(Table 1) Concentration of pollutants in hair of East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus), supplement to: Bechshøft, Thea Ø; Rigét, Frank F; Sonne, Christian; Letcher, Robert J; Muir, Derek C G; Novak, M A; Henchey, E; Meyer, J S; Eulaers, I; Jaspers, Veerle LB; Eens, Marcel; Covaci, Adrian; Dietz, Rune (2012): Measuring environmental stress in East Greenland polar bears, 1892-1927 and 1988-2009: What does hair cortisol tell us? Environment International, 45, 15-21

• Main Authors: Bechshøft, Thea Ø, Rigét, Frank F, Sonne, Christian, Letcher, Robert J, Muir, Derek C G, Novak, M A, Henchey, E, Meyer, J S, Eulaers, I, Jaspers, Veerle LB, Eens, Marcel, Covaci, Adrian, Dietz, Rune
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2012
• Subjects: Polychlorinated biphenyl 138; Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation; Polychlorinated biphenyl 153; Polychlorinated biphenyl 156; Polychlorinated biphenyl 170; Polychlorinated biphenyl 180; Polychlorinated biphenyl 183; Polychlorinated biphenyl 187; para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, standard deviation; Oxychlordane; Standard deviation; trans-Nonachlor; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, congener BDE-47; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, standard deviation; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; Dietz; Greenland; Novak; East Greenland; International Polar Year; IPY; polar bear; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.807320; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.807320

Hair sampled from 96 East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) over the periods 1892-1927 and 1988-2009 was analyzed for cortisol as a proxy to investigate temporal patterns of environmental stress. Cortisol concentration was independent of sex and age, and was found at significantly higher (p<...