The arctic char Salvelinus alpinus (L.) species complex in Ireland: A secretive and threatened ice age relict

Biology and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 73-92

  Igoe, Fran ^a   Hammar, Johan ^b  

^a Irish Char Conservation Group   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

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SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 11244300671     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2004.104.3.73     Document Type: Conference Paper

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