Demographic and genetic description of Greenland's only indigenous Atlantic salmon Salmo salar population

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Arnekleiv, Jo V., Davidsen, Jan G., Sheehan, Timothy F., Lehnert, Sarah J., Bradbury, Ian R., Rønning, Lars, Sjursen, Aslak D., Kjærstad, Gaute, Lubinski, Barbara A., Nilssen, Kjell J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Greenland; Kapisillit; Atlantic salmon; glacier; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13887; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.13887

A survey of the Kapisillit River system was conducted in 2005 and 2012 to study the only indigenous Atlantic salmon Salmo salar population in Greenland. Little is known about its characteristics or its relationship with other S. salar populations across the species range. Juvenile S. salar were capt...