An assessment of the toxicological significance of anthropogenic contaminants in Canadian arctic wildlife

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 351-352, Issue , 2005, Pages 57-93

  Fisk, Aaron T ^a   De Wit, Cynthia A ^b   Wayland, Mark ^c   Kuzyk, Zou Zou ^d   Burgess, Neil ^c   Letcher, Robert ^c   Braune, Birgit ^c   Norstrom, Ross ^c   Blum, Susan Polischuk ^e   Sandau, Courtney ^f   Lie, Elisabeth ^g   Larsen, Hans Jørgen S ^h   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^g,h   Muir, Derek C G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f Jacques Whitford Ltd   (Canada)

^g NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^h NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biological effects; Cadmium; Canadian arctic; DDT; Fish; Heavy metals; Mammals; Mercury; Organochlorines; PCB; PCDD F; Seabirds; Selenium

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; SELENIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; THYROID HORMONES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; LIVER ENZYME; MERCURY; METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; SELENIUM; THYROID HORMONE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUCK; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME INDUCTION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RISK; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER METABOLISM; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SEABIRD; SHARK; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION; WHALE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MAMMALS; METALS, HEAVY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; LARUS MARINUS; LOTA LOTA; MAMMALIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA BOREALIS; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 28444446298     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.051     Document Type: Review

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