IPY BearHealth: Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Circumpolar Health Assessment in Relation to Persistent Pollutants and Climate Change

作者: Rune Dietz , Christian Sonne , Robert J. Letcher , Bjørn Munro Jenssen

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12315-3_11

关键词: Circumpolar starGeographyUrsus maritimusPollutantBiotaMercury (element)Climate changeArcticHealth assessmentEcology

摘要: In addition to mercury (Hg), an array of chlorinated, brominated, and fluorinated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have since the 1850s 1940s, respectively, been transported Arctic where they accumulate in biota.

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