Principal Investigator:Stern, Gary Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5906.
Short-term goals are to determine if burbot contaminant concentrations:
• Are above or below Health Canada guidelines (i.e. <0.5 ppm mercury per gram fish). Annual data will be provided to NWT Health and Social Services for evaluation;
• Are associated with dietary indicators, i.e. stable isotope ratio data (15N, 1...
Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):
2022
2021 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5333.
This study will determine the concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in small-bodied fish in the Norman Wells/Imperial area near nature oil seeps and industrial activities with comparisons to be made with upstream (Tulita area) and downstream (Fort Good Hope) areas. The research team will also asses...
Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):2022
2021
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5031.
The study is continuing to investigate whether contaminant levels are changing in fish in the Northwest Territories with a focus on Great Slave Lake which we have been studying since the early 1990s. The research team plans to collect lake trout from Great Slave Lake (Hay River area and Lutsel K’e area and also plans ...
Principal Investigator:Stephens, Glen Licensed Year(s):
1998
Summary:
The objective of the work is to characterize the water chemistry of lakes with reported elevated concentrations of mercury in fish from the Mackenzie River Valley, which were sampled as part of the Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) fisheries management plan. This would help to establish if there is any relationship between basic lake water chemistry and mercury levels in fish which could be u...