Data from: Walrus teeth as biomonitors of trace elements in Arctic marine ecosystems ...

• Main Authors: Clark, Casey, Horstmann, Lara, Misarti, Nicole
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2021
• Subjects: Trace elements; Contaminants; Heavy metals; Arctic marine mammals; Marine mammals; LA-ICP-MS; Arctic; Fairbanks; Lawrence Island; Pacific; Odobenus rosmarus; Savoonga; St Lawrence Island; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q573n5thj; https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.q573n5thj

Effective biomonitoring requires an understanding of the factors driving concentrations of the substances or compounds of interest in the tissues of studied organisms. Biomonitoring of trace elements, and heavy metals in particular, has been the focus of much research; however, the complex roles man...