Geographical differences of zinc, cadmium, mercury and selenium in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Greenland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 25-47

  Dietz, R ^a   Riget, F ^a   Born, E W ^b  

^a National Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Cadmium; Geographical trend; Greenland; Heavy metal; Mercury; Polar bear; Tissue ratios; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MERCURY; SELENIUM; ZINC;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GREENLAND; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URSIDAE; ZINC;

PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0033963418     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00431-3     Document Type: Article

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