Freshwater early life growth influences partial migration in populations of Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma malma)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Morrison, Christie M., Gallagher, Colin P., Tierney, Keith B., Howland, Kimberly L.
• Other Authors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Inuvialuit Final Agreement Implementation Funds, Gwich’in Implementation Funds, Polar Continental Shelf Program, DFO Strategic Program for Ecosystem-Based Research and Advice, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Northern Scientific Training Program, UAlberta North
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Arctic; Varden; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02870-z; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00300-021-02870-z.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-021-02870-z/fulltext.html

Abstract Populations of northern Dolly Varden ( Salvelinus malma malma ) exhibit partial seaward migration, yet little is known about this phenomenon in Dolly Varden populations. Our study analyzed data from three different Dolly Varden populations in the western Canadian Arctic in order to determin...