New Insights into the Biology of Anadromous Dolly Varden in the Canning River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Authors: Brown, Randy J., Courtney, Michael B., Seitz, Andrew C.
• Other Authors: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Varden; Beaufort Sea; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10122; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Ftafs.10122; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/tafs.10122

Abstract Anadromous Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma in northeastern Alaska migrate to sea during the summer to feed but must overwinter in rivers because the sea under ice becomes too cold for salmonids. Flow ceases in rivers during the winter except for a few perennial springs in which all fish congr...