Biological and life-history factors affecting total mercury concentrations in Arctic charr from Heintzelman Lake, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 309-317

  van der Velden, Shannon ^a   Reist, James D ^b   Babaluk, John A ^b   Power, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anadromy; Arctic charr; Diet; Growth dilution; Maturation; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; ANADROMY; ARCTIC CHARR; CONSPECIFICS; GROWTH DILUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL MERCURIES;

FISH; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY;

ANADROMY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DILUTION; MATURATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SALMONID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CANADA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; LAKE; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; FISHES; MERCURY; NUNAVUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 84863855359     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.055     Document Type: Article

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