Hibernation-associated changes in persistent organic pollutant (POP) levels and patterns in British Columbia grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1834-1840

  Christensen, Jennie R ^a,b   MacDuffee, Misty ^c   Yunker, Mark B ^d   Ross, Peter S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Raincoast Conservation Society   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; ISOTOPES; METABOLITES;

HIBERNATION; PCA MODEL; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

FAT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; ISOTOPES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; METABOLITES;

BEAR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FAT RESERVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; HIBERNATION; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BEAR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HIBERNATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SOLUBILITY; TISSUE TYPING; URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHLORDAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HIBERNATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; URSIDAE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS;

EID: 33947428752     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0626335     Document Type: Article

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