Regions: Kitikmeot, Nunavut
Tags: contaminants, limnology, fish, metals, benthic invertebrates, ecology, plankton, tissue sampling, species identification
| Principal Investigator: | Couture, Richard (9) |
| Licence Number: | 12529 |
| Organization: | Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1993
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1993 |
| Project Team: | personnel of Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. |
Objective(s): To provide detailed information on the ecology of the fish species of the area; to assess for the presence of heavy metal contaminants in the muscle and liver of fish; to collect additional data on the benthic invertebrates, phytoplankton, zooplankton and limnology of the area.
Project Description: The researchers of Rescan have been contracted by B.H.P. Minerals Canada Ltd. to conduct an assessment of the types of fish and other aquatic organisms that are found in the Spyder Lake area. Tissue samples will be collected in order to assess heavy metal contaminants in fish. An environmental report will be submitted to the Territorial Government on the results of this study.
