Citation:

j.envpol.2007.09.006

Name: (Table 1) Major and minor element concentrations in the livers of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Canada, Alaska and Greenland
Published: 2008
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Coverage:

Median Latitude: 69.259375 * Median Longitude: -88.057850 * South-bound Latitude: 56.930000 * West-bound Longitude: -168.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 78.760000 * East-bound Longitude: -22.572800

Event(s):

Alaska-Bering-Chukchi_Sea * Latitude: 66.000000 * Longitude: -168.000000 * Location: Bering Sea * Method/Device: Biological sample (BIOS)

Avanersuaq * Latitude: 78.760000 * Longitude: -69.720000 * Location: Greenland * Method/Device: Biological sample (BIOS)

E_Baffin_Is * Latitude: 63.350000 * Longitude: -63.600000 * Location: Baffin Island * Method/Device: Biological sample (BIOS)

Comment:

Concentrations are given per kg wet weight. Lanthanum and platinum concentrations were 0 in all samples from Canada.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Event label	Event
2	Species	Species		Rush, Scott A
3	Species, common name	Species common		Rush, Scott A
4	Sample type	Samp type		Rush, Scott A
5	Country	Country		Rush, Scott A
6	Area/locality	Area		Rush, Scott A
7	Ursus maritimus	U. maritimus	#	Rush, Scott A
8	Male	Male	#	Rush, Scott A
9	Female	Female	#	Rush, Scott A
10	Age, relative, number of years	Age	a	Rush, Scott A	range min
11	Age, relative, number of years	Age	a	Rush, Scott A	range max
12	Age, comment	Comm		Rush, Scott A	no. of individuals with unknown age
13	Sampling date	Sampling date		Rush, Scott A
14	Arsenic	As	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A	not corrected for age or sex
15	Arsenic, standard deviation	As std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
16	Cobalt	Co	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
17	Chromium	Cr	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
18	Chromium, standard deviation	Cr std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
19	Copper	Cu	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
20	Copper, standard deviation	Cu std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
21	Lithium	Li	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
22	Manganese	Mn	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
23	Manganese, standard deviation	Mn std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
24	Molybdenum	Mo	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
25	Molybdenum, standard deviation	Mo std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
26	Nickel	Ni	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
27	Nickel, standard deviation	Ni std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
28	Selenium	Se	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A	not corrected for age or sex
29	Selenium, standard deviation	Se std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
30	Vanadium	V	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
31	Vanadium, standard deviation	V std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
32	Zinc	Zn	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
33	Zinc, standard deviation	Zn std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
34	Silver	Ag	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
35	Silver, standard deviation	Ag std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
36	Barium	Ba	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
37	Barium, standard deviation	Ba std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
38	Cadmium	Cd	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
39	Cadmium, standard deviation	Cd std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
40	Gadolinium	Gd	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
41	Mercury	Hg	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A	not corrected for age or sex
42	Mercury, standard deviation	Hg std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
43	Lead	Pb	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
44	Lead, standard deviation	Pb std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
45	Rubidium	Rb	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
46	Rubidium, standard deviation	Rb std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
47	Strontium	Sr	mg/kg	Rush, Scott A
48	Strontium, standard deviation	Sr std dev	±	Rush, Scott A
49	Selenium/Mercury ratio	Se/Hg		Rush, Scott A	molar

