The biology and feeding ecology of Arctic charr in the Kerguelen Islands

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Eldøy, Sindre, Davidsen, Jan, Vignon, Matthias, Power, Michael
• Other Authors: NTNU University Museum Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim (NTNU), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)-Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons (ECOBIOP), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Department of Biology Waterloo, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, NTNU University Museum, French Polar Institute (IPEV, Institut Polaire Paul-Emile Victor) as a part of the SALMEVOL and LTSER programs
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Antarctic; Arctic; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Lac des Fougères; Antarc*; Arctic charr; Climate change; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03102144; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14596

International audience Subsequent to their introduction in the 1950s, Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus have been able to establish a self‐sustaining population that has adapted to the unique conditions of the sub‐Antarctic Kerguelen Islands. Here, 48 individuals (198–415 mm) were caught with gillnets...