Evidence for non-anadromous behaviour of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) from Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, based on scanning proton microprobe analysis of otolith strontium distribution

Arctic

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 224-233

  Babaluk, John A ^a   Halden, Norman M ^b   Reist, James D ^a   Kristofferson, Allan H ^a   Campbell, John L ^c   Teesdale, William J ^c  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anadromy; Arctic charr; Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve; Life history; Otolith microchemistry; Salvelinus alpinus; Scanning proton microprobe; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CHARR; NON-ANADROMOUS BEHAVIOUR; OTOLITH; STRONTIUM;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, ELLESMERE ISLAND, LAKE HAZEN;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0030666064     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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