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(Table 1) Seasonal sea ice concentration and the observed changes from 1972 t...
A reliable data set of Arctic sea ice concentration based on satellite observations exists since 1972. Over this time period of 36 years western arctic temperatures have... -
(Table 2) Organochlorine concentrations in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from...
Persistent organochlorine (OC) contaminants (PCBs, DDTs, chlordanes (CHLs), dieldrin, hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), chlorobenzenes (CBzs)) were determined in adipose tissue of... -
(Table 1) Circulating levels of TT3 and TT4, and age, length, girth, and esti...
We investigated the multivariate relationships between adipose tissue residue levels of 48 individual organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) and circulating thyroid hormone (TH)... -
(Table 1) Lipid content and organohalogen contaminant concentration in plasma...
The factors influencing prolactin (PRL) variation in birds and in wildlife in general have rarely been investigated with respect to the physiological impacts of exposure to... -
(Table 1) Lipid content and organohalogen contaminant concentration in captiv...
The limited knowledge and/or the inability to control physiological condition parameters that influence the fate of organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) has been the foremost... -
(Table 1) Radiocarbon ages of samples taken from five sites in north-eastern ...
Aim: Concepts about patterns and rates of post-glacial tree population migration are changing as a result of the increasing amount of palaeobotanical information being provided... -
(Table 4) Seasonal variation of sea spray sodium concentrations during 2004-2...
From November 2004 to December 2007, size-segregated aerosol samples were collected all-year-round at Dome C (East Antarctica) by using PM10 and PM2.5 samplers, and multi-stage... -
(Table 1) Sea ice and snow characteristics and heat fluxes observed during R/...
The properties of snow on East Antarctic sea ice off Wilkes Land were examined during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment (SIPEX) in late winter of 2007, focusing on... -
(Table 1) Breeding parameters for 60 male Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae...
Corticosterone, the main stress hormone in birds, mediates resource allocation, allowing animals to adjust their physiology and behaviour to changes in the environment.... -
(Table 1) Movement parameters of nine adult female snowy owls (Bubo scandiacu...
Top predators of the arctic tundra are facing a long period of very low prey availability during winter and subsidies from other ecosystems such as the marine environment may... -
(Table 2) Carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios in blood sampled from arctic fo...
Inter-individual variation in diet within generalist animal populations is thought to be a widespread phenomenon but its potential causes are poorly known. Inter-individual... -
(Supplement 3) Radar sounding observations including bedrock and surface elev...
The first Cenozoic ice sheets initiated in Antarctica from the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains and other highlands as a result of rapid global cooling ~34 million years ago. In... -
(Table 1) Age, sex, length, girth and blubber thickness and content of ringed...
This study of vertical fatty acid profiles, based on analysis of 58 fatty acids sampled at 3-mm intervals throughout the blubber column of a model marine mammal, the ringed seal... -
(Table 2) Survivorship of transplanted seedlings of Picea glauca inside and o...
The northern boundary of boreal forest and the ranges of tree species are expected to shift northward in response to climate warming, which will result in a decrease in the... -
(Supplement Table 1) Individual measurements of prosome length, dry weight an...
We present an accurate, fast, simple and non-destructive photographic method to estimate wax ester and lipid content in single individuals of the calanoid copepod genus Calanus... -
(Table 1) Concentration of persistent organic pollutants in blood plasma of g...
Unpredictable changes in the environment stimulate the avian hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis to produce corticosterone, which induces behavioural and metabolic changes that... -
(Table 2) Foehn characteristics of station in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarc...
Foehn winds resulting from topographic modification of airflow in the lee of mountain barriers are frequently experienced in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) of Antarctica. Strong... -
(Table 1) Characteristics of breeding male Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adelia...
Breeding individuals enter an emergency life-history stage when their body reserves reach a minimum threshold. Consequently, they redirect current activity toward survival,... -
(Table 3) Liver weight, blood liver parameters, and blood plasma PCB concentr...
We assessed the relationship between exposure to organohalogen polluted minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) blubber and liver morphology and function in a generational... -
(Table 1) Carbon pools in different vegetation components in grazed and ungra...
The carbon (C) sink strength of arctic tundra is under pressure from increasing populations of arctic breeding geese. In this study we examined how CO2 and CH4 fluxes, plant...