Distribution, characteristics and condition of Arctic charr ( Salvelinus alpinus) spawning grounds in a differentially eutrophicated twin‐basin lake

• Published in: Ecology of Freshwater Fish
• Main Authors: Miller, Helen, Winfield, Ian J., Fletcher, Janice M., Ben James, J., van Rijn, Joey, Bull, Jonathan M., Cotterill, Carol J.
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council, University of Southampton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Basin Lake; Arctic charr; Climate change; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eff.12122; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Feff.12122; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eff.12122

Abstract Spawning is a key but often fragile event in the life cycles of fish populations. Nevertheless, it has been relatively little studied for lithophilic lacustrine species requiring hard spawning substrates, such as gravels or stones, largely devoid of fine sediments. Twelve demonstrated or pu...