Dolphin F CCSN 05 254 Barnstable, MA 11/05 h a a

White-sided Dolphin F DO 6762 La Portland, ME 2/06 a a a

White-sided Dolphin F CCSN-06-026La Cape Cod Bay, MA 1/06 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M 06-019La Brewster, MA 1/06 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M 06-022La Wellfleet, MA 1/06 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M 06-031La Wellfleet, MA 1/06 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M 06-037La Wellfleet, MA 1/06 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M DO6885 East George’s Bank 3/05 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M CCSN06-028La Barnstable, MA 1/06 a a a

White-sided Dolphin F 05-454-La Salem, MA 3/05 a a a

White-sided Dolphin F 08-005-La Wellfleet, MA 1/08 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M 08-006-La Wellfleet, MA 1/08 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M 08-014-La Wellfleet, MA 1/08 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M 08-016-La Wellfleet, MA 1/08 a a a

White-sided Dolphin M MMES2008017SC Myrtle Beach, SC 5/08 a a a

Common Dolphin F NMFS 3960 George's Canyon 7/96 h h h

Common Dolphin M NMFS 3694 George's Canyon 7/96 h h h

Common Dolphin M NMFS 3069 George's Canyon 7/96 h h h

Common Dolphin F MH-97-594Dd North Falmouth,MA 11/97 a a h

Common Dolphin F MH-97-596Dd North Falmouth,MA 11/97 a a h

Common Dolphin F MH-97-597Dd North Falmouth,MA 11/97 a a h

Common Dolphin F MH-97-598Dd North Falmouth,MA 11/97 a a h

Common Dolphin F MH-97-599Dd North Falmouth,MA 11/97 a a h

Common Dolphin F MH-97-600Dd North Falmouth,MA 11/97 a a h

Common Dolphin M MH-98-433Dd Wellfleet,MA 1/98 a a a

Common Dolphin F VMSM981025 Beaufort,NC 6/98 a h a a

Common Dolphin M MH-99-742Dd West Falmouth, MA a a a

Common Dolphin M VMSM20011030 False Cape, VA a a a

Common Dolphin F PTM 135 Cape Point, NC 2/01 a a a

Common Dolphin F VMSM20031051 Virginia Beach, VA 6/03 a a a

Common Dolphin M VMSM20031099 Gloucester, VA 1/04 a a a

Common Dolphin M VMSM20041020 Northampton Cty, VA4/04 a a a

Common Dolphin M 04-699-Dd Nantucket, MA 11/04 a a a

Common Dolphin M 04-218-Dd Leutinant’s Isl., MA 12/04 a a a

Common Dolphin F 04-219-Dd Wellfleet, MA 12/04 a a a

Common Dolphin M VAQS20051007 Yorktown, VA 3/05 a a a

Common Dolphin F CCSN-05-234Dd Wellfleet, MA 10/05 a a a

Common Dolphin F CCSN-05-235Dd Wellfleet, MA 10/05 a a a

Common Dolphin M DO 6187Dd Atlantic, MA 2/06 a a a

Common Dolphin F CCSN05-277Dd Barnstable, MA 12/05 a a a

Common Dolphin M 06-013Dd Orleans, MA 1/06 a a a

Common Dolphin M CCSN06-011Dd Orleans, MA 1/06 a a a

Common Dolphin F CCSN05-268-Dd Barnstable, MA 12/05 a a a

Common Dolphin M 06-096-Dd Wellfleet, MA 2/06 a a a

Common Dolphin F CCSN06-264Dd Eastham, MA 12/06 a a a

Common Dolphin M CCSN06-263Dd Eastham, MA 12/06 a a a

Common Dolphin F CCSN06-029Dd Eastham, MA 1/06 a a a
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Table 6. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Common Dolphin F CCSN06-024Dd Orleans, MA 1/06 a a a

Common Dolphin M CCSN07-003-Dd Eastham, MA 1/07 a a a

Common Dolphin M 05-236-Dd Wellfleet, MA 10/05 a a a

Common Dolphin M 05-237-Dd Wellfleet, MA 10/05 a a a

Common Dolphin M 05-239Dd Dennis, MA 10/05 a a a

Common Dolphin M 07-015-Dd Wellfleet, MA 1/07 a a a

Common Dolphin M 07-040-Dd Quincy, MA 1/07 a a a

Common Dolphin M 07-412-Dd Quincy, MA 1/07 a a a

Common Dolphin F VAQS 2008 1009 Bank Bay, VA 3/08 a a a

Common Dolphin F VAQS 2008 1012 Mill Point Creek, VA 3/08 a a a

Common Dolphin F VAQS 2008 1013 Mill Point Creek, VA 3/08 a a a

Common Dolphin M 07-041-Dd Quincy, MA 1/07 a a a

Fin Whale F MH-97-531Bp Eastham,MA 8/97 a

North Atlantic Right WhaleM RKB1457 Amelia Island, FL 2/04 a a a

Minke Whale F MH-03-489Ba Marthas Vineyard, MA5/03 a a a

Clymene Dolphin M WAM602 Topsail Island, NC 8/04 a a a

Beluga Whale M 04-513-Dl Portland, ME 11/04 a a h

Melon Headed Whale M HBOI 0604Pe Stuart, FL 3/06 a a a

Melon Headed Whale F MMES2008001SC Myrtle Beach, SC 1/08 a a a

Melon Headed Whale M MMES2008002SC Myrtle Beach, SC 1/08 a a a

Melon Headed Whale M MMES2008003SC N. Myrtle Beach, SC 1/08 a a a

Pygmy Killer Whale M SC0735 N. Myrtle Beach, SC 8/07 a a a

Pygmy Killer Whale M MMES2007045SC N. Myrtle Beach, SC 8/07 a a a

Pygmy Killer Whale M MMES2007046SC N. Myrtle Beach, SC 8/07 a a a

Harp Seal M MH-97-460Pg Quincy,MA 3/97 a h

Harp Seal F MH-97-469Pg Beverly,MA 3/97 a h

Harp Seal M MH-97-483Pg Scituate,MA 4/97 a h

Harp Seal M MH-97-629Pg Revere,MA 12/97 a a a

Harp Seal F MH-98-402Pg Popham Beach,ME 1/98 a a a

Harp Seal M MH-98-403Pg Sandwich,MA 1/98 a a a

Harp Seal M MH-98-545Pg Buzzards Bay,MA 2/98 a a a

Harp Seal F MH-99-448Pg Plymouth, MA 2/99 a a a

Harp Seal F MH-99-475Pg Shore Drive, 3/99 a a a

West Yarmouth, MA

Harp Seal F MH-99-461Pg Chipmans Cove, MA 2/99 a a a

Harp Seal F MH-98-584Pg Hyansport, MA 3/98 a a a

Harp Seal F MH-99-433Pg Craigville Beach, MA2/99 a a a

Harp Seal F MH-98-579Pg Revere Beach, MA 3/98 a a a

Harp Seal F MH-99-436Pg Saulisbury, MA 2/99 a a a

Harp Seal M MH-02-529Pg Cresent Beach, MA 3/02 a a a

Harp Seal M DO 8351Pg Cape Cod Bay, MA 2/06 a a a

Harp Seal M 08-002-Pg Ellisville, MA 1/08 a a a

Harp Seal F 08-003-Pg Beverly, MA 1/08 a a a

Hooded Seal F MH-97-428Cc Hull,MA 2/97 a h 

Hooded Seal M MH-97-455Cc Gloucester,MA 3/97 a h

Hooded Seal M MH-97-461Cc Plymouth,MA 3/97 a h

Hooded Seal M MH-98-432Cc Rockport,MA 2/98 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH-98-536Cc Swampsco,MA 2/98 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH-98-542Cc Moon Island,MA 2/98 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH-98-625Cc Deer Island,MA 4/98 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH99-412Cc Plum Island, MA 1/99 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH99-411Cc Rockport, MA 1/99 a a a
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Table 6. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Hooded Seal M MH99-428Cc Sagamore, MA 1/99 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH-99-509Cc Good Harbor Beach, 3/99 a a a

Gloucester, MA

Hooded Seal F MH-98-588Cc Pleasant Bay, S. 3/98 a a a

Boston, MA

Hooded Seal M MH-00-436Cc Plum Island, New 2/00 a a a

Berry Port, MA

Hooded Seal F MH-00-431Cc Gloucester, MA 2/00 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH-99-435Cc Saulisbury, MA 2/99 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH-99-446Cc Short Beach, Revere, 2/99 a a a

MA

Hooded Seal F MH-98-580Cc Rivenore Beach, 3/98 a a a

Scituate, MA

Hooded Seal F MH-00-439Cc Ipswich, MA 2/00 a a a

Hooded Seal F MH-99-447Cc Deer Island, 2/99 a a a

Winthrop, MA

Hooded Seal M MH-98-563Cc Weymouth, MA 3/98 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH-98-555Cc Pompanessett 2/98 a a a

Beach, MA

Hooded Seal M MH-98-433Cc Spruce Creek, MA 2/00 a a a

Hooded Seal F MH-02-469Cc Lynn, MA 2/02 a a a

Hooded Seal M MH-01-457Cc Gloucester, MA 2/01 a a a

Hooded Seal M 05-045-Cc E. Sandwhich, MA 2/05 a a a

Hooded Seal M 06-234-Cc W. Yarmouth, MA 8/06 a a a

Hooded Seal F 06-419-Cc Hingham, MA 2/06 a a a

Hooded Seal F 06-425-Cc Plymouth, MA 2/06 a a a

Harbor Seal F MH-97-430Pv Nantucket,MA 2/97 a h

Harbor Seal M MH-97-503Pv Rockport,MA 5/97 a h

Harbor Seal M MH-97-576Pv Scituate,MA 11/97 a a a

Harbor Seal F MH-98-663Pv Yarnarth,ME 6/98 a a a

Harbor Seal F MH-98-628Pv Swampsco,MA 5/98 a a a

Harbor Seal F MH-98-590Pv Rockport,MA 3/98 a a a

Harbor Seal M MH-98-601Pv Barnstable,MA 4/98 a a a

Harbor Seal M MH98-425Pv Portland,ME 2/98 a a a

Harbor Seal F MH-99-571Pv Rockport, MA 3/99 a a a

Harbor Seal M MH-02-691Pv Nantasket Beach, MA 7/02 a a a

Harbor Seal M MH-02-680Pv Swampscott, MA 6/02 a a a

Harbor Seal M MH-02-778Pv Nantasket Beach, MA 11/02 a a a

Harbor Seal F MH-03-476Pv Long Beach, MA 5/03 a a a

Harbor Seal M MH-03-594Pv NE Region 9/03 a a a

Harbor Seal F MH-00-819Pv Sandwich, MA 12/00 a a a

Harbor Seal M DO 8166 Pv MA 11/05 a a a

Harbor Seal F DO 8551 Pv MA 12/05 a a a

Harbor Seal F 06-632-Pu Plymouth, MA 9/06 a a a

Harbor Seal F 06-597-Pv Essex, MA 9/06 a a a

Harbor Seal F 06-598-Pv Rye, MA 9/06 a a a

Ringed Seal M MH-97-431Ph Corea,ME 2/97 h h

Grey Seal M MH-97-484Hg Nantucket,MA 4/97 a h

Grey Seal F MH-97-491Hg Nantucket,MA 5/97 a h

Grey Seal M MH-97-493Hg Nantucket,MA 5/97 a h

Grey Seal M DO 8742 Hg Atlantic, MA 2/06 a a a

Grey Seal M 07-487-Hg Scituate, MA 7/07 a a a

Grey Seal M 07-486-Hg Glaucester, MA 7/07 a a a
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Table 6. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Leatherback Turtle F MH-97-609Dc Bourne,MA 11/97 a a a
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Table 7. Marine mammals sampled in the Pacific Ocean for the MMHSRP (L - Liver; K - Kidney; B - Blubber; M -

Muscle; a - samples archived; h - subsample B homogenized and divided into aliquots for analyses).

