POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN SELECTED FISHES FROM THE ATHABASCA AND SLAVE RIVERS, CANADA

• Main Author: Ohiozebau, Ehimai
• Other Authors: Jones, Paul D., Hecker, Marcus, Morrissey, Christy, Wilson, Lee, Clark, Douglas A.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2016
• Subjects: Products of Biotransformation; Fish bile; Oil sands; Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy; Human Health Risk Assessment; Alkyl-PAHs; Fish Health; Morphometric Data; Athabasca River; Canada; Fort Chipewyan; Fort McMurray; Fort Resolution; Fort Smith; Jackfish; Northwest Territories; Burbot; Chipewyan; Lota lota; Slave River; lota
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2016-03-2468

Human activities over the years, especially the unconventional exploitation of oil sands deposits, downstream on the Athabasca River (AR), might have affected the water quality and ecological integrity of the river basin, thereby presenting a threat to the environment and human health. There have be...