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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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: Review
Language:unknown
Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2017
Subjects:
Arctic
Barents Sea
Greenland
Lancaster Sound
Beaufort Sea
East Greenland
Ursus maritimus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/78825
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/er-2016-0118

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