Marine diets of anadromous Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in Svalbard, Norway

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Bengtsson, Oskar, Lydersen, Christian, Christensen, Guttorm, Węsławski, Jan Marcin, Kovacs, Kit M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Kross; Norway; Svalbard; barents region; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Polar Biology; Salvelinus alpinus; Themisto; Themisto libellula
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31548; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03196-8

During summer, native anadromous Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and the alien species pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) now coexist in marine environments in Svalbard, following the introduction of the latter in the Barents Region. To investigate potential dietary competition between these two...