Biomarker Responses and Decreasing Contaminant Levels in ringed seal

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Krafft, Bjørn, Wolkers, Hans, Helgason, Lisa Bjørnsdatter, Lydersen, Christian, van Bavel, Bert
• 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; Jan Mayen; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; North Atlantic; ringed seal; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/d4a8dce8-c168-5e15-a210-73c0cfa05e3f

Blubber was analyzed for a wide range of contaminants fromfive subadult and eight adult male ringed seals sampled in 2004,namely, for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorobenzene(HCB), toxaphenes, chlordanes, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene(DDE), and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs).Con...