Biometry, isotopic composition and diet of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) from Lake Aigneau, Northern Quebec

• Main Authors: Power, Michael, Power, Geoff, Reist, James D, Bajno, Robert
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; LAKE; Lake_Aigneau; Northern Québec; Sampling lake; Arctic; Arctic charr; International Polar Year; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.818405; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818405

Two modal size groups of sexually mature Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) differing in shape and found at different depths in Lake Aigneau in the Canadian sub-Arctic are described and tested for genetic and ecological differentiation. Forms consisted of a small littoral resident, mean size 21.7 cm,...