Different mercury bioaccumulation rates between sympatric populations of dwarf and normal lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in the La Grande complex watershed, James Bay, Quebec

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 203-216

  Doyon, Jean François ^a   Schetagne, Roger ^b   Verdon, Richard ^b  

^a WSP   (United Kingdom)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mercury bioaccumulation rates; Mercury to fish length relationship; Methylmercury; Reservoir fish

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; LAKE WHITEFISH; MERCURY; RESERVOIR;

CANADA; LA GRANDE WATERSHED; QUEBEC;

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS;

EID: 0031883949     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005951009950     Document Type: Article

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