Measuring environmental stress in East Greenland polar bears, 1892-1927 and 1988-2009: What does hair cortisol tell us?

Environment International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Bechshoft T O ^a   Riget F F ^a   Sonne, C ^a   Letcher, R J ^b   Muir, D C G ^c   Novak, M A ^d   Henchey, E ^d   Meyer, J S ^d   Eulaers, I ^e   Jaspers, V L B ^e   Eens, M ^e   Covaci, A ^e   Dietz, R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cortisol; EDCs; Hair; HPA; Polar bear; POPs

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CORTISOL; EDCS; HAIR; HPA; POLAR BEARS; POPS;

TISSUE;

HYDROCORTISONE;

BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HAIR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; STEROID; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HAIR LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE HAIR LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLAR BEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREND STUDY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

ANIMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84860559924     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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