Evolution of Lake Whitefish ( Coregonus clupeaformis ) in North America during the Pleistocene: Evidence for a Nahanni Glacial Refuge Race in the Northern Cordillera Region

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Foote, C. J., Clayton, J. W., Lindsey, C. C., Bodaly, R. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1992
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Athabasca River; Canada; British Columbia; Liard; Upper Liard; Liard River; Nahanni National Park; Peace River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f92-085; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f92-085

Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) could have survived through (at least) the Illinoisan and Wisconsinan Pleistocene glacial maxima in an area in the vicinity of the present Nahanni National Park in the Northwest Territories of Canada according to the geological evidence. This possibility was a...