Strong water stratification provides a refuge for rainbow smelt larvae Osmerus mordax in a sub-arctic estuary (Lake Melville, Labrador)

• Published in: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• Main Authors: Small, Tiffany, Cyr, Frédéric, McCarthy, James, Sutton, Jordan, Bernatchez, Louis, Geoffroy, Maxime
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Lake Melville
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31729; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108553

Estuaries provide nurseries for early life stages of fish that rely on the interaction between fresh- and saltwater. The 250 km long Lake Melville spans 2100 km2 and is the largest estuary of Labrador (northeastern Canada). This sub-arctic fjard hosts freshwater, anadromous, and marine fishes on whi...