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Harbor Porpoise M PTG-126 Seattle 4/93 a a

California Sea Lion F CSL 2203 Morro Bay 9/93 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL 2217 Casper Bay 10/93 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL 2881 Monterey 5/96 a a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL 3067 Sausalito 8/96 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL 3101 Sausalito 10/96 a a h

California Sea Lion M CSL 3096 Pebble Beach 10/96 a a h a

California Sea Lion M CSL 3103 Monterey Dunes 11/96 a a h

California Sea Lion M CSL 3105 Aquatic Park 11/96 a a h

California Sea Lion M CSL 3110 Monterey County 12/96 a a h

California Sea Lion F CSL 3127 Corcoran Lagoon 4/97 a a h

California Sea Lion M CSL 3153 Sonoma County 5/97 a a h

California Sea Lion M CSL 3264 8/97 a a h

California Sea Lion M CSL 3306 9/97 a a h

California Sea Lion M CSL 3314 11/97 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL 3321 11/97 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL 3377 11/97 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL 3449 Fanshell Beach 12/97 a a a

California Sea Lion F CSL 3438 Santa Cruz County 11/97 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL 3609 San Francisco,CA 4/98 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL4328 Santa Cruz, CA 9/99 a a a

California Sea Lion F CSL4331 Sanluis Obispo, CA 9/99 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL4357 San Francisco, CA 10/99 a a a

California Sea Lion F CSL4592 Sanluis Obispo, CA 8/00 a a a

California Sea Lion F CSL4570 Sanluis Obispo, CA 8/00 a a a

California Sea Lion F CSL4649 Cayucos, CA 9/00 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL4736 Pacific Grove, CA 9/00 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL4595 San Francisco, CA 7/00 a a a

California Sea Lion F CSL4573 Sanluis Obispo, CA 8/00 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL4669 Santa Cruz, CA 8/00 a a a

California Sea Lion F CSL4670 Guadelupo, CA 8/00 a a a

California Sea Lion F CSL4851 San Mateo Co., CA 11/00 a a a

California Sea Lion F CSL4809 San Mateo Co., CA 10/00 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL5455 San Francisco, Pier 39,CA 1/03 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL5350 Santa Cruz County, CA 8/02 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL5335 Monterey County, CA 8/02 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL5490 Bodega Bay, CA 3/03 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL6540 Marine Mammal Center,CA5/05 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL6555 Petaluma, CA 6/05 a a a

California Sea Lion M CSL7232 Sausalito, CA 5/07 a a a

Eastern Spinner Dolphin F SJC10E Tropical Pacific 8/01 a a a

Pantropical Spotted DolphinF SJC11E Tropical Pacific 9/01 a a a
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Table 8. Marine mammals sampled in the Gulf of Mexico for the MMHSRP (L - Liver; K - Kidney; B - Blubber; M 

- Muscle; a - samples archived; h - subsample B homogenized and divided into aliquots for analyses).

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Rough-Toothed Dolphin M RTDL-001 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin M RTDL-002 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin F RTDL-003 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin M RTDL-004 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin M RTDL-005 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin M RTDL-006 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin F RTDL-007 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin F RTDL-008 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin F RTDL-009 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin F RTDL-010 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin F RTDL-011 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin M RTDL-012 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin F RTDL-013 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin M RTDL-014 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough-Toothed Dolphin F RTDL-015 St Joseph's State Park 12/97 h h h

Rough Toothed Dolphin F RTDL-016 Port St Joe 12/97 h h

Rough Toothed Dolphin M RTDL-017 Port St Joe 12/97 h h

Rough Toothed Dolphin F GW01006D Port St Joe 2/01 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F GW01002D Port St Joe 2/01 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F GW01007D Port St Joe 2/01 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F GW01005D Port St Joe 2/01 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin M GW01004D Port St Joe 2/01 h a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin M GW01001D Port St Joe 2/01 h a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin M GW01003D Port St Joe 2/01 h a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F HBOI-Sb-0433 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F HBOI-Sb-0438 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin M HBOI-Sb-0439 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 h a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F HBOI-Sb-0411 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F HBOI-Sb-0429 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F HBOI-Sb-0435 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F HBOI-Sb-0436 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin M HBOI-Sb-0437 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 h a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F HBOI-Sb-0428 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F HBOI-Sb-0434 Hutchinson Island, FL 8/04 a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F GW04008A Florida Panhandle 9/04 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F GW04009A Florida Panhandle 9/04 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F RT 357 RED Marathon Key, FL 3/05 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F RT 360 RED Marathon Key, FL 3/05 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F RT 364 RED Marathon Key, FL 3/05 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F RT 365 RED Marathon Key, FL 3/05 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin M RT 365 YELLOW Marathon Key, FL 3/05 h a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin M RT 370 YELLOW Marathon Key, FL 3/05 h a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F RT 374 RED Marathon Key, FL 3/05 a a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin M RT 374 YELLOW Marathon Key, FL 3/05 h a a

Rough Toothed Dolphin F RT 900 Marathon Key, FL 3/05 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F SJP0319-21 Florida Panhandle, FL 3/04 a a h

Bottlenose Dolphin M SJP0319-22 Florida Panhandle, FL 3/04 a a h

Bottlenose Dolphin F MIA0411 Mexico City, FL 3/04 a a h

Bottlenose Dolphin M SJP0426 Florida Panhandle, FL 3/04 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin M NEMO-GW Gulf World, FL 3/04 a a a
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Table 8. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Bottlenose Dolphin M FLCB120407-14 Destin, FL 12/07 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F PCNMFS08-01 St. Marks, FL 2/08 a a a

Bottlenose Dolphin F PCNMFS08-02 Destin, FL 2/08 a a a

Bryde’s Whale F FLGM110206-32 San Destin, FL 1/06 a a a a
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Table 9. Marine mammals sampled in the Arctic Ocean for the AMMTAP (L - Liver; K - Kidney; B - Blubber; M -

Muscle; a - samples archived; h - subsample B homogenized and divided into aliquots for analyses).

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

___________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-001 Barrow 7/88 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-002 Barrow 7/88 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-003 Barrow 7/88 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-004 Barrow 7/88 h h h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-005 Barrow 7/88 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-006 Barrow 7/88 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-007 Barrow 7/88 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-008 Barrow 7/88 h h h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-009 Barrow 7/88 h a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-010 Barrow 7/88 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-019 Barrow 7/91 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-020 Barrow 7/91 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-021 Barrow 7/91 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-022 Barrow 7/91 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-023 Barrow 7/91 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-024 Barrow 7/91 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-025 Barrow 7/91 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-026 Barrow 7/91 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-027 Barrow 7/91 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-028 Barrow 7/91 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-037 Barrow 7/94 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-038 Barrow 7/94 h a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-039 Barrow 7/94 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-040 Barrow 7/94 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-041 Barrow 7/94 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-042 Barrow 7/94 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-043 Barrow 7/95 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-044 Barrow 7/95 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-045 Barrow 7/95 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-047 Barrow 7/96 h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-048 Barrow 7/96 h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-049 Barrow 7/96 h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-050 Barrow 7/96 h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-051 Barrow 7/96 h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-052 Barrow 7/96 h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-053 Barrow 7/96 h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-054 Barrow 7/96 h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-055 Barrow 7/96 h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-057 Barrow 7/96 a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-061 Barrow 7/99 h h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-062 Barrow 7/99 h h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-063 Barrow 7/99 h h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-064 Barrow 7/99 h h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-065 Barrow 7/99 h h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-066 Barrow 7/99 h h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-067 Barrow 7/99 h h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-068 Barrow 7/99 h h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-069 Barrow 7/99 h h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-070 Barrow 7/99 h h 

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-071 Barrow 7/00 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-072 Barrow 7/00 a a
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Table 9. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location DateLKBM

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Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-073 Barrow 7/00aa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-074 Barrow 7/00aaa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-075 Barrow 7/00aaa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-076 Barrow 7/00aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-077 Barrow 7/00aaa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-078 Barrow 7/00aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-079 Barrow 7/00aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-080 Barrow 7/00aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-081 Barrow 7/00aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-082 Barrow 7/00aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-083 Barrow 7/00aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-084 Barrow 7/01aa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-085 Barrow 7/01aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-086 Barrow 7/01aa

Ringed Seal 692-RGSL-087 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-088 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-089 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-090 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-091 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-092 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-093 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-094 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-095 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-096 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-097 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-098 Kotzebue Sound 3/02aaa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-099 Barrow 7/02aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-101 Barrow 7/02aa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-102 Barrow 7/02aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-103 Barrow 7/02aa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-104 Barrow 7/02aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-105 Barrow 7/02aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-106 Barrow 7/02aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-108 Barrow 7/02aa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-110 Barrow 7/02aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-100 Barrow6/02aa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-107 Barrow7/02aa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-109 Barrow7/02aa

Ringed SealF 692-RGSL-111Prudhoe Bay 6/03aaa

Ringed SealM 692-RGSL-112 Barrow 7/03aa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-002 Barrow 7/89aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-003 Barrow 7/89aa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-056 Barrow 7/96h

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-010 Barrow 7/99aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-016 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-017 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-018 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-019 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-020 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-021 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-022 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-023 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-024 Barrow 7/00aaa
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Table 9. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location DateLKBM

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Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-025 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-026 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-014 Barrow7/00aah

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-015 Barrow 7/00aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-027 Barrow 7/01aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-028 Barrow 7/01aaa

Bearded SealF Ebs-02-01 Flaxman Island 3/02aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-030 Kotzebue Sound 9/02aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-031 Kotzebue Sound 9/02aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-032 Kotzebue Sound 9/02aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-033 Kotzebue Sound 9/02aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-034 Barrow 7/02aa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-035 Barrow 7/02aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-036 Barrow 7/02aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-037 Barrow 7/02aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-038 Barrow 7/02aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-039 Barrow 7/02aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-040 Barrow 7/02aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-041 Barrow 7/03aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-042 Barrow 7/03aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-043 Barrow 7/03aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-044 Barrow 7/03aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-045 Barrow 7/03aa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-052 Point Hope 6/06aa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-053 Point Hope 6/06aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-054 Point Hope 6/06aa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-055 Point Hope 6/06aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-056 Point Hope 6/06aaa

Bearded SealF 692-BDSL-057 Point Hope 6/06aaa

Bearded SealM 692-BDSL-058 Point Hope 6/06aaa

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-001 Point Hope 5/89ha h 

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-002 Point Hope 5/89hah

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-003 Point Hope 5/89ha

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-004 Point Hope 5/89h

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-005 Point Lay 7/90hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-006 Point Lay 7/90hah

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-007 Point Lay 7/90hh h 

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-008 Point Lay 7/90hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-009 Point Lay 7/90hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-010 Point Lay 7/90hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-011 Point Lay 7/90hhh

