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TitleAnalysis of dehydroretinol retinol retinyl palmitate and tocopherol in fish: Peace Athabasca and Slave River basins September to December 1994
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication1996
AuthorsBrown, S. B., & Vandenbyllaardt L.
Pagination47 pages
Date Published02/1996
PublisherNorthern River Basins Study
Place PublishedEdmonton, AB
Publication Languageeng
KeywordsAthabasca River, chemistry, contaminants, contamination, federal government, fish, NRBS, toxicity, tributaries
Abstract

The objective of this project was to examine vitamin A and E indices in fish collected from the Peace, Athabasca and Slave rivers and their major tributaries in 1994, part of a multi-faceted study into altered fish physiological function as a result of environmental contaminants. The fish species targeted for collection and analyses were burbot (primary target species), northern pike and longnose sucker. Biochemical analyses were conducted in the laboratory to determine the levels of retinol, dehydroretinol, retinyl palmitate (three storage forms of vitamin A), B-carotene (precursor form of vitamin A), and tocopherol in the liver of each fish specimen. Additional retinyl palmitate analysis was performed on longnose suckers collected from the upper Athabasca River in the fall, 1992.

Notes

Northern River Basins Study Project Report No. 90.

URLhttp://www.barbau.ca/sites/www.barbau.ca/files/0-662-24504-0.pdf
Locational Keywords

Peace River, Slave River, Athabasca River

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612964089

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