ARCTIC Aspects of the Life History of the Pond Smelt (Hypomesus olidus) in the Yukon and Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Dirk A. Degraaf
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Mackenzie river; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; toundra; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.554.6635; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic39-3-260.pdf

ABSTRACT. The pond smelt (Hypomesus olidus) has a limited North American distribution, being restricted to the west coast of Alaska and the drainage of the lower Mackenzie River, N.W.T. This study examined an isolated population in a small tundra lake on the Yukon coastal plain. Otolith interpretati...