Author: North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
Publisher: Tromsø [Norway] : North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
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Category : Ringed seal
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Author: North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
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Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 7

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Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9789291204298
Category : Fishery resources
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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Author: Maria Dam
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9289322829
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Marine mammals hold a special position in the hearts of people inhabiting Nordic Arctic areas and in coastal communities around the North Atlantic Ocean as they are an essential part of the diet and traditional life-style. However, marine mammals are in a particularly vulnerable position as regards environmental pollutants, because of the large fat stores in their bodies which serve as a "magnet" to a large number of persistent and toxic pollutants. A Nordic Council of Ministers supported collaboration between Norway, Denmark/Greenland, Faroe Island, Iceland and Sweden set out to look for possible trends in "new" contaminants in marine mammals in Nordic Arctic waters. The "new" contaminants in focus are the brominated flame retardants including the PBDEs, methoxylated PBDEs, perfluorinated compounds including the PFOS family, and polychlorinated naphthalenes. In addition, a subset of the samples was analysed for brominated dioxins and dibenzofurans. The marine mammals studied were fin whale, minke whale, pilot whale, white-sided dolphins, harbour porpoise, ringed seal and hooded seal. The study aims at giving a wide scope of the presence of these "new" contaminants in marine mammals in recent time and going back to the 1980s using samples from specimen banks.

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Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9289317485
Category : Pinnipedia
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 994

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
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Category : Global temperature changes
Languages : en
Pages : 484

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Author: Steven H. Ferguson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048191211
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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In Arctic Canada, Hudson Bay is a site of great exploration history, aboriginal culture, and a vast marine wilderness supporting large populations of marine mammals and birds. These include some of the most iconic Arctic animals like beluga, narwhal, bowhead whales, and polar bears. Due to the challenges of conducting field research in this region, some of the mysteries of where these animals move, and how they are able to survive in such seemingly inhospitable, ice-choked habitats are just now being unlocked. For example, are polar bears being replaced by killer whales? This new information could not be more salient, as the Hudson Bay Region is undergoing rapid environmental change due to global warming, as well as increased pressures from industrial development interests. A Little Less Arctic brings together some of the world’s leading Arctic scientists to present the current state of knowledge on the physical and biological characteristics of Hudson Bay.

Author: Wayne Lynch
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421439417
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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"The author's narrative and photographs follow the polar bear, the brown bear, the Asiatic black bear, and the American black bear through the four seasons of the year. The book is richly illustrated and informative about the biology, ethology, and ecology of bears"--

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Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN: 9788763512695
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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