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

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Data

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1 Event	2 Species	3 Species common	4 Samp type	5 Country	6 Area	7 U. maritimus [#]	8 Male [#]	9 Female [#]	10 Age [a] (range min)	11 Age [a] (range max)	12 Comm (no. of individuals with unkno...)	13 Sampling date	14 As [mg/kg] (not corrected for age or sex)	15 As std dev [±]	16 Co [mg/kg]	17 Cr [mg/kg]	18 Cr std dev [±]	19 Cu [mg/kg]	20 Cu std dev [±]	21 Li [mg/kg]	22 Mn [mg/kg]	23 Mn std dev [±]	24 Mo [mg/kg]	25 Mo std dev [±]	26 Ni [mg/kg]	27 Ni std dev [±]	28 Se [mg/kg] (not corrected for age or sex)	29 Se std dev [±]	30 V [mg/kg]	31 V std dev [±]	32 Zn [mg/kg]	33 Zn std dev [±]	34 Ag [mg/kg]	35 Ag std dev [±]	36 Ba [mg/kg]	37 Ba std dev [±]	38 Cd [mg/kg]	39 Cd std dev [±]	40 Gd [mg/kg]	41 Hg [mg/kg] (not corrected for age or sex)	42 Hg std dev [±]	43 Pb [mg/kg]	44 Pb std dev [±]	45 Rb [mg/kg]	46 Rb std dev [±]	47 Sr [mg/kg]	48 Sr std dev [±]	49 Se/Hg (molar)
E_Baffin_Is	Ursus maritimus	Polar bear	liver	Canada	East Baffin Island	13	5	7	2	18	7	2002	0.22	0.04	0.01	0.04	1.49	35.61	8.07	0.01	3.58	0.51	0.46	0.08	0.05	0.03	9.16	3.75	0.08	0.050	63.32	7.85	0.13	0.11	0.02	0.010	0.62	0.40	0.01	28.43	11.05	0.69	0.20	5.29	0.50	0.17	0.06	1.01
Lancaster-Jones_Sound	Ursus maritimus	Polar bear	liver	Canada	Lancaster Sound	13	3	1	5	14	6	2002	0.32	0.05	0.01	0.09	1.36	38.20	8.07	0.01	4.96	0.51	0.67	0.08	0.05	0.04	14.38	3.75	0.06	0.050	74.72	7.85	0.28	0.11	0.03	0.001	0.87	0.40	0.01	45.24	11.05	0.23	0.28	4.86	0.71	0.11	0.06	1.12
N_Baffin_Is	Ursus maritimus	Polar bear	liver	Canada	Northern Baffin Island	12	7	5	5	13	7	2002	0.37	0.05	0.01	0.06	1.49	37.92	8.18		3.70	0.52	0.67	0.08	0.04	0.04	11.63	3.80	0.07	0.050	66.37	7.95	0.21	0.11	0.02	0.010	1.02	0.41	0.01	32.48	11.20	0.26	0.28	5.29	0.73	0.08	0.06	0.94
S-Beaufort_Sea	Ursus maritimus	Polar bear	liver	Canada	Southeast Beaufort Sea	11	8	3	3	24	1	2002	0.46	0.05	0.01	0.13	1.56	32.84	8.30	0.01	3.89	0.53	0.73	0.08	0.10	0.05	21.82	3.85	0.11	0.050	62.76	8.07	0.13	0.11	0.02	0.010	0.35	0.42	0.01	62.49	11.37	0.06	0.29	3.72	0.74	0.12	0.66	0.89
SE_Hudson_Bay	Ursus maritimus	Polar bear	liver	Canada	Southeast Hudson Bay	11	5	6	3	7	7	2002	0.17	0.05	0.01	0.09	1.38	52.26	8.30	0.01	4.10	0.53	0.55	0.08	0.06	0.05	3.31	3.85	0.22	0.047	58.74	8.07	0.26	0.11	0.04	0.010	1.06	0.42	0.01	7.34	11.37	0.12	0.29	5.84	0.74	0.22	0.06	1.21
Alaska-Bering-Chukchi_Sea	Ursus maritimus	Polar bear	liver	Alaska	Alaska	6	0	6	5	19	0	1994-1999						50.50	6.68				0.67	0.07			4.98	3.09	0.21	0.040	55.92	6.49	0.16	0.10			0.51	0.33		10.36	9.14					0.06	1.24	1.54
Avanersuaq	Ursus maritimus	Polar bear	liver	Greenland	Avanersuaq	46	19	27	1	16	29	1988-1990															5.61	3.67			57.85	7.68					1.59	0.36		13.00	9.14							1.20
Ittoqqortoormiit	Ursus maritimus	Polar bear	liver	Greenland	Ittoqqortoormiit	82	40	42	2	23	46	1983-2000															4.85	3.37			54.77	7.06					1.15	0.35		11.43	9.94							1.18