Geographic distribution of selected elements in the livers of polar bears from Greenland, Canada and the United States

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 618-626

  Rush, Scott A ^a   Borgå, Katrine ^b   Dietz, Rune ^c   Born, Erik W ^d   Sonne, Christian ^c   Evans, Thomas ^e   Muir, Derek C G ^f   Letcher, Robert J ^g   Norstrom, Ross J ^g   Fisk, Aaron T ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^e U States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Contaminants; Metals; Regional differences; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; IMPURITIES;

REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; URSUS MARITIMUS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GALLIUM; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PLATINUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; COBALT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; POLLUTANT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CANADA; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METALS; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; TIME; URSIDAE; ZINC;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; CANADA; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 43549087848     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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