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-012 Point Lay 7/90hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-013 Point Lay 7/90hhh

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-014 Point Lay 7/90hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-040 Point Lay 7/96hahh

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-041 Point Lay 7/96haha

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-042 Point Lay 7/96haha

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-043 Point Lay 7/96hahh

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-044 Point Lay 7/96hahh

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-045 Point Lay 7/96hahh

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-046 Point Lay 7/96hahh

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-047 Point Lay 7/96haha

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-048 Point Lay 7/96haha
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Table 9. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location DateLKBM

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Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-049 Point Lay 7/96haha

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-053 Point Hope 5/97ha

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-054 Barrow 7/97hh

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-055 Barrow 7/97hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-056 Barrow 7/97hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-057 Point Lay 6/99hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-058 Point Lay 6/99hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-059 Point Lay 6/99hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-060 Point Lay 6/99hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-061 Point Lay 6/99hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-062 Point Lay 6/99hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-063 Point Lay 6/99hah

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-064 Point Lay 6/99hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-065 Point Lay 6/99hah

Beluga WhaleF692-BLKA-066 Point Lay 6/99aah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-067 Wainwright 7/99hh

Beluga WhaleF692-BLKA-068 Wainwright 7/99ah

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-001 Barrow 5/92haa

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-002 Barrow 5/92aa

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-003 Barrow 9/92aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-004 Barrow 9/92aa

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-005 Barrow 9/92ha

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-006 Barrow 9/92ha

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-007 Barrow 9/92hh

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-008 Barrow 9/92ha

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-009 Barrow 9/92aa

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-010 Barrow 10/92aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-011 Barrow 10/92ha

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-012 Barrow 4/93a a 

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-013 Barrow 5/93ha

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-014 Barrow 5/93ha

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-015 Barrow 5/93aa

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-016 Barrow 5/93aa

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-017 Barrow 5/93aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-020 Barrow 10/93ha

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-021 Barrow 10/93aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-022 Barrow 10/93a

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-024 Barrow 5/94aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-025 Barrow 5/94aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-026 Barrow 5/94a

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-027 Barrow 5/94aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-028 Barrow 5/94aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-029 Barrow 5/94a

Bowhead Whale 692-BWHD-030 Barrow /96aa

Bowhead Whale 692-BWHD-031 Barrow /96aa

Bowhead Whale 692-BWHD-032 Barrow /96aa

Bowhead Whale 692-BWHD-033 Barrow /96 a a

Bowhead Whale 692-BWHD-034 Barrow /96aa

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-035 Barrow 9/96a

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-036 Barrow 9/96aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-037 Barrow 9/96aa

Bowhead WhaleM 692-BWHD-038 Barrow 9/96aa

Bowhead WhaleF 692-BWHD-039 Barrow 9/96aa
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Table 9. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-040 Barrow 9/96 a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-041 Barrow 9/96 a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-042 Barrow 9/96 a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-043 Barrow 9/96 a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-044 Barrow 9/96 a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-045 Barrow 9/96 a h

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-046 Barrow 9/96 a h

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-048 Barrow 5/97 a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-049 Barrow 5/97 a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-050 Barrow 5/97 a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-051 Barrow 5/97 a a h

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-052 Barrow 5/97 a a h

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-053 Barrow 6/97 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-054 Barrow 5/99 a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-055 Barrow 5/99 a a h

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-056 Barrow 5/99 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-057 Barrow 5/99 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-058 Barrow 5/99 a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-059 Barrow 5/99 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-060 Barrow 4/00 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-060 Barrow 9/00 a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-061 Barrow 9/00 a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-062 Barrow 10/00 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-063 Barrow 10/00 a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-064 Barrow 5/03 a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-065 Barrow 5/03 a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-066 Barrow 5/03 a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-067 Barrow 10/03 a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-068 Barrow 10/03 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-069 Barrow 10/03 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-070 Barrow 10/03 a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-071 Barrow 11/05 a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-072 Barrow 11/05 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-073 Barrow 11/05 a a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-074 Barrow 10/05 a a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-075 Barrow 11/05 a a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-076 Barrow 11/05 a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-077 Barrow 11/05 a a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-078 Barrow 10/05 a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-079 Barrow 10/05 a a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-080 Barrow 10/05 a a a a

Bowhead Whale M 692-BWHD-081 Barrow 11/05 a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-082 Barrow 10/05 a a a a

Bowhead Whale F 692-BWHD-083 Barrow 11/05 a a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-001 Barrow 3/96 h h h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-002 Barrow 3/96 h h h

Polar Bear 692-PLBR-003 Barrow 3/96 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-004 Barrow 5/96 a a

Polar Bear 692-PLBR-005 Barrow 9/96 h a

Polar Bear 692-PLBR-006 Barrow 10/96 h a h

Polar Bear 692-PLBR-007 Barrow 10/96 h a h

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-008 Barrow 10/96 h a h

Polar Bear 692-PLBR-009 Barrow 10/96 a a h
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Table 9. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-010 Barrow 10/96 h a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-011 Barrow 12/96 a a h

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-012 Barrow 10/96 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-013 Barrow 10/96 a a h

Polar Bear 692-PLBR-014 Barrow 12/96 a a h

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-015 Barrow 10/96 h a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-016 Barrow 12/96 h h h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-017 Barrow 12/96 h h h

Polar Bear 692-PLBR-018 Barrow a

Polar Bear 692-PLBR-019 Barrow 5/97 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-022 Point Lay 2/97 h a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-025 Point Lay 12/96 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-026 Barrow 3/97 a a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-027 Barrow 3/97 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-028 Barrow 5/97 h h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-031 Nuigsut 9/97 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-032 Barrow 12/97 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-033 Barrow 12/97 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-034 Point Lay 2/98 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-037 Barrow 5/99 a a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-047 Prudhoe Bay 10/99 h a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-048 Barrow 5/00 a a a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-050 Barrow 11/99 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-054 Kaktovik 9/01 a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-060 Cape Lisburne 3/04 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-063 Cape Lisburne 2/05 a h

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-067 Beaufort Sea 9/05 a a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-073 Point Lay 7/06 a a a

Harbor Porpoise F HP-BRW-97-1 Barrow 8/97 a a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-022 Barrow 6/97 a a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-034 Barrow 7/99 a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-035 Barrow 7/03 a a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-037 Chukchi Sea 7/04 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-037 Barrow 7/03 a a

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-005 Barrow 7/03 a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-006 Barrow 7/03 a a a

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-007 Kotzebue Sound 9/03 a a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-008 Kotzebue Sound 10/03 a a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-009 Kotzebue Sound 10/03 a a a

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-010 Kotzebue Sound 10/03 a a a

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-011 Kotzebue Sound 9/03 a a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-012 Kotzebue Sound 10/03 a a a

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-013 Kotzebue Sound 10/03 a a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-015 Kotzebue Sound 10/04 a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-017 Kotzebue Sound 10/04 a a

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-016 Kotzebue Sound 10/04 a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-018 Kotzebue Sound 10/04 a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-019 Kotzebue Sound 10/04 a a

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-020 Kotzebue Sound 10/05 a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-021 Kotzebue Sound 10/05 a a

Spotted Seal` F 692-SPSL-022 Kotzebue Sound 10/05 a a

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-023 Kotzebue Sound 10/05 a a

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-024 Kotzebue Sound 10/05 a a
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Table 9. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-025 Kotzebue Sound 10/05 a a
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Table 10. Marine mammals sampled in the Gulf of Alaska for the AMMTAP (L - Liver; K - Kidney; B - Blubber; 

M - Muscle; S - Serum; a - samples archived; h - subsample B homogenized and divided into aliquots for analyses).

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M S

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Harbor Seal M 692-HBSL-001 Prince William Sound 3/90 a a a

Harbor Seal F 692-HBSL-002 Prince William Sound 4/90 a a a

Harbor Seal M 692-HBSL-003 Prince William Sound 4/90 a a a

Harbor Seal F 692-HBSL-004 Anchorage 6/94 a a a

Harbor Seal F 692-HBSL-009 Cook Inlet 3/97 a a h

Harbor Seal M 692-HBSL-010 Cook Inlet 3/97 a a h

Harbor Seal 692-HBSL-011 Cook Inlet 5/98 a

Harbor Seal M 692-HBSL-011 Seward 12/00 a a a

Harbor Seal M 692-HBSL-012 Carter Bay 8/01 a a a

Harbor Seal F PV-75-008-98C Seward 8/2 a a a

Harbor Seal F 692-HBSL-014 Homer 6/03 a a a

Harbor Seal F 692-HBSL-016 Sitka 3/06 a a a

Harbor Seal M 692-HBSL-015 Seward 6/04 a a a

Harbor Seal M 692-HBSL-017 Haines 6/06 a a a

Steller Sea Lion F 692-STSL-001 Cook Inlet 3/90 a a a

Stellar Sea Lion M 692-STSL-002 Amelia Pass 2/97 a a h

Stellar Sea Lion F 692-STSL-003 Atka Korovin Bay 2/97 a a h

Stellar Sea Lion M 692-STSL-005 Seward 7/03 a a a

Stellar Sea Lion M 692-STSL-006 Hazy-Grassy 6/03 a a a

Stellar Sea Lion F 692-STSL-007 Hazy-Grassy 6/03 a a a

Stellar Sea Lion F 692-STSL-008 Hazy-Grassy 6/03 a a a

Stellar Sea Lion F 692-STSL-009 Cape Resurrection 3/04 a a a

Stellar Sea Lion M 692-STSL-010 North Rocks 6/04 a a

Stellar Sea Lion F 692-STSL-011 Cape Resurrection 3/05 a a

Stellar Sea Lion M 692-STSL-012 Gulf of Alaska 7/05 a a a

Stellar Sea Lion F 692-STSL-013 Gulf of Alaska 7/05 a a a

Stellar Sea Lion F 692-STSL-014 Cape Resurrection 3/05 a a

Stellar Sea Lion F EJ0901 Petersburg, AK 11/08 a a a

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-015 Cook Inlet 10/92 h h h

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-016 Cook Inlet 7/94 h

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-017 Cook Inlet 7/94 h

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-018 Cook Inlet 7/94 h

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-020 Cook Inlet 5/95 h h

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-021 Cook Inlet 6/95 h h h

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-022 Cook Inlet 5/95 h h h

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-023 Cook Inlet 6/95 h h h

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-024 Cook Inlet 6/95 h h h

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-025 Cook Inlet 6/95 h h h

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-026 Cook Inlet 6/95 h h h

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-027 Cook Inlet 6/95 h h h

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-028 Cook Inlet 6/95 h h h

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-029 Cook Inlet 8/95 h h h

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-031 Cook Inlet 6/96 h h h a

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-032 Cook Inlet 7/96 h h h a

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-033 Cook Inlet 7/96 h h h a

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-034 Cook Inlet 8/96 h h h a

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-035 Cook Inlet 10/96 h h h a

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-036 Cook Inlet 10/96 a a a

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-037 Cook Inlet 10/96 h h h a

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-038 Cook Inlet 4/98 a a h a
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Table10. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location DateLKBM

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Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-039 Cook Inlet 4/98aaha

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-050 Cook Inlet 5/98hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-051 Cook Inlet 5/98hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-052 Cook Inlet 5/98haha

