Assessing the neurotoxicological risk of methylmercury exposure for beluga whales (delphinapterus leucas) harvested in the Mackenzie Delta Estuary.

• Other Authors: Ostertag, Sonja Kerstin (Author), Chan, Laurie H. M. (Thesis advisor), Wilson, Gary (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Northern British Columbia 2014
• Subjects: White whale > Mercury content > Beaufort Sea; Mercury > Environmental aspects > Beaufort Sea; Methylmercury > Toxicology; QL737.C433 O88 2014; Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Tuktoyaktuk; Inuvik; Hendrickson Island; Arctic marine mammals; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Inuvialuit; White whale
• Online Access: https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16982; https://doi.org/10.24124/2014/bpgub994

Arctic marine mammals are exposed to numerous environmental contaminants and some of these compounds are known to damage mammalian nervous systems. Three methods were used to assess neurotoxicological risk of methylmercury (MeHg) exposure for beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in the eastern Beau...