TY - JOUR N2 - In 1979- 1981 at the King George Island samples of adipose tissue of 5 pinniped species (L. carcinophagus, L. weddelli, H. leptonyx, M. leonina and A. gazella) were collected and the contents of chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHs) were determined with the gas chromatography method. The highest values were recorded in the leopard seal (432.3 -614.7 ppb DDT), the second highest values in the mature elephant seal (73.4 ppb DDT) and the third in the Weddell seal (54.4 — 69.1 ppb DDT). In the Weddell seal the highest level of HCH content (23.3 — 32.1 ppb) was recorded. A decrease in the content of pp'DDE in the adipose tissue of crabeater seal in successive years was recorded, the values being 36.8 ppb in 1979, 24.4 ppb in 1980 and 15.3 ppb in 1981, as well as an increase in the concentration of HCH (15.3 ppb in 1980 and 27.4 ppb in 1981). The contents of CHs in the adipose tissue of Antarctic pinnipeds are 100—1000 times lower than those in the Arctic seals. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111374/PDF/1987_2_189-197.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111374 PY - 1987 IS - No 2 EP - 197 KW - Antarctica KW - Pinnipedia KW - chlorinated hydrocarbons A1 - Karolewski, Marek A. A1 - Łukowski, Aleksy B. A1 - Halba, Ryszard PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 8 DA - 1987 T1 - Residues of chlorinated hydrocarbons in the adipose tissue of the Antarctic pinnipeds SP - 189 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111374 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -