Remarks on the morphological variability of the Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus (L.) from Spitsbergen

• Main Authors: Jan Kusznierz, Jan Kotusz, Małgorzata Kazak, Marcin Popiołek, Andrzej Witkowski
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Arctic; Spitsbergen; Arctic charr; Hornsund; Revelva; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.604.645; http://www.polar.pan.pl/ppr29/PPR29-227.pdf

Abstract: Three forms of the Arctic charr were found to occur in the fresh waters of the re− gion of Hornsund (S Spitsbergen): anadromous, stationary fluviatile, and landlocked lake form. The stationary zoobenthivorous populations from Lake Myrktjorn and the Revelva River are morphologically the mos...