The biotic and abiotic interactions influencing organochlorine contaminants in temporal trends (1992-2003) of three Yukon lakes: focus on Lake Laberge

• Main Author: Ryan, Michael J.
• Other Authors: Stern, Gary A. (Soil Science, Environmental Studies), Goldsborough, Gordon (Botany) Kidd, Karen (Zoology) Hickie, Brendan (Trent University) Amiro, Brian (Soil Science)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: ecotoxicology; organochlorines; fish; food web; temporal trend; climate; Yukon Territory; sub-Arctic; plankton; sediment; Arctic; Yukon; Lake Laberge; Burbot; Climate change; Northern pike; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/227

Periodic monitoring of contaminant levels in fish from the Yukon Territory indicated that organochlorine (OC) contaminants had rapidly declined since the early 1990s. This study examined OC concentrations, including chlordane (sigma-CHL), sigma-DDT, hexachlorocyclohexane (sigma-HCH), toxaphene (sigm...