Bomb Radiocarbon Age Validation for the Long-Lived, Unexploited Arctic Fish Species Coregonus clupeaformis

• Published in: Marine and Freshwater Research
• Main Authors: Casselman, John M., Jones, Cynthia M., Campana, Steven E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 2019
• Subjects: Age determination; Carbon-14; Lake whitefish; Mortality rate; Otolith; Aquaculture and Fisheries; Fresh Water Studies; Marine Biology; Arctic; Arctic Lake; MacAlpine Lake
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_fac_pubs/372; https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18354; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/oeas_fac_pubs/article/1383/viewcontent/MF1835Bomb_radiocarbon_age.pdf

The growth rates of freshwater fish in the Arctic would be expected to be very low, but some previous studies of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) have reported relatively rapid growth and longevity estimates of less than 15 years. We used bomb radiocarbon chronologies to validate an ageing me...