The first observation of Arctic char in glacial river of Austre Brøggerbreen (Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway)

An anadromous Arctic char was observed in glacial river of Austre Brøggerbreen in northwest Svalbard (Norway) on 9th of July 2017. The young fish, ca. 14,5 cm in length, was caught in shallow part of glacial river in the distance of 1390 m to glacier forehead, and then was released. This is the seco...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Science
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Salvelinus alpinus
Migration
Glacier recession
Spitsbergen
High Arctic
Arctic
Svalbard
Ny-Ålesund
Norway
glacier
Kongsfjord*
Kongsfjorden
Ny Ålesund
Polar Science
Online Access:https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=16025
http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00015913/
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Summary:An anadromous Arctic char was observed in glacial river of Austre Brøggerbreen in northwest Svalbard (Norway) on 9th of July 2017. The young fish, ca. 14,5 cm in length, was caught in shallow part of glacial river in the distance of 1390 m to glacier forehead, and then was released. This is the second observation of Arctic char in glacial river in Svalbard since 2008, and first for Kongsfjorden region.

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