Assessment of inter-regional dietary differences in anadromous Arctic char ( Salvelinus alpinus) in Nunavik, Canada, and links with flesh quality indicators

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Bolduc, Sara, Lemire, Mélanie, Tremblay, Jean-Éric, Falardeau, Marianne, Dallaire, Xavier, Brochu, Mylène, Legros, Justine, Moore, Jean-Sébastien
• Other Authors: Canada First Research Excellence Fund, Sentinel North and the Northern Contaminant Programme
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Nunavik; Ungava Bay; Climate change; inuit; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2023-0018; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2023-0018; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2023-0018

Arctic char ( Salvelinus alpinus) is a salmonid fish that is the second-most consumed country food species by Nunavimmiut. Its nutritional quality is determined by omega-3 fatty acids and carotenoid pigments. Those molecules cannot be synthetized by fish and must be acquired through diet. We sampled...