Dispersal patterns and summer oceanic distribution of adult Dolly Varden from the Wulik River, Alaska, evaluated using satellite telemetry

• Main Author: Courtney, Michael B.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alaska Fairbanks 2015
• Subjects: Ecology|Aquatic sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; Varden; Chukchi; Alaska
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1588302

In Arctic Alaska, Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma is highly valued as a subsistence fish; however, little is known about oceanic dispersal or ecology. This study addresses this knowledge gap, by using a fisheries independent method, pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs). In spring of 2012 and 2013, w...