Concentrations of Heavy Metals and Selenium in Tissues and Some Foods of Walrus ( Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus ) from the Eastern Canadian Arctic and Sub-Arctic, and Associations between Metals, Age, and Gender

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Wagemann, R., Stewart, R. E. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Igloolik; Foxe Basin; Hall Beach; Inukjuak; Akulivik; Arctic marine mammals; Odobenus rosmarus; Serripes groenlandicus; walrus*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f94-044; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f94-044

Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) harvested at Igloolik and Hall Beach (Foxe Basin) and Inukjuak and Akulivik (eastern coast of Hudson Bay) and clams (Mya truncata) and cockles (Serripes groenlandicus) collected at Igloolik were analyzed for heavy metals and Se. Pb was high in walrus from...