External scarring of whitefish, Coregonus nasus and C . clupeaformis complex, from the western Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Reist, J. D., Bodaly, R. A., Fudge, R. J. P., Cash, K. J., Stevens, T. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Northwest Territories; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Cox Lake; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-191; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z87-191

Up to 40% of whitefish (Coregonus nasus and C. clupeaformis) sampled during spawning migrations from the area of the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., had external scars. Percent frequency of scarred individuals varied geographically from the Mackenzie mainstem and tributaries, where 20% were scarred, to And...