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Assessing Risk of Mercury Exposure and Nutritional Benefits of Consumption of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Community of Old Crow, Yukon, Canada
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The contamination of traditional foods with chemical pollutants is a challenge to the food security of Aboriginal Peoples. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website...
Biogeochemical Response to Vegetation and Hydrologic Change in an Alaskan Boreal Fen Ecosystem
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Boreal peatlands store approximately one third of the earth’s terrestrial carbon, locked away in currently waterlogged and frozen conditions. Peatlands of boreal and arctic ecosystems are affected...
Contaminants in Two West Greenland Caribou Populations
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Two caribou populations in West Greenland were sampled and the kidneys, liver and muscle analyzed for contaminants, including aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, selenium and zinc...
Inuktitut Summary Report on Contaminants in the Ahiak Herd
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A two-page summary report in Inuktitut on contaminants in the Ahiak caribou herd. To view this report in English, click here. Related Herds: Ahiak This resource and others can be found on the Northern...
Inuktitut Summary Report on Contaminants in the Dolphin and Union Caribou Herd
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A two-page summary report in Inuktitut on contaminants in the Dolphin and Union caribou herd Related Herds: Dolphin and Union This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada...
Measurements of Cesium in Arctic Beluga and Caribou Before and After the Fukushima Accident of 2011
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Concern from northern communities following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident of March 2011 has prompted a reassessment of the safety of their traditional foods with respect to radioactivity...
Mercury in Seaweed - Inuktitut
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This two-page plain language summary in Inuktitut talks about mercury in seaweed and other food eaten by caribou in the Qamanirjuaq herd. A longer, English report on this study is also available. An...
Mercury in Seaweed, Lichens and Mushrooms from the Home Range of the Qamanirjuaq Caribou
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Qamanirjuaq caribou have higher mercury concentrations than many other Arctic caribou herds. Usually, caribou get most of their mercury from lichens, but local elders described the Qamanirjuaq caribou...
Peat Loss Collocates with a Threshold in Plant–Mycorrhizal Associations in Drained Peatlands Encroached by Trees
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Drainage-induced encroachment by trees may have major effects on the carbon balance of northern peatlands, and responses of microbial communities are likely to play a central mechanistic role. We...
Plain Language Summary: Mercury in Seaweed, Lichens and Mushrooms from the Home Range of the Qamanirjuaq Caribou
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The Qamanirjuaq caribou have higher mercury concentrations than some other caribou in the Arctic. Usually, caribou get most of the mercury they eat from lichens, but at community meetings in Kivalliq...
Report to the Hunters of the Ahiak Caribou – Feb 2019
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The Northern Contaminants Program monitors contaminants in Arctic Caribou in Canada. To view this report in Inuktitut, click here. Related Herds: Ahiak This resource and others can be found on the...
Report to the Hunters of the Bluenose West Caribou – Feb 2019
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The Northern Contaminants Program monitors contaminants in Arctic Caribou in Canada. Related Herds: Barren-ground, Bluenose West This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada...
Report to the Hunters of the Dolphin and Union Herd - 2019 - Inuktitut
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Two-page summary report to hunters of the Dolphin and Union caribou herd on research into contaminants in the herd. Related Herds: Dolphin and Union This resource and others can be found on the...
Report to the Hunters of the Kivalliq Region Contaminants in Qamanirjuaq Caribou – September 2017
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With the help of local hunters, we have been taking kidney, liver and muscle samples of Qamanirjuaq caribou since 2006. We collect these samples to study changes in the amount of contaminants such as...
Report to the Hunters of the Kivalliq Region Contaminants in Qamanirjuaq Caribou – September 2017 - Inuktitiut
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With the help of local hunters, we have been taking kidney, liver and muscle samples of Qamanirjuaq caribou since 2006. We collect these samples to study changes in the amount of contaminants such as...
Report to the Hunters of the Lorillard Caribou – May 2020
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A brief report from the Northern Contaminants Program on contaminants in the Lorillard herd. The animals were sampled in 2018. The report concludes, "Although it is difficult to come to any firm...
Report to the Hunters of the Porcupine Caribou - February 2019
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With the help of local hunters, we have been taking samples of the Porcupine caribou since 1991. We collect these samples to study changes in the level of contaminants kidneys and livers of caribou...