Mercury concentrations in southern Beaufort sea polar bears: Variation based on stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1416-1424

  Cardona Marek, Tamara ^a   Knott, Katrina K ^a   Meyer, Benjamin E ^a   O'Hara, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic food web; Arctic marine mammals; Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC FOOD WEB; ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS; BEAUFORT SEA; BELUGA WHALES; BENTHIC PREY; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CARBON AND NITROGEN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GREENLAND; HG CONCENTRATIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; POLAR BEARS; PREY SELECTION; REGIONAL VARIATION; RINGED SEALS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC LEVEL; WHOLE BLOOD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; ECOLOGY; FOOD ADDITIVES; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CARBON; MERCURY; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; MARINE MAMMAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BELUGA WHALE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MALE; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; MERCURY HAIR LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC SPECIES; POLAR BEAR; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BEAR; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; HAIR; SEA; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC; CANADA; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA;

DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HAIR; MALE; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; URSIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 69249222812     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-557.1     Document Type: Article

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