MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN FISH IN A REMOTE CANADIAN ARCTIC LAKE

Authors
STEPHENS GR
Citation
Gr. Stephens, MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN FISH IN A REMOTE CANADIAN ARCTIC LAKE, Water, air and soil pollution, 80(1-4), 1995, pp. 633-636
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Water Resources
Journal title
Water, air and soil pollution → ACNP
ISSN journal
00496979
Volume
80
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
633 - 636
Database
ISI
SICI code
0049-6979(1995)80:1-4<633:MCIFIA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Lac Ste. Therese, a remote Canadian Arctic lake in the Northwest Terri tories, Canada, has high natural (non-point source) mercury concentrat ions in fish. The high mercury levels have persisted for over 18 years . Lac Ste. Therese has had consistently higher mercury concentration i n fish than the other three lakes sampled within the basin, regardless of species tested.