Species Location Year Tissue n Sex Size/age  Unit Cadmium Mercury Selenium Arsen Thick-billed murre Nuuk 1999 Muscle 20 M+F - mg/kg ww 0.089±0.119 0.076±0.021 0.538±0.230 (Uria lomvia) Liver 10 M+F - mg/kg ww 4.99±3.96 0.277±0.085 1.069±0.108 Black guillemot Qeqertarsuaq 1999 Liver 3 Juvenile   - mg/kg ww 3.07±1.33 1.02±0.14 3.7±0.7 (Cepphus grylle) Liver 15 Adult - mg/kg ww 1.85±1.19 0.61±0.19 2.8±0.6 Kidney 3 Juvenile   - mg/kg ww 22.0±6.1 0.54±0.29 3.74±0.68 Kidney 15 Adult - mg/kg ww 15.0±10.4 0.51±0.16 4.13±0.68 2000 Liver 20 Adult - mg/kg ww 3.72±2.27 0.66±0.26 3.21±0.56 Egg 7 - - mg/kg ww - 0.26±0.06 0.50±0.02 Ittoqqortoormiit 1999 Egg 10 - - mg/kg ww 0.0013±0.0005 0.34±0.06 0.45±0.05 Ringed seal Avanersuaq 1998 Liver 21 - 9.2 yrs mg/kg ww 8.48±7.98 6.22±5.54 3.97±2.90 (Phoca hispida) Qeqertarsuaq 1999 Liver 20 - 2.4 yrs     mg/kg ww 16.8±17.1 1.78±3.42 1.79±1.77 2000 Liver 20 - 1.2 yrs mg/kg ww 9.28±5.32 1.03±0.93 1.45±0.51 2000 Blubber 10 F+M - mg/kg ww 0.011±0.007 <0.005 <0.2 Ittoqqortoormiit 1999 Liver 20 - 4.9 yrs     mg/kg ww 8.92±8.66 4.36±4.42 3.73±2.96 2000 Liver 20 - 4.3 yrs mg/kg ww 9.28±5.32 1.03±0.93 1.45±0.51 Minke whale West Greenland 1998 Muscle 38-42  - - mg/kg dw 0.21±0.37 0.288±0.185 0.65±0.19 (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Liver 36 - - mg/kg dw 3.89±3.12 1.00±1.12 4.88±2.23 Kidney 39-41  - - mg/kg dw 16.9±11.3 0.856±0.840 5.59±1.55 Baleen 32-34  - - mg/kg dw <0.018 0.068±0.060 Epidermis (Muktuk) 4 F+M - mg/kg ww 0.007±0.003 0.031±0.021 6.28±3.73 Blubber 6 F+M - mg/kg ww 0.006±0.004 0.011±0.017 0.143±0.064 East Greenland 1998 Muscle 4 - - mg/kg dw 0.19±0.19 0.403±0.135 0.69±0.35 Liver 2 - - mg/kg dw 5.26±2.90 1.92±0.39 3.77±0.20