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-073 Cook Inlet 7/01hah

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-074 Cook Inlet 10/01hah

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-076 Cook Inlet 7/02hah

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-077 Cook Inlet 4/03hah

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-078 Cook Inlet 4/03ah

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-079 Cook Inlet 8/03ha

Beluga WhaleM 692-BLKA-080 Cook Inlet 7/05hah

Beluga WhaleF 692-BLKA-081 Bird Creek 10/06haa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-001 Sitka 9/97aa a 

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-002 Sitka 9/97aa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-003 Sitka 9/97aaa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-004 Seward 2/00aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-005 Homer 7/01aa

Sea OtterM Els-02-01 Seward 7/02aaa

Sea OtterM Els-02-02 Seward 7/02aaa

Sea OtterM Els-02-03 Seward 7/02aaa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-009 Homer Spit 12/02aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-010 Seward 12/02aa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-011 Seward 3/03aaa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-012 Kachemak Bay 1/04aaa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-013 Seward 8/03aaa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-014 Homer5/04aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-015 Kachemak Bay 2/05aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-016 Homer 3/05aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-017 Homer Spit 2/05aa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-018 Kodiak Island 3/05aa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-020 Homer 4/05aaa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-021 Seldovia 10/05aa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-022 Homer 11/05aaa

Sea Otter 692-SEOT-023 Homer9/05aaa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-024 Homer 11/05aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-025 Homer 1/06aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-026 Homer 1/06aa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-027 Homer 2/06aaa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-028 Seldovia 3/06aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-029 Homer 6/06aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-030 Homer 9/06aaa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-031 Homer 10/06aaa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-032 Anchor Point 8/06aa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-033 Kodiak 7/06aaa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-034 Glacier Bay8/06aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-035 Glacier Bay 8/06aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-037 Glacier Bay 6/06aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-036 Homer5/06aaa

Sea OtterF 692-SEOT-038 Homer 12/07aa

Sea OtterM 692-SEOT-039 Homer 12/07aa

Sea OtterM EL0703 Homer 11/08aaa

Gray WhaleF 692-GRAY-001 Seward 5/03aaa

Harbor PorpoiseF 692-HBPP-002 Homer 7/05aaa
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Table 10. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M

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Harbor Porpoise F 692-HBPP-003 Homer 7/05 a a a

Harbor Porpoise F 692-HBPP-004 Homer 8/06 a a a

Stejneger’s Beaked Whale F 692-SBKW-003 Whittier 9/05 a a a

Humpback Whale M 692-HPBK-001 Admirality Isl. 7/07 a

Minke Whale M UW0701 Cook Inlet 11/08 a a
35

Table 11. Marine mammals sampled in the Bering Sea for the AMMTAP (L - Liver; K - Kidney; B - Blubber; M -

Muscle; S - Serum; a - samples archived; h - subsample B homogenized and divided into aliquots for analyses).

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M S

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-011 Nome 5/89 h a h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-012 Nome 5/89 h a h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-013 Nome 5/89 h a h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-014 Nome 5/89 h a h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-015 Nome 5/89 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-016 Nome 5/91 h a h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-017 Nome 5/91 h a h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-018 Nome 5/91 h a h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-029 Nome 5/93 h a h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-030 Nome 5/93 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-031 Nome 5/93 h a h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-032 Nome 6/93 h a h

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-033 Nome 5/94 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-034 Nome 5/94 a a h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-035 Nome 5/94 h a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-036 Nome 5/94 h a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-046 Nome 5/96 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-056 Nome 1/97 h a h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-048 Nome 5/97 a a h

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-058 Nome 5/98 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-059 Cape Wooly 5/98 a a a

Ringed Seal F 692-RGSL-060 Teller 6/98 a a a

Ringed Seal M 692-RGSL-061 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Ringed Seal 692-RGSL-060 Norton Sound 6/99 a a h

Spotted Seal F 692-SPSL-001 Nome 5/91 h a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-002 Nome 5/96 a a a

Spotted Seal M 692-SPSL-004 Nome 9/97 a a a

Spotted Seal 692-SPSL-014 Nome 5/04 a a a

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-001 Nome 5/89 h a a

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-004 Nome 5/93 h a a

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-005 Nome 6/93 h a h

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-006 Nome 5/94 a a h

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-007 Nome 5/94 a a h

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-008 Nome 5/94 a a h

Bearded Seal F 692-BDSL-009 Nome 5/94 a a h

Bearded Seal F 692-BDSL-011 Norton Sound 6/99 a a h

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-012 Norton Sound 6/99 a a h

Bearded Seal F 692-BDSL-012 Norton Sound 9/99 a a a

Bearded Seal 692-BDSL-013 Norton Sound 9/99 a a h

Bearded Seal 692-BDSL-048 Nome 3/04 a a a

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-046 Nome 5/04 a a a

Bearded Seal 692-BDSL-047 Nome 5/04 a a a

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-049 Unalakleet 4/05 a a a

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-050 Unalakleet 5/05 a a a

Bearded Seal M 692-BDSL-051 Unalakleet 4/05 a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-001 St. Paul 7/87 a a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-002 St. Paul 7/87 a a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-003 St. Paul 7/87 a a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-004 St. Paul 7/87 h h h h
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Table 11. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M S

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Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-005 St. Paul 7/87 h h h h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-006 St. Paul 7/90 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-007 St. Paul 7/90 h a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-008 St. Paul 7/90 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-009 St. Paul 7/90 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-010 St. Paul 7/90 h a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-011 St. Paul 7/90 h a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-012 St. Paul 7/90 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-013 St. Paul 7/90 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-014 St. Paul 7/90 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-015 St. Paul 7/90 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-016 St. Paul 8/97 a a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-017 St. Paul 8/97 a a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-018 St. Paul 8/97 a a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-019 St. Paul 8/97 a a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-020 St. Paul 8/97 a a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-021 St. Paul 8/97 a a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-022 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-023 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-024 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-025 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-026 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-027 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-028 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-029 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-030 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-031 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-032 St. Paul 7/00 a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-033 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-034 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-035 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-036 St. Paul 7/00 a a h

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-037 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-038 St. Paul 7/06 a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-039 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-040 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-041 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-042 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-043 St. Paul 7/06 a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-044 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-045 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-046 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-047 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-048 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-049 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-050 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal F 692-FRSL-051 St. Paul 7/06 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-052 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-053 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-054 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-055 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-056 St. Paul 8/07 a a a
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Table 11. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M S

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-057 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-058 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-059 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-060 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-061 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-062 St. Paul 8/07 a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-063 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal F 692-FRSL-064 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-065 St. Paul 8/07 a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-066 St. Paul 8/07 a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-067 St. Paul 8/07 a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-068 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-069 St. Paul 8/07 a a

Northern Fur Seal F 692-FRSL-070 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Northern Fur Seal M 692-FRSL-071 St. Paul 8/07 a a

Northern Fur Seal F 692-FRSL-072 St. Paul 8/07 a a a

Elephant Seal M 692-ELSL-001 Izembek NWR 5/96 a a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-001 Nome 6/93 a a h

Pacific Walrus 692-WLRS-021 Nome 5/98 a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-002 Nome 6/93 a a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-003 Nome 5/94 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-004 Nome 5/94 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-005 Nome 5/94 a a h

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-006 Gambell 5/95 a a a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-007 Gambell 5/95 a a a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-008 Gambell 5/95 a a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-009 Gambell 5/95 a a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-010 Gambell 5/95 a a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-011 Gambell 5/95 a a a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-012 Gambell 5/95 a a a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-013 Gambell 5/96 a a h

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-014 St Lawrence Island 5/96 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-015 Round Island 10/96 a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-016 Round Island 10/96 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-017 Round Island 10/96 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-018 Round Island 10/96 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-019 Round Island 10/96 a a

Pacific Walrus 692-WLRS-020 Round Island 10/96 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-022 Round Island,AK 10/98 a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-023 Round Island,AK 10/98 a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-024 Round Island,AK 10/98 a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-026 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-027 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-028 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-029 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-030 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-031 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-032 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-033 Gambell 5/99 a a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-036 Savoonga 5/02 a a a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-038 Gambell 7/06 a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-039 Gambell 7/06 a
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Table 11. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M S

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-046 Gambell 7/06 a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-041 Gambell 7/06 a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-042 Gambell 7/06 a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-043 Gambell 7/06 a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-044 Gambell 7/06 a

Pacific Walrus M 692-WLRS-045 Gambell 7/06 a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-040 Gambell 7/06 a

Pacific Walrus F 692-WLRS-047 Gambell 7/06 a

Stellar Sea Lion M 692-STSL-004 St George Island 3/97 a h

Stellar Sea Lion F 692-STSL-015 Aleutian Islands 7/07 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-020 Gambell 3/97 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-021 Gambell 3/97 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-023 Gambell 3/97 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-024 Savoonga 3/97 a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-029 Savoonga 2/98 h h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-030 Savoonga 3/98 h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-035 Little Diomede 4/98 a a a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-036 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-038 Savoonga 5/99 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-039 Gambell 4/99 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-040 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-041 Gambell 5/99 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-042 Savoonga 5/99 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-043 Gambell 6/99 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-044 Savoonga 2/99 a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-045 Savoonga 5/99 h a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-046 Little Diomede 5/99 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-049 Little Diomede 1/00 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-051 Little Diomede 4/00 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-052 Kivalina 4/01 a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-053 Little Diomede 6/01 h a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-055 Gambell 3/02 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-056 Gambell 3/02 h a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-057 Gambell 1/02 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-058 Savoonga 4/02 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-059 Little Diomede 3/04 a a a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-061 Little Diomede 11/04 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-062 Little Diomede 2/05 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-064 Little Diomede 4/05 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-065 Little Diomede 4/05 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-066 Little Diomede 4/05 a a h

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-068 St. Lawrence Island 1/06 a a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-069 Little Diomede 6/06 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-070 Little Diomede 6/06 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-071 Little Diomede 5/06 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-072 Little Diomede 5/06 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-074 St. Lawrence Island 5/07 a a a

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-075 St. Lawrence Island 5/07 a a h

Polar Bear F 692-PLBR-076 Little Diomede 6/07 a a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-077 Cape Lisbourne 6/07 a a

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-078 Little Diomede 6/07 a a h

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-079 Little Diomede 6/07 a a h
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Table 11. (continued)

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Species Sex Individual ID Location Date L K B M S

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Polar Bear M 692-PLBR-080 Gambell, AK 4/07 a a a

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-069 Norton Sound 10/00 h a a

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-070 Norton Sound 10/00 h a

Beluga Whale F 692-BLKA-071 Norton Sound 10/00 h a a

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-072 Norton Sound 10/00 h a a a

Beluga Whale M 692-BLKA-075 Bristol Bay 5/02 a a a

Ribbon Seal F 692-RBSL-001 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal M 692-RBSL-002 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal M 692-RBSL-003 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal 692-RBSL-004 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal F 692-RBSL-005 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal F 692-RBSL-006 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal M 692-RBSL-007 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal F 692-RBSL-008 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal M 692-RBSL-009 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal F 692-RBSL-010 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal F 692-RBSL-011 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal F 692-RBSL-012 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal F 692-RBSL-013 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal F 692-RBSL-014 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Ribbon Seal M 692-RBSL-015 Diomede Island 6/03 a

Sea Otter F 692-SEOT-019 Chignik 3/05 a a a

Harbor Seal F 692-HBSL-005 Amelia Island 1/97 a

Harbor Seal M 692-HBSL-006 Amelia Island 1/97 a a a

Harbor Seal F 692-HBSL-007 Akun Island 2/97 a h

Harbor Seal F 692-HBSL-008 Green Island 2/97 a a h

Stejneger’s Beaked Whale F 692-SBKW-001 Shemya Island 9/05 a

Stejneger’s Beaked Whale F 692-SBKW-002 Shemya Island 9/05 a
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HOMOGENIZATION/SHIPMENT OF SAMPLES

Sixty-nine specimens were cryogenically homogenized in 2007 and 30 specimens were 

homogenized in 2008, including ringed seal liver specimens, beluga whale liver and blubber 

specimens, pygmy sperm whale liver specimens, rough-toothed dolphin liver specimens, and one 

California sea lion blubber specimen. 

