Size, age and spawning frequency of landlocked Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (L.) in Svartvatnet, Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Gullestad, Nils, Klemetsen, Anders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1997
• Subjects: Arctic charr; Polar Research; Salvelinus alpinus; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1910; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v16i2.6627

This contribution reports the analysis of a sample of landlocked Arctic charr collected with gillnets in Svartvatnet, Svalbard, 1964. This is the first scientific sample from a landlocked charr population from Svalbard. We found a very prominent modal group of large, old and sexually adult fish of b...