Organochlorine Industrial Compounds, Pesticides and Mercury in Fish From the Belcher Islands Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: contaminants, mercury, fish, arctic char, pesticides
| Principal Investigator: | Hermanson, Mark (5) |
| Licence Number: | 12691 |
| Organization: | Academy of Natural Sciences |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1994
1993
1992
1990
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1994 |
| Project Team: | Self |
Objective(s): To identify the extent of contamination, from atmospheric deposition, of fish from this region.
Project Description: Fish (most likely Arctic charr) will be obtained either by purchase or by individual collection to analyze for chlorinated organic industrial compounds, pesticides and mercury. Few of these contaminants were ever used in the Arctic. They have been shown to travel to the Arctic through the atmosphere and accumulate in lake sediments and in fish tissues. An attempt will be made to relate the level of contamination to age, size or type of fish.
