Range extension of bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus, to the central Northwest Territories, with notes on identification and distribution of Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma, in the western Canadian Arctic. Arctic

• Main Authors: James D. Reist, George Low, James D. Johnson, Don Mcdowell
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Key words; bull trout; Salvelinus confluentus; Mackenzie River; Dolly Varden; char; Great Bear River; Keele River; Northwest Territories; Arctic; Varden; Liard; Liard River; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.571.9198; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic55-1-70.pdf

ABSTRACT. The presence of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) is reported from four locations in the Sahtu Settlement Area of the Northwest Territories centered about 64˚30'N and 125˚00'W. These reports extend the geographical range of this species approximately 500 km north of the previou...