Effects of climate change on arctic marine mammal health

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages

  Burek, Kathy A ^a   Gulland, Frances M D ^b   O'Hara, Todd M ^c  

^a Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biotoxins; Climate change; Disease; Health; Human interaction; Marine mammals; Sentinel species; Toxicants

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT LOSS; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNITY; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; SEA ICE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE; MAMMAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 45249107842     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0553.1     Document Type: Review

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