The accumulation, distribution, and adverse effects of dietary uranium in lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)

Canada is the world's leading uranium (U) producer; mining and milling operations in northern Saskatchewan generate about one third of total global production. These activities discharge U directly into aquatic ecosystems, where it accumulates in sediments. In turn, fish accumulate U via ingest...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooley, Heather Megan
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/1138