Contaminants in Svalbard polar bear samples archived since 1967 and possible population level effects

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 301, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 163-174

  Derocher, Andrew E ^a,f   Wolkers, Hans ^a   Colborn, Theo ^b   Schlabach, Martin ^c   Larsen, Thor S ^d   Wiig, Øystein ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Wildlife and Contaminants Program   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNEP/GRID   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archive; Arctic; Barents Sea; Organochlorines; Polar bear; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Population level effects; Svalbard; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ETHERS; IMPURITIES; METABOLISM; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POPULATION LEVELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CAMPHECLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYL GROUP; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEAR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; FROZEN SECTION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; URSUS MARITIMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; URSIDAE;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0037213813     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00303-0     Document Type: Article

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