Polar Cod in a Changing Arctic. Toxicity of crude oil on sensitive life history stages of a key Arctic species

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Author: Bender, Morgan Lizabeth
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecotoxicology: 489; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økotoksikologi: 489; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Zoophysiology and comparative physiology: 483; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoofysiologi og komparativ fysiologi: 483; Arctic; The Sentinel; Boreogadus saida; polar cod; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18289

Environmental change in the Arctic is occurring at an unprecedented rate with a loss of sea ice and warmer sea temperatures, simultaneously as increased human activity in the Arctic poses a risk of petroleum pollution. The potential future of a key Arctic forage fish, polar cod ( Boreogadus saida ),...