Mercury in fish from a subarctic watercourse and its relation to trophic ecology

• Main Author: Henriksson, Matilda
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økotoksikologi: 489; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecotoxicology: 489; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Limnologi: 498; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Limnology: 498; Food-web; Mercury; freshwater; pollution; Subarctic watercourse; Freshwater fish; trophic ecology; BIO-3950; Norway; Pasvik; Vaggatem; Burbot; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20125

Mercury (Hg) contamination in aquatic ecosystems is a serious concern because it can bioaccumulate and biomagnify to harmful concentrations within a food web and consequently end up in humans that eat polluted fish. The Pasvik watercourse, located in the border area between Norway, Finland and Russi...