Levels and trends of new contaminants, temporal trends of legacy contaminants and effects of contaminants in the Arctic: preface.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Levels and trends of contaminants in humans of the Arctic
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) is one of the six working groups established under the Arctic Council. AMAP is tasked with monitoring the levels of contaminants present in the Arctic environment and people as well as assessing their effects on a continuous basis, and reporting these results regularly. Most of the presented data have been collected over the last 20 years an...
متن کاملClimate Change and Human Health
Many northern indigenous populations are exposed to elevated concentrations of contaminants through traditional food and many of these contaminants come from regions exterior to the Arctic. Global contaminant pathways include the atmosphere, ocean currents, and river outflow, all of which are affected by climate. In addition to these pathways, precipitation, animal availability, UV radiation, c...
متن کاملTemporal and Spatial Trends in Organic and Metal Contaminants in Canadian Polar Bears: 2006-2007 Ncp Project Summary Report
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is the apex predator of the Arctic marine ecosystem and an integral component of Inuit culture. Due to its position at the top of the marine food web, levels of persistent organic pollutant (POP) and metal contaminants in polar bears are among the highest observed in the Arctic. The last circumpolar spatial/temporal trends assessment of contaminants in polar bea...
متن کاملPersistent organic pollutants and mercury in marine biota of the Canadian Arctic: an overview of spatial and temporal trends.
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 has led to a better understanding of the current levels and spatial and temporal trends of contamin...
متن کاملApplying Trophic Tracers to Study Contaminant Levels and Trends in Arctic Marine Wildlife and Food Webs: A Review
Arctic biota are exposed to a complex suite of anthropogenicallysourced contaminants including mercury (Hg) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Levels of these contaminants are determined by source emissions and pathways as well biological and ecological factors. As the use of chemical tracers in trophic ecology matures and gains recognition, these tracers have increasingly been applied t...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- The Science of the total environment
دوره 408 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010