• Temporal trend of mercury in relation to feeding habits and food availability in arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from Svalbard, Norway 

      Hallanger, Ingeborg G.; Fuglei, Eva; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik; König, Max; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-20)
      We investigated the temporal trend of mercury (Hg) in arctic foxes from Svalbard, Norway sampled in the period 1997–2014 (<i>n</i> = 109, from 11 trapping seasons). We used linear models to investigate the effect of trapping season, feeding habits (δ<sup>13</sup>C), food availability from marine and terrestrial ecosystems (reindeer carcasses and sea ice cover), sex, age and body condition on liver ...