Spatial and temporal trends of contaminants in Canadian Arctic freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems: A review

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Braune, B.M. (Birgit M.), Muir, D. (D.), DeMarch, B. (B.), Gamberg, M. (M.), Poole, K. (K.), Currie, R. (R.), Dodd, M. (M.), Duschenko, W. (W.), Eamer, J. (J.), Elkin, B. (B.), Evans, M. (M.), Grundy, S. (S.), Hebert, C.E. (Craig), Johnstone, R. (R.), Kidd, K. (K.), Koenig, B. (B.), Lockhart, L. (L.), Marshall, H. (H.), Reimer, K. (K.), Sanderson, J. (J.), Shutt, L. (L.)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Biological implications; Canadian Arctic; Chemical contaminants; Freshwaters; Hydrocarbons; Metals; Organochlorines; Radionuclides; Terrestrial ecosystem; Arctic; Lockhart; Yukon
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15790; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00038-8

The state of knowledge of contaminants in Canadian Arctic biota of the freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems has advanced enormously since the publication of the first major reviews by Lockhart et al. and Thomas et al. in The Science of the Total Environment in 1992. The most significant gains are n...