Biodiversity in Arctic lake trout Salvelinus namaycush: assessment of factors influencing and maintaining within species diversity

• Published in: Journal of Great Lakes Research
• Main Author: Kissinger, Benjamin
• Other Authors: Anderson, W. Gary (Biological Sciences) Reist, James D. (Biological Sciences), Docker, Margaret F. (Biological Sciences) Gillis, Darren M. (Biological Sciences) Halden, Norman M. (Geological Sciences) Goss, Greg (Biological Sciences, University of Alberta)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Great Lakes Research 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Brackish-water resident; Life history; Ionoregulation; Arctic; Salmonids; Arctic Lake; Husky Lakes; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32169

Biodiversity within species is influenced by both adaptation and acclimatization in order to exploit a range of environments. Taxa within the genus Salvelinus are considered some of the most diverse vertebrate species on earth particularly Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, and lake trout, Salvelinus...