Arsenic concentration and speciation in five freshwater fish species from Back Bay near Yellowknife, NT, CANADA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 199-210

  de Rosemond, Simone ^a   Xie, Qianli ^b   Liber, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic speciation; Freshwater fish; Yellowknife

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MEATS; MUSCLE; NONMETALS; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC SPECIATION; ARSENIC SPECIES; ARSENOBETAINE; AS AND AS(V); DIMETHYL ARSENIC ACIDS; DRY WEIGHTS; FISH CAUGHT; FISH SPECIES; FISH TISSUES; FRESHWATER FISH; FRESHWATER FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTS; LAKE WHITEFISHES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MONOMETHYLARSONIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ARSENICS; WHITE SUCKERS; YELLOWKNIFE;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOBETAINE; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATOSTOMUS CATOSTOMUS; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; ESOX LUCIUS; FRESHWATER FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; GREAT SLAVE LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YELLOWKNIFE;

CATOSTOMUS CATOSTOMUS; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; ESOX LUCIUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 56249140817     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0112-6     Document Type: Article

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