Species Location Year Tissue n Sex Size/age    Unit Cadmium Mercury Selenium Arsen Terrestrial Lichens Nuuk 1999 whole 4 - - mg/kg dw 0.170±0.238 0.036±0.001 0.040±0.006 (Cetraria nivalis) Qaqortoq 1999 whole 6 - - mg/kg dw 0.086±0.026 0.048±0.011 0.096±0.024 Crowberry Southwest Greenland 1999 Berries 5 - - mg/kg ww 0.004±0.006 <0.002 <0.05 (Empetrum hermaphroditum) Arctic blueberry Southwest Greenland 1999 Berries 4 - - mg/kg ww 0.028±0.007 <0.001 <0.03 (Vaccinium uliginosum) Ptarmigan Nuuk 1999 Muscle 5 F - mg/kg ww 0.116±0.150 <0.002 0.169±0.068 (Lagupus mutus) Liver 9 F+M - mg/kg ww 2.87±3.83 0.022±0.007 0.181±0.089 Kidney 12 F+M - mg/kg ww 21.6±24.3 0.037±0.008 0.525±0.156 Qeqertarsuaq 1999 Liver 19 F+M - mg/kg ww 1.91±1.26 0.036±0.018 0.174±0.052 Kidney 20 F+M - mg/kg ww 15.7±12.9 0.046±0.019 0.524±0.201