Principal Investigator:McGeer, Jim Licensed Year(s):
2016
Summary:
The objectives of this project are to apply short term sublethal exposures to contaminants of concern with locally collected small bodied fish to establish measures of the relative bioavailability and effect in the Slave River. This information will then be applied to the Community Based Monitoring (CBM) program data to assess exceedances in a more comprehensive manner.
Small fish (for exampl...
Principal Investigator:McGeer, Jim Licensed Year(s):2016
2015
2014 Summary:
The objectives of this research are to evaluate the relative sensitivity of northern aquatic invertebrates and northern ecosystems in comparison to southern species and environments. The focus of comparisons is in relation to the toxicity of rare earth elements.
Three types of sample collections are proposed. These would be done at the Avalon Rare Metals Inc. Thor Lake site as well as along t...