Polar Bears: Blood analyses

Blood collected from captured polar bears was analyzed for blood chemistry, hematology, stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen, free fatty-acid and amino-acid profiles, and serum hormone levels. Information on bear IDs and dates of capture is not available on account of the threatened species status of the subjects.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2008-01-01T22:54:00Z
    End:  2011-12-31T22:54:00Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2008-01-01T22:54:00Z
Temporal Range End 2011-12-31T22:54:00Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 80.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 70.00000
Bounding Box West Long -155.00000
Bounding Box East Long -122.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : Readme-blood_analyses.pdf

106.427 : is a companion to dataset 106.432
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Resource Format CSV: Comma Separated Value (text/csv)
XLS: Excel (application/vnd.ms-excel)
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Asset Size 1 MB
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Author Henry J. Harlow
Merav Ben-David
John P. Whiteman
George M. Durner
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2013-01-30T16:39:05
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.432
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category biota
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:02:02Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.432
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Henry J. Harlow, Merav Ben-David, John P. Whiteman, George M. Durner. (2013). Polar Bears: Blood analyses. 1.0. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.432. Accessed 04 November 2025.

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