Environmental and behavioral changes may influence the exposure of an Arctic apex predator to pathogens and contaminants

Recent decline of sea ice habitat has coincided with increased use of land by polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the southern Beaufort Sea (SB), which may alter the risks of exposure to pathogens and contaminants. We assayed blood samples from SB polar bears to assess prior exposure to the pathogens...

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Autores principales: Atwood, Todd C., Duncan, Colleen, Patyk, Kelly A., Nol, Pauline, Rhyan, Jack, McCollum, Matthew, McKinney, Melissa A., Ramey, Andrew M., Cerqueira-Cézar, Camila K., Kwok, Oliver C. H., Dubey, Jitender P., Hennager, Steven
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29038498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13496-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29038498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13496-9

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