Concentrations of mercury and stable isotope values of carbon, sulfur and nitrogen in polar bear hair from the Barents Sea in 1995-2006

• Main Author: Routti, Heli
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2020
• Subjects: BIOTA; Svalbard; MOSJ; biology; climate; ecology; ecotoxicology; marine; EARTH SCIENCE; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; Barents Sea
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/9ae3d26e-b958-4745-abb8-b83c862474e7

The data show concentrations of total mercury (THg) in hair from female adult (>4 years, n= 185) and sub-adult (1-4 years; n= 14) polar bears from the Barents Sea subpopulation management regime. The samples were collected in spring of each year between 1995 and 2016 (except 2001 and 2002). Addit...