Chemical contaminants in gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) stranded in Alaska, Washington, and California, U.S.A.
By: Usha Varanasi ... [et al.]
Contributors: Varanasi, Usha.; Northwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Series: NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NWFSC -- 11.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Available [from the] National Technical Information Service
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Seattle, WA; Springfield, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Gray whale -- Effect of water pollution on -- Alaska.; Gray whale -- Effect of water pollution on -- California.; Gray whale -- Effect of water pollution on -- Washington.; Organic water pollutants -- Alaska.; Organic water pollutants -- California.; Organic water pollutants -- Washington.
Notes: "August 1993."

"Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program--the current study was conducted as part of the chemical contaminant monitoring component."

"This work will be published in an abbreviated format as: Varanasi, U., J. E. Stein, K. L. Tilbury, J. P. Meador, C. A. Sloan, R. C. Clark, and S-L. Chan. 1993. Chemical contaminants in gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) stranded along the west coast of North America. Sci. Total Environ. (in press)."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-32).

Varanasi, U., J. E. Stein, K. L. Tilbury, J. P. Meador, C. A. Sloan, D. W. Brown, J. Calambokidis, and S-L. Chan. 1993. Chemical contaminants in gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) stranded in Alaska, Washington, and California, U.S.A. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-11, 115 p.

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