Larval and adult fish assemblages along the Northwest Passage: the shallow Kitikmeot and the ice-covered Parry Channel as potential barriers to dispersal

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Caroline Bouchard, Maxime Geoffroy, Mathieu LeBlanc, Louis Fortier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: arctic cod; polar cod; fish larvae; canadian arctic archipelago; spatial connectivity; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Northwest Passage; Parry; Arctic Archipelago; Arctic cod; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Kitikmeot; Northwest passage; Parry Channel; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2018-0003; https://doaj.org/article/8d9167068c0a410280fdb49e1e1819d8

Climate warming and sea ice decline are expected to increase fish population movements in the circumpolar Arctic, including across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA). Knowledge gaps on present distribution, habitat uses, barriers to dispersal, and population connectivity along the Northwest Passa...