Pathogen and Contaminant Exposure Data from Southern Beaufort Sea Polar Bears, 2007-2014

These were data collected from polar bears from the Southern Beaufort Sea during the spring between 2007 and 2014. Data include individual ID, capture date, sex and age class, whether individuals visited bowhead whale carrion sites, exposure status relative to five pathogens, and concentrations of certain persistent organic pollutants.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • alaska
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • animals-vertebrates
  • bacterial-diseases
  • bears
  • beaufort-sea
  • biota
  • brucella
  • carnivores
  • chlorobenzene
  • ckan
  • clbz
  • coastal-ecosystems
  • coxiella
  • ddt
  • dichlorophenyltrichloroethane
  • disease-detection
  • ecotoxicology
  • environment
  • environmental-contaminants
  • francisella
  • geo
  • geoss
  • hch
  • health-and-disease
  • hexachlorocyclohexane
  • human-impacts
  • mammals
  • marine-ecosystems
  • marine-mammals
  • national
  • neospora
  • north-america
  • organochlorine
  • parasites
  • parasitic-diseases
  • pcb
  • polar-bear
  • polychlorinated-biphenyls
  • terrestrial-ecosystems
  • toxoplasma
  • united-states
  • ursus-maritimus
  • usgs-asc414
  • wildlife
  • wildlife-food-habits
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maintainer U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
maintainer_email ascweb@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T22:28:18.643483
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T22:28:18.643488
notes These were data collected from polar bears from the Southern Beaufort Sea during the spring between 2007 and 2014. Data include individual ID, capture date, sex and age class, whether individuals visited bowhead whale carrion sites, exposure status relative to five pathogens, and concentrations of certain persistent organic pollutants.
num_resources 2
num_tags 47
title Pathogen and Contaminant Exposure Data from Southern Beaufort Sea Polar Bears, 2007-2014