In 2007, 88 aliquots from the MMHSRP and AMMTAP were transferred out of the NMMTB to 

researchers for various scientific analyses and 73 aliquots were transferred out in 2008. Details 

on the specimens that have been cryogenically homogenized as well as information about the 

NMMTB sub-samples that were transferred out of the Marine ESB are provided in the ROA’s, 

839.00-008-003 (2007) and 839.00-09-009 (2008). The ROA’s are listed in Appendix A of this 

report and are available upon request.

QUALITY ASSURANCE INTERCOMPARISON EXERCISE MATERIAL

The NMMTB provides “unknown” samples, control materials, and Standard Reference Materials 

(SRMs) to laboratories involved in marine mammal tissue analysis and participating in the 

interlaboratory comparison exercises administered and coordinated by NIST for the MMHSRP. 

Samples for the 2007 Organic and Trace Element Intercomparison Exercises were shipped 

during the reporting period. For the Organic Intercomparison Exercise, marine mammal blubber 

and serum samples, and SRM 1958, a human serum sample, were shipped to 17 participants that 

included 11 national and 7 international laboratories (see Table 12). Twenty-one data sets from 

14 laboratories were submitted for this exercise. For the Trace Element Intercomparison 

Exercise, marine mammal liver and whole blood samples, and SRM 1598a, a bovine serum 

sample, were shipped to 26 participants that included 13 national and 12 international 

laboratories (see Table 13). Results of each exercise will be reported in a future publication. 
41

SRM MMCM-1 SRM DATE 

Participant QCOO-WB41 19452 Serum-43 19584 SHIPPED

NATIONAL

Dr. Christina Lusk 

Mississippi State University 

Mississippi State Chemical Lab

Hand Lab, room 1145

Morrill Road

Mississippi State, MS 39762 

662-325-3251 62 X x3 X 6/27/2007

Dr. Terry L. Wade 

Deputy Director-Envrionmental Science 

Geochemical and Environmental Research Group 

Texas A&M University 

833 Graham Road 

College Station, TX 77845 

979-862-2323, x134 63 X x3 X 6/27/2007

Dana L. Wetzel 

Aquatic Toxicology 

Mote Marine Laboratory

1600 Ken Thompson Parkway

Sarasota, Florida 34236 

941-388-4441 57 X 6/27/2007

Keith A. Maruya 

Southern California Coastal Water Research Project 

3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 110 

Costa Messa, CA 92626-1437 

714-755-3214 74 X 7/17/2007

Gloria Seaborn 

NOS/CCEHBR 

219 Ft. Johnson Rd. 

Charleston, SC 29412 

843-762-8522 78 X x3 X 10/17/2007

Greg Mitchum 

NOAA/NOS 

Hollings Marine Laboratory 

331 Ft. Johnson Rd. 

Charleston, SC 29412 67 X x3 X 9/13/2007

Dr. Michele Schantz 

NIST 

100 Bureau Dr. 

Bldg. 227, Room A143 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8392 

301-975-3106 65 X x3 X 6/27/2007

Table 12. Participants in the 2007 Organic Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise for marine mammal tissue analysis.
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Table 12. (continued)

SRM MMCM-1 SRM DATE 

Participant QCOO-WB41 19452 Serum-43 19584 SHIPPED

Gina Ylitalo 

NOAA Fisheries/Environmental Conservation Division 

2725 Montlake Boulevard East 

Seattle, WA 98112 

206-860-3325 70 X x3 X 6/27/2007

Margaret Johnson 

Diagnostic Center of Population and Animal Health 

4125 Beaumont Rd. 

Lansing, MI 48910-8104 

517-353-4773 (p) 

517-355-2152 (f) 68 X 6/27/2007

Ashok Despande 

NOAA/NMFS 

Sandy Hook Marine Lab 

74 Magruder Rd. 

Highlands, NJ 07732 

732-872-3043 71 X x3 X 6/27/2007

Rich Gossett 

CRG Marine Laboratories, Inc. 

2020 Del Amo Blvd., Suite 200 

Torrane, CA 90501 

310-533-5190 77 X x3 X 9/19/2007

INTERNATIONAL

Adrian Covaci 

Toxicological Center 

University of Antwerp (UA)

Building S, 6th floor

Universiteitsplein, 1

2610 Wilrijk

Belgium 

+32 3 820 2704 76 X x3 X 7/9/2007

Collin Allchin 

CEFAS Burnham Laboratory

Remembrance Avenue

Burnham on Crouch

Essex CM0 8HA, 

UK 

+44 (0) 1621 787267 73 X x3 X 7/2/2007

Rosalyn McNeil 

Specimen Bank Biologist 

NWRC, Wildlife Toxicology 

Environment Canada

1125 Colonel By Drive 

Carleton University (Raven Road) 

Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 

CANADA 

1-613-998-6691 54/56 x2 x6 x2 6/26/07
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Table 12. (continued)

SRM MMCM-1 SRM DATE 

Participant QCOO-WB41 19452 Serum-43 19584 SHIPPED

Gregg Tomy 

Department of Fisheries and Oceans 

Freshwater Institute 

501 University Crescent 

Wpg. MB R3T 2N6 

204-983-5167 (p) 

204-984-2403 (f) 59 X x3 X 6/26/07

Michael Ikonomou/Cory Dubetz 

Marine Env. Quality, Institute of Ocean Sciences 

Qualite de l'environement marin, Institut des sciences de 

la mer 

9860 West Saanich Rd., Fisheries and Oceans Canada 

9860 Rue W. Saanich, Peches et Oceans Canada 

Sidney, B.C., V8L 4B2 

CANADA 

250-363-6517 58 X x3 X 6/26/07

Helene Budzinski 

DR CNRS - ISM-UMR 5255 

Groupe LPTC Universite Bordeaux 1 

351 crs de la Liberation 

33405 Talence 

FRANCE 

33 (0)5 40 00 69 98 75 X x3 X 7/24/2007

1

QC00-WB4 - Unknown Pilot Whale Blubber Material

2

 SRM 1945 - Organics in Whale Blubber

3

MMCM-1 Serum-4 - Unknown California Sea Lion Serum Material

4

 SRM 1958 - Organic Contaminants in Human Serum
44

Table 13. Participants in the 2007 Trace Element Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise for marine mammal tissue 

analysis.

DATE 

Participant QC06WLBD11 QC03LH32 SRM 1598a3 SHIPPED

NATIONAL

Chris Perkins 

Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering

University of Connecticut

Building #4 Annex

3107 Horsebarn Hill Rd; U-4210

Storrs, CT 06269-4210

Ph: (860) 486-2668

Fx: (860) 486-5488 10 121 X 6/27/2007

Neal Julien

Midwest Research Institute

Florida Division

1470 Treeland Blvd SE

Palm Bay, FL 32909

tel) 321-723-4547 x502 12 114 X 6/27/2007

Bryan L. Brattin

Trace Element Research Lab

Texas A&M University

TAMUS 4458

VMA BLDG, ROOM 107

COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-4458 

979-845-1568

Fax: 979-847-8981 11 113 X 6/27/2007

Amir Liba, Ph.D.

Elemental Analysis and Speciation

Molecular Instrumentation Center (MIC)

UCLA

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Box 951569 (Post)

607 Charles E. Young Dr. (Courier) 

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Phone: 310-825-7571 13 112 X 6/27/2007

Richard Steven Pappas, Ph.D.

Emergency Response & Air Toxicants Branch 

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 

4770 Buford Hwy. NE, M.S. F-44

Atlanta, GA 30341-3717 

Phone 770-488-4661 

RPappas@cdc.gov 14 111 X 6/27/2007
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Table 13. (continued)

DATE 

Participant QC06WLBD11 QC03LH32 SRM 1598a3 SHIPPED

Carol Buckley

University of Pennsylvania

School of Veterinary Medicine

New Bolton Center

382 West Street Road

Kennett Square, Pa 19348 (p) 610-925-6233 15 110 X 6/27/2007

Larry Melton

CAHFS Toxicology

Thurman Lab

West Health Sciences Drive

University of California

Davis, CA 95616

Phone: 530-754-5605

Fax: 530-752-3361

 E-mail: lmelton@ucdavis.edu 

<mailto:lmelton@ucdavis.edu> 18 108 X 6/27/2007

Patrick R. Gorski, Ph.D.

Chemist Supervisor, Trace Element Clean Lab

WI State Laboratory of Hygiene

2601 Agriculture Drive

Madison, WI 53718

phone: 608-224-6294

fax: 608-224-6213

mailto:gorskipr@slh.wisc.edu 16 115 X 6/27/2007

Gwyneth Gordon

Laboratory Manager

W.M. Keck Foundation Laboratory for 

Environmental Biogeochemistry

School of Earth & Space Exploration

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ 85287-1404

gwyneth.gordon@asu.edu

PS-F 082

727-8837 office; 993-6600 cell 19 118 X 6/27/2007

NIST-Gaithersburg 21 122 X 7/7/2007

Patrick J. Parsons, Ph.D., Director

Lead Poisoning/Trace Elements Laboratory

Wadsworth Center, New York State Dept. of Health

Albany, NY 12201-0509

518-474-5475 (voice)

518-473-7586 (fax)

e-mail: patrick.parsons@wadsworth.org

http://www.wadsworth.org/testing/lead/index.htm 17 32

117 

129

X 

X

6/27/2007 

7/2/07 
46

Table 13. (continued)

DATE 

Participant QC06WLBD11 QC03LH32 SRM 1598a3 SHIPPED

Panjai Prapaipong

School of Earth and Space Exploration

Arizona State University

Room PSF 686

Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 

Office (480) 965-9142

Fax (480) 965-8102 20 119 X 6/27/2007

Hakan Gurleyuk, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Applied Speciation and Consulting, LLC

953 Industry Dr.

Tukwila, WA 98188

206 219 3779

206 388 3485 (FAX) 22 120 X 6/27/2007

INTERNATIONAL

M. ROBERT (Carine Churlaud)

Université de La Rochelle

Centre Commun d'Analyses

5 allées de l'Océan

17071 La Rochelle Cedex 9

FRANCE

(p) 33 05 46 45 87 49 3 100 X 5/21/2007

Fabienne Seby 

Ultra-Traces Analyses Aquitaine (UT2A)

Hélioparc Pau-Pyrénées

2, avenue du Président Angot

64000 PAU - France

tel: 33 5 59 80 68 82

fax: 33 5 59 80 68 91 4 101 X 5/21/2007

Prof. Dr hab. Henryk Matusiewicz

POLITECHNIKA POZNANSKA

DEPARTMENT OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Piotrowo 3

60-965 POZNAN

POLAND

tel. +48 (0)61-665 2312

fax: +48 (0)61-665 2571 5 102 X 5/21/2007

Paul Adorno

Inorganics & Food Composition Manager

National Measurement Institute-South Melbourne

51-65 Clarke St South Melbourne VIC 3205 

el: (03) 9685 1746

Fax: (03) 9685 1788 8 107 X 6/25/2007
47

Table 13. (continued)

DATE 

Participant QC06WLBD11 QC03LH32 SRM 1598a3 SHIPPED

Honway Louie /Michael Wu 

National Measurement Institute

1 Suakin Street, Pymble. NSW. 2073

Tel: 61 2 9449 0127

Fax: 61 2 9449 1653 24 126 X 7/14/2007

Henri Wong

ANSTO - PMB1, Menai, NSW 2234, 

AUSTRALIA 

Phone # 61-2-9717 3539. 

