Annual survival probabilities of anadromous Arctic Char remain high and stable despite interannual differences in sea ice melt date

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Isabeau Caza-Allard, Marc J. Mazerolle, Les N. Harris, Brendan K. Malley, Ross F. Tallman, Aaron T. Fisk, Jean-Sébastien Moore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2021
• Subjects: acoustic telemetry; arctic char; salvelinus alpinus; capture–mark–recapture; fisheries management; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Cambridge Bay; Salvelinus alpinus; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2020-0029; https://doaj.org/article/a616474478164bd78bbc6fa9f84e28db

Throughout their range, anadromous Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)) support commercial, recreational, and subsistence fisheries that are important economically, socially, and culturally. However, drivers of interannual variation in survival in this species remain poorly understood....