| organochlorine contaminants in blubber from stranded marine mammals collected from the northern oregon and southern washington coasts: implications for re-introducing california condors, gymnogyps californianus, in oregon. | re-introduction of california condors into oregon is currently being considered, but there are concerns about the safety of potential food sources of this species. condors are opportunistic feeders and a largely available food source for this species will be stranded marine mammal carcasses. we analyzed 37 blubber samples from 7 different marine mammal species collected from the oregon and southern washington coasts for 18 organochlorine (oc) pesticides and 16 polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs). d ... | 2013 | 23275975 |