Fax # : 61-2-9717 9286 6 106 X 6/12/2007

Collin Allchin 

CEFAS Burnham Laboratory

Remembrance Avenue

Burnham on Crouch

Essex CM0 8HA, 

UK 

+44 (0) 1621 787267 25 123 X 7/2/2007

Andreas Rudolph 

Kinectrics Inc.

800 Kipling Avenue

Toronto, Ontario M8Z 6C4

CANADA

416.207.6000 7 105 X 6/12/2007

Prof. Dr. Andreas Prange

Dept. for Marine Bioanalytical Chemistry

Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Research 

Center

Max-Planck-Strasse, D-21502 Geesthacht, Germany

Phone: +49 (0)4152 87 1858; Fax: +49 (0)4152 87 1875

e-mail: andreas.prange@gkss.de 26 127 X 7/24/2007

Ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Walter Goessler

Institute of Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

University Graz

Universitaetsplatz 1

8010 Graz, Austria

Tel.: +43 316 380 5302

Fax.: +43 316 380 9845

http://www.uni-graz.at/achwww/

9 

?

109 

128

X 

X

6/25/2007 

8/6/07

23 124 X 8/28/07

27 131 X 10/1/07
48

Table 13. (continued)

DATE 

Participant QC06WLBD11 QC03LH32 SRM 1598a3 SHIPPED

Gae Ho Lee, professor

Department of Chemistry 

Basic Science Bilding 2-214

Chungnam National University 

Dae Jeon, 305-764

South Korea 

Tel)42-821-6553 

Fax)42-823-7243 2 99 No 5/21/2007

Ritchie Eanes

Assistant Professor

Izmir Yuksek Teknoloji Enstitusu

Fen Fak. Kimya Bol.

Gulbahcekoyu, Urla

35430, Izmir

Turkey 

(p) 90-232-750-7609 

(f) 90-232-750-7509 1 98 X 5/21/2007

1

 QC06WLBLD1 - Unknown California Sea Lion Whole Blood Material 1

2

 QC03LH3 - QA Pygmy Sperm Whale Liver Homogenate III

3

 SRM 1598a - Inorganic Constituents in Animal Serum
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REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Two publications describing the 2005 NIST/NOAA Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise for 

marine mammal tissue analysis were finalized during the reporting period and are listed below. 

In addition, a list of previous reports and publications with reference to protocols or research 

activities involving samples from the NMMTB can be found in Appendix B of this report and are 

available upon request. 

1. Christopher, S.J., Pugh, R.S., Ellisor, M.B., Mackey, E.A., Spatz, R.O., Porter, B.J., 

Bealer, K.J., Kucklick, J.R., Rowles, T.K., Becker, P.R., 2007. Description and Results of 

the NIST/NOAA 2005 Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise for Trace Elements in 

Marine Mammals. Accred. Qual. Assur., 12, 175-187. 

2. Kucklick, J. R., Pugh, R. S., Becker, P. R., Schantz, M. M., Wise, S. A., and Rowles, T. 

K.. 2007. Description and Results of the 2005 NIST/NOAA Interlaboratory Comparison 

Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in Marine Mammal Tissues. NISTIR 7410, 

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 22 p.

CONCLUSIONS

During the reporting period (January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008), 299 specimens were 

collected from 105 animals. The inventory of the NMMTB now includes 3,402 tissue specimens 

from 46 species of cetaceans, pinnipeds, and fissipeds.

Ninety-nine specimens banked as a part of the NMMTB were homogenized and over 160

aliquots were provided to researchers for various analyses. In addition, samples and SRMs were 

shipped to 17 participants for the Organic Intercomparison Exercise and to 26 participants for the 

Trace Element Intercomparison Exercise for marine mammal tissue analysis. 

REFERENCES

Becker, P.R., Wise, S.A., Koster, B.J., and Zeisler, R. 1988. Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue 

Archival Project: A description including collection protocols. U.S. Dep. Commer., National 

Bureau of Standards, NBSIR 88-3750. Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Becker, P.R., Wise, S.A., Koster, B.J., and Zeisler, R. 1991. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue 

Archival Project: revised collection protocol. USDOC, National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, NISTIR 4529, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Becker, P.R., Koster, B.J., Wise, S.A., and Zeisler, R. 1993. Biological specimen banking in 

Arctic research: an Alaska perspective, Sci. Total Environ. 139/140, 69-95.

Becker, P.R., Wilkinson, D., and Lillestolen, T.I. 1994. Marine Mammal Health and Stranding 

Response Program: program development plan, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR94-2, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland.
50

Becker, P.R., Porter, B.J., Mackey, E.A., Schantz, M.M., Demiralp, R., and Wise, S.A. 1999. 

National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank and Quality Assurance Program: Protocols, Inventory, 

and Analytical Results. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, NISTIR 6279. Gaithersburg, MD. 183 p.

Bryan C.E., Christopher S.J., Balmer, B.C., and Wells, R.S. 2007. Establishing baseline levels of 

trace elements in blood and skin of bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay, Florida: implications for 

non-invasive monitoring. Sci. Total Environ. 388(1-3):325-42.

Davis, W.C., Christopher, S.J., Pugh, R.S., Donard, O.F.X., Krupp, E.A., Point, D., Horvat, M., 

Gibicar, D., Kljakovic-Gaspic, Z., Porter, B.J., and Schantz, M.M. 2007. Certification of 

methylmercury content in two fresh-frozen reference materials: SRM 1947 Lake Michigan fish 

tissue and SRM 1974b organics in mussel tissue (Mytilus edulis). Anal. Bional. Chem. 387:2335-

2341.

Keller, J.M., Swarthout, R.F., Carlson, B.K., Yordy, J., Guichard, A., Schantz, M.M., and 

Kucklick, J.R. 2009. Comparison of five extraction methods for measuring PCBs, PBDEs, 

organochlorine pesticides, and lipid content in serum. Anal Bioanal Chem 393: 747-760.

Peck, A.M., Pugh, R.S., Moors, A., Ellisor, M.B., Porter, B.J., Becker, P.R., and Kucklick, J.R. 

2008. Hexabromocyclododecane in white-sided dolphins: temporal trend and stereoisomer 

distribution in tissues. Environ Sci Technol 42: 2650-2655.

Point, D, Davis, W.C., Alonso, J.I.G., Monperrus, M., Christopher, S.J., Donard, O.F.X, Becker, 

P.R. and Wise, S.A. 2007b. Simultaneous determination of inorganic mercury, methylmercury, 

and total mercury concentrations in cryogenic fresh-frozen and freeze-dried biological reference 

materials. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 389:787-798.

Point, D, Davis, W.C., Christopher, S.J., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R., Donard, 

O.F.X., Porter, B.J. and Wise, S.A. 2007a. Development and application of an ultratrace method 

for speciation of organotin compounds in cryogenically archived and homogenized biological 

materials. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 387:2343-2355.

Pugh, R.S., Ellisor, M.B., Moors, A.J., Porter, B.J., and Becker, P.R. 2007. Marine 

Environmental Specimen Bank: clean room and specimen bank protocols. NISTIR 7389, 

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 545 pp.

VanderPol, S.S., Kucklick, J.R., Schantz, M.M., and Wise, S.A. Separation of 25 toxaphene 

congeners and measurement in air particulate matter SRMs compared to technical toxaphene 

SRM 3067. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (In Review)

Wise, S.A. and Koster, B.J. 1995. Considerations in the design of an environmental specimen 

bank: Experiences of the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank Program. Environ. Health 

Perspect. 103 (Suppl. 3): 61-67.

Zeisler, R., Langland, J.K., and Harrison, S.H. 1983. Cryogenic homogenization of biological 

tissues. Anal. Chem. 55: 2431-2434.
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APPENDIX A

REPORT OF ANALYSIS

839.00-08-003, Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (Marine ESB) and National 

Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (NBSB) CY 2007 Projects Including Cryogenic Homogenization 

and Distribution of Tissues for the NMMTB, STAMP, APFP

839.00-09-009, Marine Environmental Specimen Bank (Marine ESB) and National 

Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (NBSB) CY 2008 Projects Including Cryogenic Homogenization 

and Distribution of Tissues for the NMMTB, STAMP, APFP

839.01-05-202, Quantification of Arsenic Species in Marine Tissue Samples by Ion 

Chromatography Collision Cell Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry 

839.02-07-301, Determination of Total Lipid Content in Human Serum and Dolphin Plasma by 

Sulfo-Phospho-Vanillin Reaction

839.02-07-302, Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), Polychlorinated 

Biphenyls (PCBs), Organochlorine Pesticides in Bottlenose Dolphin Blubber Biopsy Samples 

from Mississippi Sound Batch 2

839.02-07-303, The Determination of Chlorinated Pesticides, PCBs and PBDEs in Bottlenose 

Dolphin Blubber and Internal Tissues

839.02-07-304, The Determination of Chlorinated Pesticides, PCBs and PBDEs in Bottlenose 

Dolphin Plasma and Remaining Cellular Material Analyzed for the Sarasota Dolphin Project

839.02-07-306, Determination of Chlorinated Pesticides, PCBs and PBDEs in Bottlenose

Dolphin Blubber Layers from Incidentally Killed Animals along the Coast of North Carolina and 

Virginia

839.02-07-307, Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), Polychlorinated 

Biphenyls (PCBs), and Organochlorine Pesticides in Bottlenose Dolphin Blubber Biopsy 

Samples from Beaufort, North Carolina

839.02-07-325, Determination of Chlorinated Pesticides, PCBs, and PBDEs in Bottlenose Dolpin 

Blubber Samples Collected from a Single Individual at Various Body Locations and Depths

839.02-07-333, The Determination of Chlorinated Pesticides, PCBs and PBDEs in Four 

Common Prey Species of Bottlenose Dolphins from Sarasota Bay, FL

839.02-07-339, The Determination of Chlorinated Pesticides, PCBs and PBDEs in Bottlenose 

Dolphin Blubber and Internal Tissues, Second Batch
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839.02-07-340, The Determination of Chlorinated Pesticides, PCBs and PBDEs in Bottlenose 

Dolphin Milk, Second Batch

839.02-08-050, Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners, Chlorinated 

Pesticides, and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) Congeners in Marine Mammal Blubber 

Unknown Material IV Measured for the 2007 Intercomparison Exercise Program for Organics in 

Marine Mammal Tissues

839.02-08-301, PCBs, pesticides, PBDEs, and HBCDs in adult male beluga whale blubber from 

the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank and a subset of debilitated loggerhead turtle fat 

samples

839.02-08-306Amended, Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), 

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Organochlorine Pesticides in Bottlenose Dolphin Blubber 

Biopsy samples from Brunswick, Georgia Batch1.

