Composition and Origins of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Mackenzie River and on the Beaufort Sea Shelf

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Yunker, Mark B., Macdonald, Robie W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Bottom sediments; PAHs; Marine pollution; Suspended solids; Toxicity; Water pollution; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie Delta; N.W.T; Mackenzie River; Arctic; Fleuve Mackenzie; Mer de Beaufort; Vierge; Arctique*; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64288

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in suspended particulate samples from the Mackenzie River delta and shelf sediments from the Beaufort Sea are higher than expected for a pristine area. Low concentrations of combustion PAHs indicate that anthropogenic inputs are low. Alkyl PAH dis...