Heavy metal and mineral concentrations and their relationship to histopathological findings in the bowhead whale ( Balaena mysticetus)

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 399; no. 1; pp. 165 - 178
• Main Authors: Rosa, Cheryl, Blake, John E., Bratton, Gerald R., Dehn, Larissa-A., Gray, Matthew J., O'Hara, Todd M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 25.07.2008; [Amsterdam; New York]: Elsevier Science; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Age Factors; Alaska; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Arctic Regions; Aspartic acid; Balaena; Balaena mysticetus; bioaccumulation; Biological and medical sciences; Bowhead whale; Bowhead Whale - physiology; Cadmium; Cadmium - pharmacokinetics; Cadmium - toxicity; Climate change; Ecology; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; endangered species; Epidemiology; Fibromuscular Dysplasia - chemically induced; Fibromuscular Dysplasia - pathology; Fibrosis; Fibrosis - chemically induced; Fibrosis - pathology; food contamination; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Health; Heavy metals; Histological Techniques; Histology; histopathology; human health; Industrial development; Kidney - drug effects; Kidney - metabolism; Kidney - pathology; Kidneys; Liver; Liver - drug effects; Liver - metabolism; Liver - pathology; Lung - drug effects; Lung - metabolism; Lung - pathology; Lungs; Mammalia; Marine mammals; Metals, Heavy - pharmacokinetics; Metals, Heavy - toxicity; minerals; Minerals - pharmacokinetics; Minerals - toxicity; Racemization; Raw materials; Risk Assessment; Seasons; Sex; Silver; Tissue Distribution; Toxicology; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Water Pollutants, Chemical - pharmacokinetics; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Whales; Alaska; Arctic region; Arctic Regions; PNW, USA, Alaska, Barrow; PN, Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; Cadmium; Toxicology; Histology; Bowhead whale; Marine mammals; Concentration measurement; Pollutant; Balaena mysticetus;Bowhead whale;Cadmium;Histology;Marine mammals;Toxicology; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Whale; Cetacea; Heavy metal

The bowhead whale ( Balaena mysticetus) is a species endangered over much of its range that is of great cultural significance and subsistence value to the Inuit of Northern Alaska. This species occupies subarctic and arctic regions presently undergoing significant ecological change and hydrocarbon d...