Problems in Zoogeography of the Lake Trout, Salvelinus namaycush

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Lindsey, C. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1964
• Subjects: General Medicine; Bering Strait; Fossil Lake; Bering Land Bridge; Hucho taimen; Ice Sheet; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f64-091; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f64-091

Disagreement exists in the literature as to whether lake trout survived Wisconsin glaciation north or south of the ice sheet. Other freshwater fishes whose range in North America equals or exceeds that of lake trout all survived in both northern and southern refugia. Arguments in favour of a souther...