The mink is still a reliable sentinel species in environmental health

The mink is still a reliable sentinel species in environmental health Niladri Basu a, , Jessica Head , Anton M. Scheuhammer , Steven J. Bursian , Kirsti Rouvinen-Watt , Hing Man Chan f a Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA b Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA c National Wildlife Research Center, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada d Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA e Department of Plant and Animal Sciences and Canadian Centre for Fur Animal Research (CCFAR), Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada f Community Health Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada