(Table 1) Concentration of pollutants in hair of East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

• Main Authors: Bechshøft, Thea Ø, Rigét, Frank F, Sonne, Christian, Letcher, Robert J, Muir, Derek C G, Novak, M A, Henchey, E, Meyer, J S, Eulaers, I, Jaspers, Veerle LB, Eens, Marcel, Covaci, Adrian, Dietz, Rune
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2012
• Subjects: Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; standard deviation; East_Greenland; East Greenland; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Oxychlordane; para,para-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; congener BDE-47; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Polychlorinated biphenyl 138; Polychlorinated biphenyl 153; Polychlorinated biphenyl 156; Polychlorinated biphenyl 170; Polychlorinated biphenyl 180; Polychlorinated biphenyl 183; Polychlorinated biphenyl 187; trans-Nonachlor; Greenland; International Polar Year; polar bear; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.807320; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.807320

Hair sampled from 96 East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) over the periods 1892-1927 and 1988-2009 was analyzed for cortisol as a proxy to investigate temporal patterns of environmental stress. Cortisol concentration was independent of sex and age, and was found at significantly higher (p<...