HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN SEDIMENT AND FRESHWATER FISH IN U.S. ARCTIC LAKES

• Main Authors: Susan Allen-Gil, Chad Gubala, DIXON LANDERS, Brenda Lasorsa, Eric Crecelius, Lawrence Curtis
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY V. 16(4): 733-741 SETAC PRESS USA 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Fish Lake; Thymallus arcticus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=10056

Metal concentrations in sediment and two species of freshwater fish (lake trout [Salvelinus namaycush], and grayling [Thymallus arcticus]} were examined in four Arctic lakes in Alaska. Concentrations of several metals were naturally high in the sediment relative to uncontaminated lakes in other Arct...