Life-history traits of two Salvelinus species and mercury concentrations in fish and prey in ten Canadian lakes (2006-2008)

• Main Authors: Swanson, Heidi K, Gantner, Nikolaus, Kidd, Karen A, Muir, Derek C G, Reist, James D
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Human health; International Polar Year; Kitikmeot; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.837319; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.837319

Mercury concentrations ([Hg]) in Arctic food fish often exceed guidelines for human subsistence consumption. Previous research on two food fish species, Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), indicates that anadromous fish have lower [Hg] than nonanadromous fish, but...