Principal Investigator:Swanson, Heidi Licensed Year(s):20182017
2016
2016
201520142013 Summary:
The objectives of this research project are to: 1) determine why fish mercury levels vary among lakes in the Dehcho region; 2) identify best predictors of fish mercury levels; and, 3) determine which fish have the lowest levels of mercury and highest levels of micro-nutrients and fatty acids.
The methods for this project include two parts, first is the collection of food web data from each lake...
Principal Investigator:Gantner, Nikolaus (Klaus) Licensed Year(s):2013
2012
2011 Summary:
The long term goals of this research are:
1. to identify and quantify the physical, chemical and ecological processes that affect contaminant transfer in Arctic aquatic food webs in response to observed and predicted climate variability & change in the Husky Lakes Watershed (HLW); and
2. to provide people and regulators of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk with tools to effectively monitor selected highly...
Principal Investigator:Evans, Marlene S. Licensed Year(s):
2010
2009 Summary:
For several years, studies have been conducted to find out if contaminant levels are changing in lake trout and burbot in Great Slave Lake. The researchers have been seeing some changes with mercury levels increasing and HCH levels declining in these fish. However, there have been other changes in the fish, especially lake trout which appear to contain less fat and to be feeding closer to shore th...