Relationship between mercury concentration and growth rates for walleyes, Northern Pike, and Lake Trout from Quebec lakes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1221-1237

  Lavigne, Mélyssa ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a   Paquet, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; OVERFISHING; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALMONID; SPECIMEN BANK; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION; WATERSHED;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 79952627839     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-065.1     Document Type: Article

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