First record of Kokanee Salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, in Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories

Authors
Babaluk, JA Reist, JD Low, G
Citation
Ja. Babaluk et al., First record of Kokanee Salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, in Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, CAN FIELD-N, 114(4), 2000, pp. 680-684
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00083550 → ACNP
Volume
114
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
680 - 684
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(200010/12)114:4<680:FROKSO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The first record of a Kokanee Salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. the non-anadromou s form of Sockeye Salmon, from the Northwest Territories is reported. The s pecimen was captured in Great Slave Lake near Hardesty island (61 degrees 4 4 'N, 114 degrees 37 'W) in the commercial fishery in 1991.