PCB-related exposure and effects in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) frequenting a locally-contaminated marine environment in Labrador

• Main Author: Brown, Tanya
• Other Authors: Helbing, Caren C.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: polychlorinated biphenyls; diet; ringed seal; Pusa hispida; fatty acids; Labrador; satellite telemetry; habitat use; marine mammals; gene expression; Arctic; Saglek Bay; Arctic cod; Boreogadus saida; Themisto; Themisto libellula; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5717

The release of 260 kg of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by a military radar station into Saglek Bay (Labrador) in the eastern Canadian Arctic contaminated adjacent marine sediments, and some fish, seabirds, and ringed seals. However, attributing the PCBs found in high trophic level and highly mobi...