Salmon in the Arctic and How They Avoid Lethal Low Temperatures

• Main Authors: J. R. Irvine, R. W. Macdonald, R. J. Brown, L. Godbout, J. D. Reist, E. C. Carmack
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Mackenzie River; Pacific; Sockeye; Yukon; Beaufort Sea; Climate change; Mackenzie river; north slope; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.183.1017; http://www.npafc.org/new/publications/Bulletin/Bulletin%20No.%205/NPAFC_Bull_5_039-050%28Irvine%29.pdf

Abstract: With climate change, scientists and others are interested in the future of Pacific salmon in the Arctic. Chum, pink, sockeye, coho, and chinook salmon have been encountered in the Beaufort Sea, well within Canadian Arctic waters. Chum is the only salmon species regarded as natal to the Mac...