Controls of Fish Mercury Concentrations in Subarctic Lakes of Canada

• Main Author: Moslemi Aqdam, Mehdi
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2022
• Subjects: fish ecology; food web ecology; mercury bioaccumulation; mercury biomagnification; subarctic lakes; Northwest Territories; Canada; Dehcho Region; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/18461

Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that in its organic and more toxic form, methyl Hg (MeHg), can cause detrimental health effects on fish, wildlife, and humans. In lake ecosystems, concentrations of Hg ([Hg]) in fish reflect a complex outcome of interactions among variables that act at different ec...