Concentrations of metals (Mn, Cu, Cd, Zn and Hg) in white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) and in northern pike (Esox lucius) caught upstream and downstream of the Moses-Saunders Power dam on the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York;Les metaux (Mn, Cu, Cd, Zn et Hg) des meuniers noirs (Catostomus commersoni) et des grands brochets (Esox lucius) de l'amont et de l'aval du barrage Moses-Saunders sur le fleuve Saint-Laurent pres de Cornwall (Ontario) et Massena (New York)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2240-2247

  Lalonde, Janick D ^a   Chapleau, François ^a   Brind'Amour, Anik ^a   Ridgway, Lara Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; HEAVY METAL; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

CANADA; NEW YORK; ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 0033490432     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-137     Document Type: Article

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