Cadmium, copper, and lead in fish from the Lower Nelson River system in northern Manitoba

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-406

  Pip, Eva ^a   Stepaniuk, Jeffray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Catostomus catostomus; Copper; Coregonus clupeaformis; Esox lucius; Fishes; Goldeye; Hiodon alosoides; Lake Whitefish; Lead; Longnose sucker; Manitoba; Nelson River; Northern Pike; Salvelinus fontinalis; Stizostedion vitreum

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMUS CATOSTOMUS; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; ESOX LUCIUS; FONTINALIS; HIODON ALOSOIDES; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 0030851068     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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