Correlation of Mercury Occurrence with Age, Elemental Composition, and Life History in Sea-Run Food Fish from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago’s Lower Northwest Passage

Correlation of Mercury Occurrence with Age, Elemental Composition, and Life History in Sea-Run Food Fish from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago’s Lower Northwest Passage

As mercury emissions continue and climate-mediated permafrost thaw increases the burden of this contaminant in northern waters, Inuit from a Northwest passage community in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago pressed for an assessment of their subsistence catches. Sea-run salmonids (<i>n</i>...

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Main Authors: Iris Koch, Pranab Das, Bronte E. McPhedran, John M. Casselman, Kristy L. Moniz, Peter van Coeverden de Groot, James Qitsualik, Derek Muir, Stephan Schott, Virginia K. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Foods
Subjects:
anadromous salmonids
Arctic char
lake whitefish
cisco
lake trout
isotopes
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2621

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