Detection of trace elements in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) faeces in Longyearbyen, Adventdalen and Kapp Linné

• Main Author: Røed, Susanne Brix
• Other Authors: Jenssen, Bjørn Munro, Bremset Hansen, Brage, Ciesielski, Tomasz Maciej
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: NTNU 2018
• Subjects: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Environmental Toxicology; Adventdalen; Arctic; Kapp Linné; Longyearbyen; Svalbard; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; svalbard reindeer
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2503833

The Arctic is considered a deposition and accumulation region for several possible toxic pollutions, including toxic non-essential elements, that can enter the Arctic environment via long-range transport from other anthropogenic sources in the world. The main aim of this study was to compare levels...