| levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) and three organochlorine pesticides in fish from the aleutian islands of alaska. | persistent organic pollutants (pops), including polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) and chlorinated pesticides, have been shown to have many adverse human health effects. these contaminants therefore may pose a risk to alaska natives that follow a traditional diet high in marine mammals and fish, in which pops bioaccumulate. | 2010 | 20811633 |
| biomarkers in fish from prince william sound and the gulf of alaska: 1999-2000. | to test the hypothesis that biomarker levels in fish collected at prince william sound (pws) sites impacted by the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill were higher than those collected at unimpacted sites, a 1999-2000 study collected five fish species and associated benthic sediments from 21 sites in pws and the eastern gulf of alaska (goa). pws sites were divided in three oiling categories based upon 1989 shoreline assessments: nonspill path (nsp), spill path oiled (spo), and spill path not oiled (spno) ... | 2003 | 14524434 |