839.02-08-307, Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), Polychlorinated 

Biphenyls (PCBs), and Organochlorine Pesticides for the 2007 NIST Interlaboratory Comparison 

Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in Marine Mammal Tissues

839.02-08-314, Organohalogen compounds determined in MMCM-1 Serum and SRM 1958 as 

Part of the Marine Mammal Interlaboratory comparison Exercise

839.02-08-315, Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl. Ethers (PBDEs), Polychlorinated 

Biphenyls (PCBs) and Organochlorine Pesticides in Bottlenose Dolphin Blubber Biopsy samples 

from Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR), Georgia Batch2

839.02-08-320, Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), Polychlorinated 

Biphenyls (PCBs) and Organochlorine Pesticides in Bottlenose Dolphin Blubber Biopsy samples 

from Brunswick, Georgia Batch3.
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APPENDIX B

NMMTB BIBLIOGRAPHY

1988

Becker, P.R., Wise, S.A., Koster, B.J. and Zeisler, R. 1988. Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue 

Archival Project: A description including collection protocols. U.S. Dep. Commer., National 

Bureau of Standards, NBSIR 88-3750. Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Wise, S.A., Koster, B.J. and Zeisler, R. 1988. Status of specimen banking at National Bureau of 

Standards. In: Progress in Environmental Specimen Banking. National Bureau of Standards 

Spec. Pub. 740. Wise, S.A., R. Zeisler, G.M. Goldstein, eds., Gaithersburg, Maryland. 10-18.

Wise, S.A., Zeisler, R. and Goldstein, G.M. (Editors). 1988. Progress in environmental specimen 

banking. National Bureau of Standards Spec. Pub. 740. U.S. Government Printing Office, 

Washington, D.C. Gaithersburg, Maryland. 202 pp.

1989

Wise, S.A., Koster, B.J., Parris, R.M., Schantz, M.M., Stone, S.F. and Zeisler, R. 1989. 

Experiences in environmental specimen banking. Int. J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 37:91-106.

1990

Becker, P.R., Koster, B.J., Wise, S.A. and Zeisler, R. 1990. Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue 

Archival Project. Biol. Trace Element Res. 26-27: 329-334.

Hameedi, M.J. 1990. The Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. Arctic Research of 

the United States 4: 26-30.

1991

Becker, P.R., Wise, S.A., Koster, B.J. and Zeisler, R. 1991. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue 

Archival Project: - Revised collection protocol. USDOC, National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, NISTIR 4529. Gaithersburg, MD.

1992

Becker, P.R., and Wise, S.A. 1992. Marine mammal tissue archive program. Canadian Technical 

Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 1863: 287-291.

Becker, P.R., Wise, S.A., Schantz, M.M., Koster, B.J. and Zeisler, R. 1992. Alaska Marine 

Mammal Tissue Archival Project: sample inventory and results of analyses of selected samples 

for organic compounds and trace elements. USDOC, National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, NISTIR 4731. Gaithersburg, MD.
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Mössner, S., Spraker, T.R., Becker, P.R. and Ballschmiter, K. 1992. Ratios of enantiomers of 

alpha-HCH and determination of alpha-, beta- and gamma-HCH isomers in brain and other 

tissues of neonatal northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). Chemosphere 24(9): 1171-1180.

Zeisler, R., Koster, B.J. and Wise, S.A. 1992. Specimen banking at the National Institute of

Standards and Technology. In: Analytical Approaches as Related to Specimen Banking. 

Rossbach, M., & J.D. Schladot, eds., Stuttgart: Springer Verlag, 37-49.

1993

Becker, P.R. 1993. Studies of contaminants in Arctic marine mammals. Coastal Zone 93: 

Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management (New Orleans, LA), O.T. 

Magoon, W.S. Wilson, H. Converse, & L.T. Tobin, eds., ASCE, New York, NY. 3: 2479-2493.

Becker, P.R., Koster, B.J., Wise, S.A. and Zeisler, R. 1993. Biological specimen banking in 

Arctic research: an Alaska perspective. Sci. Total Environ. 139/140: 69-95.

Lillestolen, T.I., Becker, P.R. and Wilkinson, D. 1993. The National Marine Mammal Tissue 

Bank and Stranding Network Program. Coastal Zone 93: Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on 

Coastal and Ocean Management (New Orleans, LA), O.T. Magoon, W.S. Wilson, H. converse, 

& L.T. Tobin, eds., ASCE, New York, NY. 3:2494-2504.

Lillestolen, T.I., Foster, N. and Wise, S.A. 1993. Development of the National Marine Mammal 

Tissue Bank. Sci. Total Environ. 239/140: 97-107.

Schantz, M.M., Koster, B.J., Zeisler, R., Wise, S.A. and Becker, P.R. 1993. Determination of 

PCBs and chlorinated hydrocarbons in marine mammal tissues. Sci. Total Environ. 139/140: 

323-345.

Wise, S.A. 1993. Quality assurance of contaminant measurements in marine mammal tissues. 

Coastal Zone 93: Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management (New 

Orleans, LA), O.T. Magoon, W.S. Wilson, H. converse, & L.T. Tobin, eds., ASCE, New York, 

NY. 3: 2531-2541.

Wise, S.A., Koster, B.J., Langland, J.L. and Zeisler, R. 1993. Current activities within the 

National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank. Sci. Total Environ. 139/140:1-12.

Wise. S.A., Schantz, M.M., Koster, B.J., Demiralp, R., Mackey, E.A., Greenberg, R.R., Burow, 

M., Ostapczuk, P. and Lillestolen, T.I. 1993. Development of frozen whale blubber and liver 

reference materials for the measurement of organic and inorganic contaminants. Fresenius J. 

Anal. Chem. 345: 270-277.

Zeisler, R., Demiralp, R., Koster, B.J., Becker, P.R., Burow, M., Ostapczuk, P. and Wise, S.A.

1993. Determination of inorganic constituents in marine mammal tissues. Sci. Total Environ. 

139/140: 365-386
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1994

Becker, P.R., Wilkinson, D. and Lillestolen, T.I. 1994. Marine Mammal Health and Stranding 

Response Program: Program Development Plan. USDOC, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-OPR94-2. Silver Spring, MD.

Koster, B.J., Wise, S.A. and Becker, P.R. 1994. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival 

Project: specimen inventory. USDOC, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 

5462. Gaithersburg, MD.

Mössner, S., Barudio, I., Spraker, T.S., Antonelis, G. Early, G., Geraci, J.R., Becker, P.R. and

Ballschmiter, K. 1994. Determination of HCHs, PCBs, and DDTs in brain tissues of marine

mammals of different age. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 349: 708-716.

1995

Becker, P.R., Mackey, E.A., Demiralp, R., Suydam, R., Early, G., Koster, B.J. and Wise, S.A.

1995. Relationship of silver with selenium and mercury in liver of two species of toothed whales 

(Odontocetes). Mar. Poll. Bull. 30(4): 262-271.

Becker, P.R., Mackey, E.A., Schantz, M.M., Demiralp, R., Greenberg, R.R., Koster, B.J., Wise,

S.A. and Muir, D.C.G. 1995. Concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons, heavy metals and 

other elements in tissues banked by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. 

USDOC, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 5620. Gaithersburg, MD.

Mackey, E.A., Demiralp, R., Becker, P.R., Greenberg, R.R., Koster, B.J. and Wise, S.A. 1995. 

Trace element concentrations in cetacean liver tissues archived in the National Marine Mammal 

Tissue Bank. Sci. Total Environ. 175:25-41.

Schantz, M.M., Koster, B.J., Oakley, L.M., Schiller, S.B. and Wise, S.A. 1995. Certification of 

polychlorinated biphenyl congeners and chlorinated pesticides in whale blubber standard 

reference material. Anal. Chem. 67(5): 901-910.

Wise, S. A. and Koster, B.J. 1995. Considerations in the Design of an Environmental Specimen 

Bank: Experiences of the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank Program. Environ. Health 

Perspect. 103 (Suppl. 3): 61-67.

1996

Donais (Behlke), M.K., Uden, P.C., Schantz, M.M. and Wise, S.A. 1996. Development, 

validation, and application of a method for quantification of methylmercury in biological marine 

materials using gas chromatography atomic emission detection. Anal. Chem. 68(21): 3859-3866.

Mackey, E.A., Becker, P.R., Demiralp, R., Greenberg, R.R., Koster, B.J. and Wise, S.A. 1996. 

Bioaccumulation of vanadium and other trace elements in livers of Alaskan cetaceans and 

pinnipeds. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 30: 503-512.
56

Schantz, M.M., Koster, B.J., Wise, S.A., Segstro, M., Muir, D.C.G., Mössner, S., Ballschmiter, 

K. and Becker, P.R. 1996. Interlaboratory comparison study for PCB congeners and chlorinated 

pesticides in beluga whale blubber. Chemosphere 33: 1369-1390.

1997

Becker, P.R., Mackey, E.A., Demiralp, R., Koster, B.J. and Wise, S.A. 1997. Establishing 

baseline levels of elements in marine mammals through analysis of banked liver tissues. In: 

Environmental Biomonitoring and Specimen Banking, K.S. Subramanian & G.V. Iyengar, eds., 

ACS Symposium Series 654. American Chemical Society Books, Washington, DC. 23: 261-270

Becker, P.R., Mackey, E.A., Demiralp, R., Schantz, M.M., Koster, B.J. and Wise, S.A. 1997. 

Concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons and trace elements in marine mammal tissues 

archived in the U.S. National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank. Chemosphere. 34(9/10): 2067-

2098.

Becker, P.R., Wise, S.A., Thorsteinson, L., Koster, B.J., and Rowles, T. 1997. Specimen banking 

of marine organisms in the United States: current status and long-term prospective. 

Chemosphere. 34(9/10): 1889-1906.

Krahn, M.M., Becker, P.R., Tilbury, K.L. and Stein, J.E. 1997. Organochlorine contaminants in 

blubber of four seal species: integrating biomonitoring and specimen banking. Chemosphere. 

34(9/10): 2109-2121

Ponce, R.A., Egeland, G.M., Middaugh, J.P. and Becker, P.R. 1997. Twenty years of trace metal 

analyses of marine mammals: Evaluation and summation of data from Alaska and other Arctic 

regions. State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 3, 15 p.

Rowles, T.K., Thorsteinson, L.K., Becker, P.R. and Wise, S.A. 1997. Marine environmental 

specimen banking, an integrated approach. In: Proceedings of International Workshop on UltraLong-Term Cryogenic Preservation Network of Biological and Environmental Specimens, T. 

Shibata and T. Etoh, eds., Osaka, Japan, November 3 - 5, 1997, pp. 163 - 167.

Wise, S.A., Becker, P.R., Porter, B.J. and Mackey, E.A. 1997. Environmental specimen banking 

- two decades of experience at NIST. In: Proceedings of International Workshop on Ultra-LongTerm Cryogenic Preservation Network of Biological and Environmental Specimens, T. Shibata 

and T. Etoh, eds., Osaka, Japan, November 3 - 5, 1997, pp. 100 - 105.

1998

Goessler, W., A. Rudorfer, E.A. Mackey, P.R. Becker and Irgolic, K.J. 1998. Determination of 

arsenic compounds in marine mammals with high performance liquid chromatography and 

inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry as element specific detector. Appl. Organometal. 

