Food resources influence levels of persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in tissues of Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Food resources influence levels of persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in tissues of Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska

The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) is a small canid with a circumpolar Arctic distribution. Several subspecies are recognized, including a subspecies known as the Pribilof fox (V. l. pribilofensis) endemic to the Pribilof Islands of Alaska, USA. Pribilof fox tissues were collected from the islands of S...

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Main Authors: Jennie L. Bolton, Paula A. White, Douglas G. Burrows, Jessica I. Lundin, Gina M. Ylitalo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2017-09-01
Series:Polar Research
Subjects:
Bering Sea
marine food web
Pribilof fox
conservation
feeding ecology
POPs
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1310994

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