Growth characteristics and age at first migration of anadromous and resident Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in the Canadian Arctic (2006-2008)

• Main Authors: Swanson, Heidi K, Kidd, Karen A, Babaluk, John A, Wastle, Rick J, Yang, Panseok P, Halden, Norman M, Reist, James D
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Arctic; International Polar Year; Kitikmeot; Nunavut; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.838933; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.838933

In the family Salmonidae, lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) are considered the least tolerant of salt water. There are, however, sporadic reports of lake trout in coastal, brackish habitats in the Canadian Arctic. Otolith microchemistry analyses conducted on lake trout and Arctic char (Salvelinus al...