Mitochondrial DNA and Conservation of an Aboriginal Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus oquassa) from Floods Pond, Maine

1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irv Kornfield ◽  
Frederick W. Kircheis
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New England ◽  
Lake Trout ◽  
Salvelinus Alpinus ◽  
Restriction Endonuclease Analysis ◽  
Arctic Char ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Fish Samples ◽  
Endemic Population ◽  
Distinct Lineage

Periods of low water in Floods Pond, Maine, USA, during spawning seasons for an endemic population of landlocked Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus oquassa, have contributed to several year-class failures. To determine the genetic uniqueness of these fish, samples of Arctic char from five isolated lakes in New England and eastern Canada were examined by restriction endonuclease analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and compared with samples of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and Arctic char from Scandinavia. Results suggest that (1) Arctic char of eastern North America should all be considered members of Salvelinus alpinus oquassa, (2) char from Floods Pond possess a unique mtDNA banding pattern for one restriction enzyme not observed in fish from any other sampled locality (this difference delineates a distinct lineage of Arctic char whose preservation is warranted on genetic grounds), and (3) unique banding patterns did not characterize any other studied char population, including geographic variants (these populations may be viewed as genetically homogeneous, and none warrant individual protection based upon our genetic characterizations). We contend that genetically identified lineages in the early stages of divergence warrant preservation.

Natural Hybridization between Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) and Lake Trout (S. namaycush) in the Canadian Arctic

1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 2652-2658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris C. Wilson ◽  
Paul D.N. Hebert
Keyword(s):  
Lake Trout ◽  
Salvelinus Alpinus ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Restriction Endonuclease Analysis ◽  
Salvelinus Namaycush ◽  
Arctic Char ◽  
Natural Hybridization ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Allozyme Loci ◽  
Endonuclease Analysis

Natural interspecific hybrids between lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and Arctic char (S. alpinus) ranged in frequency from 1.8 to 6.8% in four of eleven lakes containing both species on the northern Melville Peninsula, N.W.T., and were also detected at several other sites across the Canadian Arctic. Hybrids were heterozygous for each of seven diagnostic allozyme loci between S. alpinus and S. namaycush, and were morphologically intermediate between the parental species. Restriction endonuclease analysis of mitochondrial DNA revealed that all but one of the hybrids had S. namaycush as their maternal parent. Resampling of two lakes where hybrids were detected revealed low levels of bidirectional nuclear introgression between the two species and limited transfer of S. namaycush mtDNA into S. alpinus.

scholarly journals Polychlorinated Alkanes in Fish from Norwegian Freshwater

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 136-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders R. Borgen ◽  
Martin Schlabach ◽  
Roland Kallenborn ◽  
Eirik Fjeld
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Lipid Content ◽  
Lake Trout ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Arctic Char ◽  
Negative Ion ◽  
High Lipid ◽  
Fish Samples ◽  
Polychlorinated Alkanes ◽  
Negative Ion Mode

Short-chain polychlorinated alkanes (sPCAs) have been measured in freshwater fish samples from different lakes all over Norway and from the Norwegian Arctic. The analyses were performed with high-resolution GC coupled to high-resolution MS in electron capture negative ion mode. The species investigated were trout, Arctic char, and burbot (Lota lota). Muscle tissue in the lake trout and Arctic char, and liver in burbot, were selected for analyses because of their high lipid content. ∑sPCA concentration ranged from 108 to 3700 ng/g fat. The highest value was found in the south of Norway near an industrial area.

Microsatellite gene diversity analysis in anadromous arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, from Labrador, Canada

1998 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 1264-1272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Bernatchez ◽  
J Brian Dempson ◽  
Sylvain Martin
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Salvelinus Alpinus ◽  
Gene Diversity ◽  
Arctic Char ◽  
Diversity Analysis ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Geographic Scale ◽  
Scale Population ◽  
Population Structuring ◽  
Heterozygous Deficiency

We analysed six loci among 257 Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) representing seven locations in Labrador and Newfoundland to provide a first assessment of microsatellites gene diversity in anadromous char and to determine the geographic scale of population structuring within the species. The number of alleles per locus varied between 9 and 48, and gene diversity ranged from 0.190 to 0.968. Significant FST and differences in allele frequencies were observed among most samples, as well as heterozygous deficiency, which was indicative of a Wahlund's effect. These results implied the existence of genetically distinct populations on a microgeographic scale (less than 10 km) and that our samples represented an admixture of char from those populations that interchange among rivers for owerwintering, in congruence with tagging investigations. These results indicate that microsatellites potentially offer more sensitivity than allozymes and mitochondrial DNA to infer fine-scale population structure in anadromous arctic char.

