Differences in mercury bioaccumulation between polar bears (ursus maritimus) from the Canadian high- and sub-arctic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5922-5928

  St Louis, Vincent L ^a   Derocher, Andrew E ^a   Stirling, Ian ^b   Graydon, Jennifer A ^a   Lee, Caroline ^a   Jocksch, Erin ^a   Richardson, Evan ^b   Ghorpade, Sarah ^a   Kwan, Alvin K ^a   Kirk, Jane L ^b   Lehnherr, Igor ^a   Swanson, Heidi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAUFORT SEA; BENTHIC FOOD WEBS; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; FOOD WEBS; HUDSON BAY; MARINE WATERS; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; POLAR BEARS; SUB-ARCTIC; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); USER INTERFACES;

BIOACCUMULATION;

MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

BEAR; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER COLUMN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FOOD WEB; HAIR LEVEL; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAR BEAR; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; HUDSON BAY;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 79960491708     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2000672     Document Type: Article

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