An assessment of mercury and its dietary drivers in fur of Arctic wolves from Greenland and High Arctic Canada

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Treu, Gabriele, Sinding, Mikkel Holger S., Czirják, Gábor Á, Dietz, Rune, Gräff, Thomas, Krone, Oliver, Marquard-Petersen, Ulf, Mikkelsen, Johan Brus, Schulz, Ralf, Sonne, Christian, Søndergaard, Jens, Sun, Jiachen, Zubrod, Jochen, Eulaers, Igor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Dietary ecology; Museum collection; Stable isotope; Top predator; risk assessment; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Canada; Foxe Basin; Greenland; Baffin; East Greenland
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/an-assessment-of-mercury-and-its-dietary-drivers-in-fur-of-arctic-wolves-from-greenland-and-high-arctic-canada(15930a9f-3e62-4bbe-bfa3-7275f9d676bd).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156171; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/309280976/1_s2.0_S0048969722032685_main.pdf

Mercury has become a ubiquitous hazardous element even ending up in pristine areas such as the Arctic, where it biomagnifies and leaves especially top predators vulnerable to potential health effects. Here we investigate total mercury (THg) concentrations and dietary proxies for trophic position and...