On the integration of ecological and physiological variables in polar bear toxicology research: a systematic review

• Published in: Environmental Reviews
• Main Authors: Bechshoft, Thea, Derocher, Andrew E., Viengkone, Michelle, Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli, Aars, Jon, Letcher, Robert J., Dietz, Rune, Sonne, Christian, Jenssen, Bjørn Munro, Richardson, Evan, Lunn, Nicholas J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Greenland; Lancaster Sound; Beaufort Sea; East Greenland; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2599507; https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2016-0118

Ecotoxicology evolved as a scientific field as awareness of the unintended effects of anthropogenic pollutants in biota increased. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are often the focus of Arctic contaminant exposure studies because they are apex predators with high contaminant loads. While early studies...