Summer growth patterns of northern Dolly Varden ( Salvelinus malma ) smolts from the Prudhoe Bay region of Alaska

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Fechhelm, R G, Bryan, J D, Griffiths, W B, Martin, L R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1997
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Varden; Arctic cisco; Prudhoe Bay; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f97-022; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f97-022

Summer length growth patterns of northern Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) smolts from the Sagavanirktok River, northern Alaska, were analyzed for the years 1985-1994 and found to be sigmoidal, indicating slow rates of growth in early and late summer with the most rapid growth occurring in midseason....