Spatial and Temporal Variations in Chemical Contamination of American Eels, Anguilla rostrata , Captured in the Estuary of the St, Lawrence River

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Hodson, P. V., Castonguay, M., Couillard, C. M., Desjardins, C., Pelletier, E., McLeod, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Lawrence River; Beluga; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f94-049; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f94-049

Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mirex, and pesticides were 10–100 times higher in migratory adult American eels, Anguilla rostrata, sampled at Kamouraska, Quebec, in 1990 than in eels from an uncontaminated reference tributary; concentrations in eels within the estuary varied little amon...