AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001

Table 12.2. PCB and Hg concentration in Arctic char Location   Pooled samples length cm weight g age 1 year age 2 year lipid % PCB 7 mg/kg liver PCB 7 mg/kg lipid dry matter, g/100g Hg, mg/kg ww muscle Hg, mg/kg dw   muscle Mean    51,8 3662 8,5 7,8 34% 31,3 93,2 Heygar- dalsvatn 6 mixed: Bl-01, Bl-02, Bl-03, Bl- 04, Bl-05, Bl-06 Std.dev . 3,1 856 2,3 2,1 Mean    51,3 3292 6,8 6,6 38% 31,9 85,1 38,74 0,058 0,150 Heygar- dalsvatn 6 males: Bl-09, Bl-10, Bl-11, Bl- 12, Bl-15, Bl-17 Std.dev . 3,1 669 1,0 1,3 Mean    52,0 3273 8,6 8,4 31% 29,1 95,4 42,78 0,080 0,187 Heygar- dalsvatn 5 females: Bl-14, Bl-16, Bl-18, Bl- 19, Bl-21 Std.dev . 6,1 1023 1,1 1,5 Mean    50,3 3100 9,5 8,3 40,02 0,059 0,147 Heygar- dalsvatn 4 males: Bl-20, Bl-22, Bl-23, Bl- 24 Std.dev . 2,9 181 3,5 2,6      Mean    23,3 147 8,6 8,6 22,31 0,20 0,90 Leynavatn  5 females: Bl-25, Bl-26, Bl-28, Bl- 30, Bl-31 Std.dev . 2,0 34 2,7 3,4 Mean    21,3 106 7,3 6,5 9% 34,8 391 19,42 0,19 0,98 Leynavatn  4 males: Bl-27, Bl-29, Bl-36, Bl- 37 Std.dev . 1,9 31 0,5 1,3 Mean    23,0 139 8,4 7,5 13% 23,6 182 21,32 0,16 0,75 Leynavatn  6 females: Bl- 32, Bl-34, Bl-35, Bl-38, Bl-39, Bl- 40 Std.dev . 1,3 27 1,8 2,1 dw: dry weight ww: wet weight age 1 and age 2: determinated by two different institutions