Heavy metal accumulation in sediment and freshwater fish in U.S. Arctic lakes

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Allen‐Gil, Susan M., Gubala, Chad P., Landers, Dixon H., Lasorsa, Brenda K., Crecelius, Eric A., Curtis, Lawrence R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1997
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Fish Lake; Thymallus arcticus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620160418; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fetc.5620160418; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.5620160418

Abstract Metal concentrations in sediment and two species of freshwater fish (lake trout [ Salvelinus namaycush ], and grayling [ Thymallus arcticus ]) were examined in four Arctic lakes in Alaska. Concentrations of several metals were naturally high in the sediment relative to uncontaminated lakes...