Spawning, Overwintering and Summer Feeding Habitats Used by Anadromous Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) of the Hornaday River, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Harwood, Lois A., Babaluk, John A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Arctic char; Hornaday River; Salvelinus alpinus; migration; Northwest Territories; overwintering; spawning; summer feeding; tagging; omble chevalier; rivière Hornaday; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; hivernage; frai; alimentation estivale; étiquetage; Akluk Creek; Arctic; Canada; Chevalier; Omble chevalier
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67466

Radio telemetry and t-bar tagging were used to locate sites used by Hornaday River Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) for overwintering, spawning, and summer feeding. Thirty char, 21 in August 1995 and nine in July and August 1999, were captured, radio-tagged, and released back into the Hornaday River...