Evidence of Maternal Offloading of Organic Contaminants in White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) (original) (raw)
Figure 1
Map of the study area in the Southern California Bight (SCB).
Black crosses denote the capture location of each individual used in this study. The shaded area represents the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund Site where large amounts of DDT and PCBs were discharged with effluent and constitute a large portion of the legacy contaminants in the SCB.