Formerly used defense sites on islands in the Bering Sea: hotspots of contamination and health risks to local communities and wildlife

• Main Author: Jordan Ward, Renee
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: QP Physiology; Arctic; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; St Lawrence Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/5889/; https://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/5889/1/Jordan_Ward_2022_formerly_used_defense_sites_on_islands_bering_sea_hot.pdf

The Arctic is an important indicator region for assessing properties and effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The Arctic is subject to atmospheric deposition of globally distilled POPs, acting as a hemispheric sink for POPs that are transported from lower latitudes. Additionally, the Arc...