Barriers to Range Extension of Atlantic and Pacific Salmon in Arctic North America

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Salonius, P.O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1973
• Subjects: Active layer; Arctic; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Mackenzie River; Pacific; Sockeye; Atlantic salmon; Mackenzie river; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65957

The long arctic coastlines between Alaskan salmon stocks and the Mackenzie River, and between Atlantic salmon of Ungava and Hudson Bay, are seen as major barriers to range extension as the rivers on these coastlines are not capable of being colonized. The potential of subarctic fresh water as spawni...