Contaminant exposure history of yellowknife bay fish : a story of slimy sculpin, burbot, and lake whitefish from otolith microchemistry analysis

• Main Author: Sibbald, Carey-Lynn
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: arsenic; burbot; microchemistry; otolith; sculpin; whitefish; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay; Burbot; Slimy sculpin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10613/6862; https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-1741

The thesis examined the otolith microchemistry of slimy sculpin, burbot, and lake whitefish from Yellowknife Bay, Northwest Territories, in relation to the Giant Mine Remediation Project. Trace elements analyzed included arsenic, the mine’s primary contaminant of concern, as well as antimony, copper...