Accumulation and lactational transfer of PCBs and pesticides in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from Svalbard, Norway

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Wolkers, Hans, Lydersen, Christian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: BIOTA; biology; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; Arctic; Svalbard; Canada; Norway; Jan Mayen; Prins Karls Forland; harbor seal; North Atlantic; Phoca vitulina; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/ab1ba7fc-9f60-5f27-a53a-024595657df2

The harbor seal population on Svalbard, the northernmost breeding site for this species, appears to have a truncatedage distribution with older animals being largely absent.PCBs and pesticides were measured in harbor seal males,females, milk and pups from Svalbard to explore whether contaminant expo...