Chem. 12: 491-501.
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1999

Becker, P.R., Porter, B.J., Mackey, E.A., Schantz, M.M., Demiralp, R. and Wise, S.A. 1999. 

National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank and Quality Assurance Program: Protocols, inventory, 

and analytical results. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, NISTIR 6279. Gaithersburg, MD. 183 p.

Krahn, M.M., Burrows, D.G., Stein, J.E., Becker, P.R., Schantz, M.M., Muir, D.C.G., O’Hara, 

T.M., and Rowles, T. 1999. White whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from three Alaskan stocks: 

concentrations and patterns of persistent organochlorine contaminants in blubber. J. Cetacean 

Res. Manage. 1(3): 239-249.

Krone, C.A., Robisch, P.A., Tilbury, K.L., Stein, J.E., Mackey, E.A., Becker, P.R., O'Hara, T.M. 

and Philo, L.M. 1999. Elements in liver tissues of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). Mar. 

Mam. Sci. 15(1): 123-142.

Mackey, E.A., Demiralp, R., Fitzpatrick, K.A., Porter, B.J., Wise, S.A., Becker, P.R. and

Greenberg, R.R. 1999. Quality assurance in analysis of cryogenically stored liver tissue 

specimens from the NIST National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (NBSB). Sci. Total Environ.

226: 165-176.

O'Hara, T.M., Krahn, M.M., Boyd, D., Becker, P.R. and Philo, L.M. 1999. Organochlorine 

contaminant levels in Eskimo harvested bowhead whales of Arctic Alaska. J. Wildlife Diseases

35(4): 741-752.

Porter, B.J., Wise, S.A. and Becker, P.R. 1999. National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank: Alaska 

Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project and the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank 

Specimen Inventory. NISTIR 6345. National Institute of Standards and Technology, 

Gaithersburg, MD. 242 p.

2000

Becker, P.R., Krahn, M.M., Mackey, E.A., Demiralp, R., Schantz, M.M., Epstein, M., Donais, 

M.K., Porter, B., Muir, D.C.G. and Wise, S.A. 2000. Concentrations of polychlorinated 

biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated pesticides, and heavy metals and other elements in tissues of 

beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from Cook Inlet, Alaska. Mar. Fish. Rev. 62(3): 81-98.

2001

Becker, P.R., Pugh, R.S., Schantz, M.M., Mackey, E.A., Demiralp, R., Epstein, M.S., Donais,

M.K., Porter, B.J., Wise, S.A. and Mahoney, B.A. 2001. Persistent chlorinated compounds and 

elements in tissues of Cook Inlet beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, banked by the Alaska 

Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. NISTIR 6702, OCS Study, MMS 2000-067, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 67 p.
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2002

Becker, P.R., Mackey, E.A., Demiralp, R., Epstein, M.S., Donais, M.K., Goessler, W. A., Porter,

B.J. and Wise. S.A. 2002. Heavy metals and other trace elements measured in tissues of marine 

mammals archived by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project from the Bering Sea 

and Cook Inlet, Alaska. Proceedings of the International AMAP Workshop on Trends and 

Effects of Heavy Metals in the Arctic. McLean, Virginia, June 18-22, 2001, B-55-60.

Kucklick, J.R., Struntz, W., Becker, P.R., York, G.W. and Bohonowych, J.E. 2002. Persistent 

organochlorine pollutants in ringed seals and polar bears collected from northern Alaska. Sci. 

Total Environ. 287: 45-49.

Kucklick, J.R., Struntz, W.D.J., Becker, P.R., Schantz, M.M., Mackey, E., Demiralp, R., Epstein, 

M.S., Porter, B.J., Wise, S.A., McFee, W.E. and Stolen, M.K. 2002. Persistent organochlorine 

pollutants and elements determined in tissues of rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bradendensis) 

banked from a mass stranding event. NISTIR 6857, National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 57 p.

Kucklick, J.R., Christopher, S.J., Becker, P.R., Pugh, R.S., Porter, B.J., Schantz, M.M., Mackey, 

E.A., Wise, S.A. and Rowles, T.K. 2002. Description and results of the 2000 NIST/NOAA 

interlaboratory comparison exercise program for organic contaminants and trace elements in 

marine mammal tissues. NISTIR 6849, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 

Gaithersburg, MD, 26 p. + appendices.

Kucklick, J.R., Krahn, P., Becker, P., Porter, B., Schantz, M., York, G. and O’Hara, T. 2002. 

Comparison of organochlorine contaminant concentrations and patterns in ringed seal (Phoca 

hispida) from Nome and Barrow, Alaska. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) 

Contribution for the U.S. for Ringed Seals. AMAP Assessment Report: Pollution Issues. Oslo, 

Norway: xvi+310 p.

Kucklick, J.R., Becker, P.R., Struntz, W.D.J., M.M. Schantz, M.M. and Wise, S.A. 2002. 

Persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) in marine mammals collected from Alaskan coastal 

waters. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Marine Pollution by Persistent Organic 

Pollutants (POPs). The 17th Global Environment Tsukuba, February 26-27, 2001. Center for 

Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies CGER-1052-2002, 

29-43 p.

Pugh, R.S., Porter, B.J., Becker, P.R. and Wise, S.A. 2002. National Biomonitoring Specimen 

Bank, NIST- Charleston Laboratory: Clean room and specimen bank protocols. NISTIR 6752, 

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 74p.

Tuerk, K.J.S. 2002. Persistent organic pollutants in Atlantic white-sided dolphins 

(Lagenorhynchus acutus) and rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis). M.S. Thesis. College 

of Charleston, Charleston, SC.

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Mackey, E.A., Oflaz, R.D., Epstein, M.S., Buehler, B., Porter, B.J., Rowles, T., Wise, S.A. and 

Becker, P.R. 2003. Elemental composition of liver and kidney tissues of rough-toothed dolphins 

(Steno bredanensis). Arch. Env. Contam. Toxicol. 44(4):523-532.

2004

Kenny, D.E., O’Hara, T.M., Chen, T.C., Lu, Z., Tian, X. and Holick, M.F. 2004 Vitamin D 

content in Alaskan Arctic zooplankton, fishes, and marine mammals. Zoo Biology 23: 33-43.

Struntz, D.J.W., McLellan, W.A., Dilaman, R.M., Blum, J.E., Kucklick, J.R. and Pabst, D.A. 

2004. Blubber development in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Morphology. 

259: 7-20.

Struntz, W.D.J., Kucklick, J.R., Schantz, M.M., Becker, P.R., McFee, W E. and Stolen, M.K.

2004. Persistent organic pollutants in rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) sampled 

during an unusual mass stranding Event. Mar. Poll. Bul., 48, 164-173.

2005

Becker, P.R., Pugh, R.S., Porter, B.J., Wise, S.A., Vander Pol, S.S., Ellisor, M.E., Kucklick, J.R. 

and Christopher, S.J. 2005. Expansion of environmental specimen banking in the United States 

for marine research and monitoring. Proceedings of 1st International Symposium on 

Environmental Behavior and Ecological Impacts of Persistent Toxic Substances, 18-19 March 

2004, Matsuyama, Japan. 

Tuerk, K.J., Kucklick, J.R., Becker, P.R., Stapleton, H. and Baker, J.E. 2005. Persistent organic 

pollutants in two dolphin species with focus on toxaphene and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. 

Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (3): 692-698 

Tuerk, K.J., Kucklick, J.R., McFee, W., Pugh, R.S. and Becker, P.R. 2005. Factors influencing 

persistent organic pollutant concentrations in the Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus 

acutus). Environ. Tox. Chem. 24 (5):1079-1087.

2006

Becker, P.R. and Wise, S.A. 2006. The U.S. National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank and the 

Marine Environmental Specimen Bank. J. Environ. Monit., (Special Issue on Environmental 

Specimen Banking). 8(8):795-799.

Kucklick, J.R., Krahn, M.M., Becker, P.R., Porter, B.J., Schantz, M.M., York, G.S., O'Hara, 

T.M. and Wise, S.A. 2006. Persistent organic pollutants in Alaska ringed seals (Phoca hispida) 

and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) blubber from the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank 

Archive. J. Environ. Monit. (Special Issue on Environmental Specimen Banking). 8(8):848-854. 

Pugh, R.S., Ellisor, M.B., Moors, A.J., Becker, P.R., Porter, B.J., Mackey, E.A., Schantz, M.M., 

Demiralp, R. and Wise, S.A. 2006. The National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank specimen 
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inventory. NISTIR 7372, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 

545 p.

Stapleton, H. M., Dodder, N.G., Kucklick, J.R., Reddy, C. M., Schantz, M. M., Becker, P. R., 

Gulland, F., Porter, B. J. and Wise, S. A. 2006. Determination of HBCD, PBDEs and MeOBDEs in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), stranded between 1993 and 2003. Mar. 

Poll. Bul., 52(5): 522-531.

2007

Bryan, C.E., Christopher, S.J., Balmer, B.C. and Wells, R.S. 2007. Establishing baseline levels 

of trace elements in blood and skin of bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay, Florida: Implications 

for non-invasive monitoring. Sci. Total Environ. 338:325-342.

Christopher, S.J., Pugh, R.S., Ellisor, M.B., Mackey, E.A., Spatz, R.O., Porter, B.J., Bealer, K.J., 

Kucklick, J.R., Rowles, T.K. and Becker, P.R.. 2007. Description and results of the NIST/NOAA 

2005 interlaboratory comparison exercise for trace elements in marine mammals. Accred. Qual. 

Assur. 12(3-4): 175-187.

Kucklick, J.R., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R., Schantz, M. M., Wise, S. A. and Rowles, T. K. 2007. 

Description and results of the 2005 NIST/NOAA interlaboratory comparison exercise program 

for organic contaminants in marine mammal tissues. NISTIR 7410, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 22 p.

Point, D., Davis, W.C., Christopher, S.J., Ellisor, M.B., Pugh, R.S., Donard, O.F.X., Becker, 

P.R., Porter, B.J. and Wise, S.A. 2007a. Development and application of an ultratrace method for 

the speciation of organotin compounds in natural cryogenic homogenized biological materials. 

Anal. Bioanal. Chem 387(7):2343-2355

Point, D, Davis, W.C., Alonso, J.I.G., Monperrus, M., Christopher, S.J., Donard, O.F.X, Becker, 

P.R. and Wise, S.A. 2007b. Simultaneous determination of inorganic mercury, methylmercury, 

and total mercury concentrations in cryogenic fresh-frozen and freeze-dried biological reference 

materials. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 389:787-798.

Pugh, R.S., Ellisor, M.B., Moors, A.J., Porter, B.J. and Becker, P.R. 2007. Marine 

Environmental Specimen Bank: Clean room and specimen bank protocols. NISTIR 7389, 

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 545 p.

2008

Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R., Porter, B.J., Ellisor, M.E., Moors, A.J., and Wise, S.A. 2008. Design 

and Applications of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) 

Environmental Specimen Bank Programs. Cell Preserv. Tech. 6(1): 59-72

Peck, A.M., Pugh, R.S., Moors, A., Ellisor, M.B., Porter, B.J., Becker, P.R., and Kucklick, J.R. 

2008. Hexabromocyclododecane in white-sided dolphins: temporal trend and stereoisomer 

distribution in tissues. Environ Sci Technol 42: 2650-2655.