Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in saltwater: a response to Blair et al. (2016)

Although not well known, Arctic grayling can move through saline waters and are captured regularly in nearshore coastal waters in Arctic Canada and Alaska with salinities up to 18 ppt. We highlight the implications this has for Blair et al. (2016), a paper recently published in Conservation Physiolo...

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Published in:Conservation Physiology
Main Authors: Heim, Kurt C., Whitman, Matthew S., Moulton, Lawrence L.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5142049/
https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow055
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Summary:Although not well known, Arctic grayling can move through saline waters and are captured regularly in nearshore coastal waters in Arctic Canada and Alaska with salinities up to 18 ppt. We highlight the implications this has for Blair et al. (2016), a paper recently published in Conservation Physiology.