Assessment of inter-regional dietary differences in anadromous Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) in Nunavik, Canada, and links with flesh quality indicators

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Sara Bolduc, Mélanie Lemire, Jean-Éric Tremblay, Marianne Falardeau, Xavier Dallaire, Mylène Brochu, Justine Legros, Jean-Sébastien Moore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Nunavik; Ungava Bay; Climate change; inuit; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2023-0018; https://doaj.org/article/bc9b8c6970764a83b4af6119d2415bba

Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) is a salmonid fish that is the second-most consumed country food species by Nunavimmiut. Its nutritional quality is determined by omega-3 fatty acids and carotenoid pigments. Those molecules cannot be synthetized by fish and must be acquired through diet. We sampled...