(Table 2) Mercury and selenium concentration in the brain stem of wild polar bears (Ursus maritimus), east Greenland

• Main Authors: Basu, Niladri, Scheuhammer, Anton M, Sonne, Christian, Letcher, Robert J, Born, Erik W, Dietz, Rune
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: Advanced Mercury Analyser AMA-254; LECO; Biological sample; BIOS; Category; East Greenland; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Ittoqqort_Scoreby; Mercury; standard deviation; Parameter; Ratio; Sample amount; Selenium; Greenland; International Polar Year; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.807159; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807159

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are exposed to high concentrations of mercury because they are apex predators in the Arctic ecosystem. Although mercury is a potent neurotoxic heavy metal, it is not known whether current exposures are of neurotoxicological concern to polar bears. We tested the hypothes...