Trends in fluctuating asymmetry in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from 1892 to 2002 in relation to organohalogen pollution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 341, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 81-96

  Sonne, C ^a,b   Riget, F F ^a   Dietz, R ^a   Kirkegaard, M ^a   Born, E W ^c   Letcher, R ^d   Muir, D C G ^e  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DDTs; Endocrine disruption; Fluctuating asymmetry; Organohalogens; PCBs; Polar bear; Stress; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY (FA); GENETIC FACTORS; ORGANOHALOGEN; POLAR BEAR;

BIODIVERSITY;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BEAR; ORGANOHALOGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GREENLAND; LATITUDE; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; WORLD;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 17144411861     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.027     Document Type: Article

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