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Polar bear circumpolar health assessment in relation to toxicants and climate changing (BearHealth)
This IPY project is a cooperative programme led by Dr. Bjørn Munro Jensen at the Institute of Biology, NTNU, Trondheim. It aims to study “bear health” using several biomarkers, and to look for environmental effects (particularly climate) on health.

The Norwegian Polar Institute will collect fat and blood samples from polar bears in 2007 and 2008 for analyses. Demographic parameters for the bears will be incorporated into subsequent statistical analyses, and the movement and behaviour data from some females with satellite tags will make it possible to relate health status to sea ice availability and other environmental conditions to which the individual animals are exposed during the study period.
Project leader: Bjørn Munro Jenssen, Institute of Biologi, NTNU, Trondheim.
Project participants: Jon Aars, Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Hans Wolkers


 

Focuses on

Bear Island
International Polar Year

Focused on by

The International Polar Year 2007-2008

Management

Aars, Jon

Mentioned in

The Norwegian Polar Institute and the International Polar Year

Participants

Gabrielsen, Geir Wing
Wolkers, Hans

Organized under

Ecotoxicology


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