Mercury Accumulation, and the Mercury-PCB-Sex Interaction, in Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)

Mercury Accumulation, and the Mercury-PCB-Sex Interaction, in Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)

We determined whole-fish Hg concentrations of 26 female and 34 male adult lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) from northern Lake Huron captured during November 2010. Subsampling from these 60 fish, Hg concentration was also determined in both somatic tissue and ovaries (n = 5), while methylmercu...

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Main Authors: Charles P. Madenjian, Mark P. Ebener, David P. Krabbenhoft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-03-01
Series:Environments
Subjects:
atmospheric deposition
bioenergetics modeling
consumption advisories
gross growth efficiency
Hg-elimination rates
tracers of food consumption
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/3/1/7

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