Diet, growth and reproduction of the Arctic charr in a high alpine lake

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Cavalli, L., Chappaz, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Alpine Lake; Arctic; Arctic charr
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb00092.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1996.tb00092.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb00092.x

The Arctic charr of Muzelle lake, at 2105 m in the Oisans massif (French Alps) feed most actively, essentially on Chironomidae, during the 6 or 7 weeks following the melting of the ice. The period of maximum growth corresponds to the time when food availability is at its highest, and it does not ove...