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State of Environment Reporting
Contaminants
in British Columbia
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Mean
Mercury Concentration for Bull
Trout and Lake Trout in British
Columbia
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Fish
species
|
Waterbody
|
Year
|
Sample
Size
|
Standardized
concentration (ppm wet weight)
|
| Lake
trout |
Pinchi
Lake
|
2000
|
31
|
0.93
|
| Bull
trout |
Williston
Reservoir
|
2000
|
46
|
0.56
|
| Bull
trout |
Carpenter
Reservoir
|
2000
|
19
|
0.54
|
| Lake
trout |
Tezzeron
Lake
|
2000
|
17
|
0.39
|
| Bull
trout |
Kinbasket
Reservoir
|
1995
|
11
|
0.34
|
| Lake
trout |
Stuart
Lake
|
2000
|
21
|
0.26
|
| Lake
trout |
Francois
Lake
|
2000
|
8
|
0.24
|
| Lake
trout |
Tchentlo
Lake
|
2000
|
32
|
0.23
|
| Bull
trout |
Revelstoke
Reservoir
|
1995
|
17
|
0.16
|
| Bull
trout |
Arrow
Reservoir
|
1995
|
16
|
0.16
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SOURCE:
Baker, R.F., 2002. Fish mercury database – 2001 British Columbia.
Prepared by Aqualibrium Environmental Consulting, Vancouver for
BC Hydro, Burnaby BC. NOTES: These data represent the most recent
data available for the waterbody. All data are for 2000 except for
Kinbasket (1995) and Arrow Reservoirs and Revelstoke Reservoir (1995).
Data are size-adjusted to a 550 mm long fish.
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