Organochlorine contaminant and stable isotope profiles in Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) from the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-433

  Hoekstra, P F ^a,b   Braune, B M ^b   O'Hara, T M ^c   Elkin, B ^d   Solomon, K R ^a   Muir, D C G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^d Wildlife and Fisheries Division ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Biotransformation; Organochlorines; Stable isotopes; Toxaphene; Trophic

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MUSCLE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

MARINE-BASED FORAGING;

POLLUTION;

CAMPHECLOR; CARBON; CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; NITROGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ORGANOCHLORINE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANADA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FORAGING; FOX; LAND BIOME; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CHLOROBENZENES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOXES; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXAPHENE;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; MAMMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0038459532     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00310-X     Document Type: Article

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