Arctic charr in Britain and Ireland – 15 species or one?
Abstract – From both a modern and a historical perspective there is little doubt that the Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus , in Britain and Ireland (as well as elsewhere) is a ‘difficult’ species. Historically 15 separate species have been recognised from populations in Britain and Ireland and there...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00179.x 2024-06-23T07:48:54+00:00 Arctic charr in Britain and Ireland – 15 species or one? Adams, C. E. Maitland, P. S. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00179.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0633.2006.00179.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00179.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ecology of Freshwater Fish volume 16, issue 1, page 20-28 ISSN 0906-6691 1600-0633 journal-article 2006 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00179.x 2024-06-11T04:36:13Z Abstract – From both a modern and a historical perspective there is little doubt that the Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus , in Britain and Ireland (as well as elsewhere) is a ‘difficult’ species. Historically 15 separate species have been recognised from populations in Britain and Ireland and there have been recent attempts to reassert these specific names. Here we review the evidence for the status of these ‘species’. We conclude that the evidence for these 15 being afforded full species status is poor. However, both historical and contemporary data show that Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus 1758) in Britain and Ireland exhibits levels of variability in form that is much greater than in other species. We argue that a comprehensive genotypic and phenotypic survey of charr populations in Britain and Ireland is required to determine the full extent of variability and the status of populations with a view of providing suitable protection. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic charr Arctic Salvelinus alpinus Wiley Online Library Arctic Ecology of Freshwater Fish 16 1 20 28 |
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Abstract – From both a modern and a historical perspective there is little doubt that the Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus , in Britain and Ireland (as well as elsewhere) is a ‘difficult’ species. Historically 15 separate species have been recognised from populations in Britain and Ireland and there have been recent attempts to reassert these specific names. Here we review the evidence for the status of these ‘species’. We conclude that the evidence for these 15 being afforded full species status is poor. However, both historical and contemporary data show that Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus 1758) in Britain and Ireland exhibits levels of variability in form that is much greater than in other species. We argue that a comprehensive genotypic and phenotypic survey of charr populations in Britain and Ireland is required to determine the full extent of variability and the status of populations with a view of providing suitable protection. |
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Adams, C. E. Maitland, P. S. Arctic charr in Britain and Ireland – 15 species or one? |
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Arctic charr in Britain and Ireland – 15 species or one? |
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Arctic charr in Britain and Ireland – 15 species or one? |
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Arctic charr in Britain and Ireland – 15 species or one? |
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Arctic charr in Britain and Ireland – 15 species or one? |
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Arctic charr in Britain and Ireland – 15 species or one? |
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arctic charr in britain and ireland – 15 species or one? |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00179.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0633.2006.00179.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00179.x |
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