| potential health risks posed by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in muscle tissues of fishes from the athabasca and slave rivers, canada. | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) are released to the environment from oil sands operations and from natural sources in alberta, canada. concentrations of 16 usepa priority pahs were measured in tissues of fishes collected from three locations on the athabasca river in alberta and two downstream locations on the slave river in the northwest territories, canada. a total of 425 individual fish were collected including 89 goldeye (hiodon alosoides), 93 whitefish (coregonus clupeaformis), 104 ... | 2017 | 26972698 |
| associations between omega-3 fatty acids, selenium content, and mercury levels in wild-harvested fish from the dehcho region, northwest territories, canada. | to better understand the risks and benefits of eating wild-harvested fish from the northwest territories, canada, levels of total mercury (hgt) and selenium (se) and composition of omega-3 fatty acid (n-3 fa) were measured in muscle tissue of fish harvested from lakes in the dehcho region, northwest territories, canada. average hgt levels ranged from 0.057 mg/kg (cisco) to 0.551 mg/kg (northern pike), while average n-3 fa concentrations ranged from 101 mg/100 g (burbot) to 1,689 mg/100 g (lake t ... | 2017 | 27905863 |
| baseline studies in the slave river, nwt, 1990-1994: part ii. body burden contaminants in whole fish tissue and livers. | the northwest territories section of the slave river is the recipient of chemical compounds from a variety of sources, including upstream industry and agriculture. in 1990, concerned government agencies formulated a practical, focussed, and comprehensive environmental monitoring program to assess contamination in the river and the slave river environmental quality monitoring program was established. the program was designed to respond to the distinct requirements of two major monitoring goals. t ... | 1997 | 9151436 |
| inuvialuit food use and food preferences in aklavik, northwest territories, canada. | annual frequency of use of 32 species of mammals, fish, birds and plants was examined among 36 (43% of all) inuvialuit households in aklavik, nwt. degree of preference for each of 34 traditional and 12 store-bought foods was examined among 36 adults and 35 (83% of all) inuvialuit school children ages 10-16 years, using a likert-type scale. traditional foods were used on average 676 +/- 464 (mean +/- s.d.) times per year, the most frequent being caribou (145, mean), beluga whale (74), hares (35), ... | 1992 | 1463555 |