Environmental Impacts on Skin Microbiomes of Sympatric High Arctic Salmonids

• Published in: Fishes
• Main Authors: Erin F. Hamilton, Collin L. Juurakko, Katja Engel, Josh D. Neufeld, John M. Casselman, Charles W. Greer, Virginia K. Walker
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Arctic char; Salvelinus alpinus; Coregonus spp.; lake whitefish; cisco; microbiomes; Arctic; Nunavut; diadromy; King William Island; William Island; Coregonus autumnalis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8040214

In the region of King William Island, Nunavut, in the Canadian high Arctic, populations of salmonids including Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), cisco (Coregonus autumnalis and C. sardinella) as well as lake whitefish (C. clupeaformis) are diadromous, overwintering in freshwater and transitioning to...