Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):
2023
20212020 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5696.
This main objective of this research project is to gain a better understanding of whether or not contaminant levels are changing in fish (lake trout and cisco) in Great Bear Lake. The research team is particularly interested in observing mercury presence. This study complements ongoing fish population studies being c...
Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):
2023
2022201720152014201320122011201020092008200720062005 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5669.
This research study is continuing to investigate whether contaminant (mercury, other metals, persistent organic contaminants) levels are changing in fish in the Northwest Territories with a focus on Great Slave Lake, which the research team has been studying since the early 1990s. The team plans to arrange collection...
Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):
2014
Summary:
The objectives of this research project are to collect a series of sediment cores in the West Basin of Great Slave Lake to investigate time trends in various chemicals of interest including mercury, mercury isotopes and persistent organic contaminants.
In late-March 2014, the research team will collect sediment cores at 3-4 locations on Great Slave Lake (West Basin, offshore Slave River). An 8...