With a text-figures Great Britain PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE IONIC REGULATION OF THE ARCTIC CHAR SALVELINUS ALPINUS

The char, Salvelinus alpinus, family Salmonidae, is a cold-water species showing circum-polar distribution (Wheeler, 1969). In the arctic part of its range the species is anadromous, differing, however, from typical salmonids in that the fresh-water breeding periods of the adult are long compared to...

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Main Author: R. A. Roberts
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1971
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.326.2181
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Summary:The char, Salvelinus alpinus, family Salmonidae, is a cold-water species showing circum-polar distribution (Wheeler, 1969). In the arctic part of its range the species is anadromous, differing, however, from typical salmonids in that the fresh-water breeding periods of the adult are long compared to the periods spent in sea water