Metal concentrations (AS, CD, CR, PB, HG and SE) in Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska:

• Main Author: Jeitner, Christian, 1976-
• Other Authors: Jeitner, Christian, 1976- (author), Burger, Joanna (chair), Gochfeld, Michael (internal member), Cooper, Keith (internal member), Rutgers University, Graduate School - New Brunswick
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Ecology and Evolution; Dolly Varden (Fish) > Effect of metals on; Dolly Varden (Fish) > Effect of pollution on; Marine pollution > Alaska > Aleutian Islands; Adak; Amchitka; Amchitka Island; Fox Lake; Varden; Archipelago; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.2/rucore10001600001.ETD.000051838

Concerns about contaminants in fish have increased in recent years, especially in species consumed heavily in subsistence diets. Most studies of contaminants in Alaskan subsistence foods have focused on mainland Alaska not the Aleutian Islands. Several islands along the Aleutian Archipelago of Alask...