The complete history of salmonid introductions in the Kerguelen Islands, Southern Ocean

International audience Since the early 1950s, several species of salmonids have been introduced more or less successfully in the Kerguelen Islands, a 7,215 km² archipelago located in the Southern Ocean (49°S, 70°E) and previously devoid of any freshwater fish. The aim of this work was to establish a...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Lecomte, Frédéric, Beall, Edward, Chat, Joëlle, Davaine, Patrick, Gaudin, Philippe
Other Authors: Ministère des Ressources naturelles du Québec, Université de Québec, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons (ECOBIOP), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), We gratefully acknowledge the support (funding, logistics, travel) provided by the TAAF administration (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises-Mission de Recherche) and by the Polar Institute (IPEV, Institut Polaire Paul-Emile Victor, formerly IFRTP, Institut Français de Recherche et de Technologie Polaire) over all these years and their staff in Paris, La Réunion and Brest, France.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2013
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Online Access:https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02647667
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1281-5