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An Arctic char observed in a glacial Spitsbergen river

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2014

Wieslaw Ziaja
Wieslaw Ziaja*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland ([email protected])
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Abstract

An anadromous Arctic char (male) was recorded in southwestern Spitsbergen, in a very muddy glacial river, in August 2008. This is apparently the first specimen of this species observed in such an unfavourable habitat in Svalbard.

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Polar Record , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 333 - 335
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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