Frick, Faculty Advisor, Jeffrey

Harper, Faculty Advisor, R. Given

Hynes, Stacy

Misek, Ryan

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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2006, 17th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 8th, 2:35 PM - 3:35 PMOrganochlorine Compounds in North AmericanGrey Wolves (Canis Lupus)Stacy HynesIllinois Wesleyan UniversityRyan MisekIllinois Wesleyan UniversityJeffrey Frick, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityR. Given Harper, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Stacy Hynes; Ryan Misek; Jeffrey Frick, Faculty Advisor; and R. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor, "OrganochlorineCompounds in North American Grey Wolves (Canis Lupus)" (April 8, 2006). John Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference. Paper 24.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2006/posters2/24THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE - APRil. 2006 Poster Presentation P34 ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS IN NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLVES (CANIS LUPUS) Stacy Hynes and Ryan Misek, and Jeffery Frick* and R. Given Harper* Biology and Chemistry Departments, Illinois Wesleyan University Grey wolves (Canis lupus) historically ranged in North America from 20° North latitude in Mexico throughout most of the U.S. and Canada. The grey wolf population has been declining since 1 900 and today sizeable grey wolf populations are restricted to Alaska, Canada, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Since the grey wolf is at the top of its food chain, this species may contain high levels of organochlorine (OC) pesticides (e.g., DDT) and metabolites due to biomagnification. However, no studies have documented OC pesticide contamination in grey wolves throughout their North American range, which is the purpose of this study. This ongoing study is being performed in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state wildlife agencies and Canadian Wildlife agencies. Wolves were either found dead or they collected via lethal control methods in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Northwest Territories, Alberta, and Alaska. The presence of OC compounds in wolves will be determined via gas chromatography. If detected, OC contamination patterns will be analyzed in relation to sex, age, diet and latitude. The knowledge gained from this study may have implications for managing other top predators in North America (e.g., red wolves (Canis rufus), Mexican grey wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) grizzly bears (Ursus arctos), and polar bears (Ursus maritimus). 

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