Life-history traits of charr, Salvelinus alpinus, from a high arctic watercourse on Svalbard

Arctic

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Gulseth, Odd A ^a,b   Nilssen, Kjell J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anadromous; Arctic charr; High Arctic; Life history; Resident; Salvelinus alpinus; Spitsbergen; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0035026376     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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