Effects of uranium mining and milling effluents on juvenile fish bioenergetics, growth and overwinter survival

• Main Author: Bennett, Pamela Margaret
• Other Authors: Janz, David M., Weber, Lynn P., Liber, Karsten, Blakley, Barry R.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2006
• Subjects: muscle protein; muscle RNA/DNA ratio; triglyceride; lipid; slimy sculpin; burbot; northern pike; overwinter survival; uranium mining and milling effluent exposure; McClean Lake; Burbot; Cottus cognatus; Lota lota; lota; Slimy sculpin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-05302006-151802

To assess potential impacts of effluents from Key Lake and McClean Lake uranium operations on freshwater systems, morphometric (weight, length, condition factor) and biochemical (total body lipids and triglycerides, liver triglycerides, muscle protein, muscle RNA/DNA ratio) measures of growth and bi...