Trace element concentrations in livers of polar bears from two populations in Northern and Western Alaska

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-482

  Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a   Agusa, Tetsuro ^b   Evans, Thomas J ^c   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Mercury; Metals; Polar bear; Seals; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; INDIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; RUBIDIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; CANADA; DRY WEIGHT; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREENLAND; LIVER; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA;

MAMMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 34548314233     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-0018-x     Document Type: Article

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