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

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...

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Published in:Environmental Reviews
Main Authors: Bechshoft, Thea, Derocher, Andrew E., Viengkone, Michelle, Routti, Heli, Aars, Jon, Letcher, Robert J., Dietz, Rune, Sonne, Christian, Jenssen, Bjorn Munro, Richardson, Evan, Lunn, Nicholas J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
BODY-CONDITION INDEX
CHLORINATED-HYDROCARBON CONTAMINANTS
EAST GREENLAND
ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS
MINK NEOVISON-VISON
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL EXPOSURE
TEMPORAL TRENDS
URSUS-MARITIMUS
WESTERN HUDSON-BAY
bibliometrics
contaminants
ecology
polar bear
systematic review
toxicology
Arctic
Barents Sea
Greenland
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Lancaster Sound
Beaufort Sea
East Greenland
Ursus maritimus
Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/be7e8f95-a512-4a87-9d0d-bc45b994c984
https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2016-0118

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