Temporal trend of mercury in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard using teeth as a biomonitoring tissue

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-63

  Aubail, Aurore ^a,b   Dietz, Rune ^a   Rigét, Frank ^a   Sonne, Christian ^a   Wiig, Øystein ^c   Caurant, Florence ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MERCURY; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; SVALBARD; TOOTH; URSIDAE;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84855389099     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1em10681c     Document Type: Article

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