Trophic structure and mercury transfer in the subarctic fish community of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Journal of Great Lakes Research
• Main Authors: Rohonczy, J. (Jillian), Cott, P.A. (Peter A.), Benwell, A. (Amanda), Forbes, M. (Mark), Robinson, S.A. (Stacey A.), Rosabal, M. (Maikel), Amyot, M. (Marc), Chételat, J. (John)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Food web; Foraging behaviour; Great lake; Mercury; Stable isotopes; Canada; Great Slave Lake; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/26055; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2019.12.009

In recent decades, mercury concentrations have increased in fish of Great Slave Lake (GSL), a subarctic great lake in northern Canada with important recreational, subsistence, and commercial fisheries. This study characterized habitat use and trophic position of common fish species in GSL near the C...