Ecology and food quality of fishes in coastal rivers of the far north of Ontario

• Main Author: Heerschap, Matthew J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Laurentian University of Sudbury 2017
• Subjects: river; freshwater; fish; subarctic; growth; anadromy; food webs; stable isotopes; mercury; fatty acids; food quality; Hudson; Walleye Lake; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/2893

The Far North of Ontario is home to over 24 000 people in 31 communities, and many of these people rely heavily on wild fish as part of their diet. Six of these communities are situated on the lower reaches of large river systems near the coast of Hudson and James Bays. These large rivers, as well a...