Lepidurus arcticus (Crustacea : Notostraca); an unexpected prey of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in a High Arctic river

• Main Authors: Borgstrøm, R., Aas, M., Hegseth, H., Dempson, J.B., Svenning, M.-A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Boreal Environment Research Publishing Board 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Main Island; Svalbard; Tadpole; Arctic charr; Boreal Environment Research; Climate change; Iceland; Salvelinus alpinus; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/578384

The phyllopod Lepidurus arcticus, commonly called the arctic tadpole shrimp, is an important food item of both Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus and brown trout Salmo trutta in lakes in Iceland and Scandinavia, especially at low fish densities. In the High Arctic, the tadpole shrimp is abundant in fis...