Investigation of Heavy Metals in a Large Mortality Event in Caribou of Northern Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: O'Hara, Todd M., George, John C., Blake, John, Burek, Kathy, Carroll, Geoff, Dau, Jim, Bennett, Lloyd, McCoy, C.P., Gerard, Pat, Woshner, Victoria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: Alaska; caribou; heavy metals; Rangifer tarandus; famine; métaux lourds; Point Hope; Arctic; Barrow; north slope
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63667

We measured element concentrations (As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, Fe) and body condition (gross and histologic endpoints) of animals from a caribou (Rangifer tarandus) mortality event that occurred in Alaska, in the area of Point Hope and Cape Thompson (including the Chariot site), in 1995. These were compare...