PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN THE LIVERS OF MOOSE HARVESTED IN THE SOUTHERN NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA

• Main Authors: Larter, Nicholas C., Muir, Derek, Wang, Xiaowa, Allaire, Danny G., Kelly, Allicia, Cox, Karl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lakehead University 2017
• Subjects: Persistent Organic Pollutants; POPs; PCBs; PFOS; PBDE; Liver; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie River; Canada; South Slave Region; Alces alces; Mackenzie river; Moose; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/176

Moose (Alces alces) are an important traditional and spiritual resource for residents of the southern Northwest Territories and local residents are concerned about contaminants that may be present in the country foods they consume. As part of a larger program looking at contaminants in moose organs,...