Comparison of mercury concentrations in landlocked, resident, and sea-run fish (Salvelinus spp.) from Nunavut, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1459-1467

  Swanson, Heidi ^a,b   Gantner, Nikolaus ^c   Kidd, Karen A ^a   Muir, D C G ^d   Reist, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic char; Arctic food fish; Lake trout; Life history; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CHAR; ARCTIC FOOD FISH; LAKE TROUT; LIFE HISTORY; MERCURY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FISH; LAKES; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL);

LAKE POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GUIDELINE; LIFE HISTORY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONID;

AGING; ARCTIC CHAR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; LAKE TROUT; LIFE HISTORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MERCURY; NUNAVUT; SEAFOOD; SEAWATER; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NUNAVUT;

SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 79955713125     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.517     Document Type: Article

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