(Table 2) Organochlorine concentrations in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from East Greenland 1999-2001

• Main Authors: Dietz, Rune, Rigét, Frank F, Sonne, Christian, Letcher, Robert J, Born, Erik W, Muir, Derek C G
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2004
• Subjects: Biological sample; BIOS; Chlordane; standard deviation; Chlorinated benzene; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Dieldrin; East Greenland; Group; Hexachlorocyclohexane; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Lipids; Mirex; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Sample type; ScoresbyS_area; Time coverage; Ursus maritimus; Greenland; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.841462; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841462

Persistent organochlorine (OC) contaminants (PCBs, DDTs, chlordanes (CHLs), dieldrin, hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), chlorobenzenes (CBzs)) were determined in adipose tissue of 92 polar bears (Ursus maritimus) sampled between 1999 and 2001 in central East Greenland (69°00'N to 74°00'N). OC...