Reproductive biology of anadromous arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus (L.)? in the Cumberland Sound area of Baffin Island

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Author: Moore, J. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1975
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Island; Cumberland Sound; Baffin; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1975.tb04584.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1975.tb04584.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1975.tb04584.x

The ovaries of anadromous arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus (L.), captured during 1973 from four high arctic rivers on Baffin Island started to increase in weight early in July and were at their heaviest in mid‐September just before spawning. At this time, 40 cm (615 g) char from two rivers contained...