Characterization of skin- and intestine microbial communities in migrating High Arctic lake whitefish and cisco

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Erin F. Hamilton, Collin L. Juurakko, Katja Engel, Peter van C. de Groot, John M. Casselman, Charles W. Greer, Josh D. Neufeld, Virginia K. Walker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024
• Subjects: Coregonus spp; diadromy; microbiomes; skin; intestine; Nunavut; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; inuit; King William Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2023-0022; https://doaj.org/article/baa05850180e4a8aa022f467b1ead98b

At high latitudes, lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and others in the closely related Coregonus species complex (CSC) including cisco (C. autumnalis and C. sardinella) can be diadromous, seasonally transitioning between freshwater lakes and the Arctic Ocean. CSC skin- and intestine microbiome...