Persistent organic pollutants and mercury in marine biota of the Canadian Arctic: An overview of spatial and temporal trends

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 351; pp. 4 - 56
• Main Authors: Braune, B.M., Outridge, P.M., Fisk, A.T., Muir, D.C.G., Helm, P.A., Hobbs, K., Hoekstra, P.F., Kuzyk, Z.A., Kwan, M., Letcher, R.J., Lockhart, W.L., Norstrom, R.J., Stern, G.A., Stirling, I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2005
• Subjects: Animals; Arctic; Arctic Regions; Beluga; Birds; Canada; Canadian Arctic; Chemical contaminants; Environmental Monitoring; Fishes; Food Chain; Invertebrates; Mammals; Marine; Marine ecosystem; Mercury; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Metals, Heavy - metabolism; Mytilus edulis; Organic Chemicals - analysis; Organic Chemicals - metabolism; Organochlorines; PCBs; Ringed seals; Seabirds; Seawater; Temporal trends; Time Factors; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; Canada; Arctic Regions; Greenland, Oestgroenland; PN, Arctic; USA, Alaska; PCBs; Marine ecosystem; Ringed seals; Canadian Arctic; Beluga; Seabirds; Temporal trends; Chemical contaminants; Arctic; Mercury; Organochlorines

This review summarizes and synthesizes the significant amount of data which was generated on mercury (Hg) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Canadian Arctic marine biota since the first Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report (CACAR) was published in 1997. This recent body of work ha...