The status of whitefish population from Chuna Lake in the Lapland Biosphere Reserve Russia

• Main Authors: Kashulin, N. A., Terentiev, P. M., Koroleva, I. M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: University of Tehran 2008
• Subjects: Whitefish; Population structure; Heavy metals; Air pollution; Lake; Subarctic; Chuna; Lapland
• Online Access: http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=er08015

The current state of whitefish population and their organisms have been investigated in subarctic Lake Chuna exposed to long-term air pollution from copper-nickel industry. Both annual and long-term heavy metals and acid oxides loads on the lake have been determined. A qualitative assessment has bee...