PLANT CONSUMPTION BY GRIZZLY BEARS REDUCES BIOMAGNIFICATION OF SALMON‐DERIVED POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS, AND ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Christensen, Jennie R., Yunker, Mark B., MacDuffee, Misty, Ross, Peter S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2162; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fetc.2162; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.2162

Abstract The present study characterizes the uptake and loss of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in grizzly bears ( Ursus arctos horribilis ) by sampling and analyzing their terrestrial and marine foods and fecal material from a remote coastal watershed in British Columbia, Canada. The authors e...