Title | Analysis of dehydroretinol retinol retinyl palmitate and tocopherol in fish: Peace Athabasca and Slave River basins September to December 1994 |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 1996 |
Authors | Brown, S. B., & Vandenbyllaardt L. |
Pagination | 47 pages |
Date Published | 02/1996 |
Publisher | Northern River Basins Study |
Place Published | Edmonton, AB |
Publication Language | eng |
Keywords | Athabasca 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. |
URL | http://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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Group | OSEMB |
Citation Key | 51522 |