Temporal trends of selected POPs and the potential influence of climate variability in a Greenland ringed seal population

Temporal trends of selected POPs (PCB-52 and 153, p,p′-DDE, HCB, α- and β-HCH) in blubber of ringed seals (Pusa hispida) collected from the early 1990s to 2010 from central West Greenland were studied. In this period, the climate of Greenland warmed and the influences of climate indices such as winter sea-ice coverage (November–May), the number of sea-ice days during winter in Disko Bay, water temperature and salinity at Fyllas Banke during the...