Effects of environmental metal contamination on the condition, swimming performance, and tissue metabolic capacities of wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens).

Examines the general condition, swimming capacities, and tissue metabolic capacities and metal concentrations in wild yellow perch found in a range of metal-contaminated lakes near Sudbury, Ontario. Effects of exposure to elevated copper and cadmium concentrations on fish growth rate; Indication of an increased rate of protein turnover and a bioenergetic cost of metal exposure in most metal-contaminated fish.