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Monitoring of mercury, flame retardants and other chemicals in lake trout and cisco from Great Bear Lake
Principal Investigator: Evans, Marlene S.
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2021 2020
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...


Identifying sources of mercury in Arctic rivers
Principal Investigator: Zdanowicz, Christian M
Licensed Year(s): 2019 2018
Summary: The goal of this project is to identify and quantify (measure) the different possible sources of toxic mercury that is transported in rivers of the Mackenzie River basin, all the way down to the Beaufort Sea. In particular, the research team want to establish how much mercury comes from "modern" sources (like distant air pollution, runoff from rain/snow, wash-out from surface soils, etc.) and how ...


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