Field metabolic rate and PCB adipose tissue deposition efficiency in East Greenland polar bears derived from contaminant monitoring data.

Climate change will increasingly affect the natural habitat and diet of polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Understanding the energetic needs of polar bears is therefore important. We developed a theoretical method for estimating polar bear food consumption based on using the highly recalcitrant polychlo...

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Main Authors: Viola Pavlova, Jacob Nabe-Nielsen, Rune Dietz, Jens-Christian Svenning, Katrin Vorkamp, Frank Farsø Rigét, Christian Sonne, Robert J Letcher, Volker Grimm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4125222?pdf=render