A major sextet of mitochondrial DNA phylogenetic assemblages extant in eastern North American brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis): distribution and postglacial dispersal patterns

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (7) ◽  
pp. 1300-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy G Danzmann ◽  
Raymond P Morgan II ◽  
Matthew W Jones ◽  
Louis Bernatchez ◽  
Peter E Ihssen
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Brook Trout ◽  
Lake Trout ◽  
Salvelinus Fontinalis ◽  
Salvelinus Alpinus ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Dispersal Patterns ◽  
Small Stream ◽  
South Central ◽  
Haplotype 1

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of 2422 brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) from 60 units (major drainages, small stream catchments, and isolated lakes) representing 155 populations in eastern North America were examined to test hypotheses regarding postglacial dispersal and recolonization. An analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) indicated that 38.8% of the variation was partitioned among the units, while approximately 60% was distributed among populations (phiST = 59.3) compared with 40.7% within populations. This distribution of variation suggests a large degree of heterogeneity in population founding events and phylogeographic structuring in this species. Comparisons of mtDNA diversity between fish from putative refugial and recolonization zones for this species indicate that more than one refugial region contributed to northern recolonization. Haplotypic diversities in recolonized regions are greatest in south-central populations (i.e., southern Great Lakes region), while only one haplotype (haplotype 1) predominates in northern, western, and eastern postglacial zones. Large phylogenetic differences were found between northern and southern populations. Populations outside the zone of glaciation were the most genetically heterogeneous and were represented by fish from all six (A-F) of the major evolutionary clades identified. Only fish from the A, B, and C clades were found in glaciated regions, with C lineage fish restricted to south-central glaciation zones. Fish from the C clade are putatively the most ancestral lineage within the species based upon composite shared RFLPs with lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus).

Anadromy in Arctic populations of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush): otolith microchemistry, stable isotopes, and comparisons with Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 842-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi K. Swanson ◽  
Karen A. Kidd ◽  
John A. Babaluk ◽  
Rick J. Wastle ◽  
Panseok P. Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lake Trout ◽  
Salvelinus Alpinus ◽  
Salt Water ◽  
Salvelinus Namaycush ◽  
Otolith Microchemistry ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Arctic Char ◽  
Arctic Lakes ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
The Family

In the family Salmonidae, lake trout ( Salvelinus namaycush ) are considered the least tolerant of salt water. There are, however, sporadic reports of lake trout in coastal, brackish habitats in the Canadian Arctic. Otolith microchemistry analyses conducted on lake trout and Arctic char ( Salvelinus alpinus ) from four Arctic lakes in the West Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, Canada, revealed that 37 of 135 (27%) lake trout made annual marine migrations. Anadromous lake trout were in significantly better condition (K = 1.17) and had significantly higher C:N ratios (3.71) than resident lake trout (K = 1.05 and C:N = 3.34). Anadromous lake trout also had significantly higher δ15N (mean = 16.4‰), δ13C (mean = –22.3‰), and δ34S (mean = 13.43‰) isotope ratios than resident lake trout (means = 12.84‰, –26.21‰, and 1.93‰ for δ15N, δ13C, and δ34S, respectively); results were similar for Arctic char and agree with results from previous studies. Mean age of first migration for lake trout was 13 years, which was significantly older than that for Arctic char (5 years). This could be a reflection of size-dependent salinity tolerance in lake trout, but further research is required. These are the first detailed scientific data documenting anadromy in lake trout.

Quantifying importance of marine prey in the diets of two partially anadromous fishes

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 2020-2028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi K. Swanson ◽  
Karen A. Kidd ◽  
James D. Reist
Keyword(s):  
Lake Trout ◽  
Salvelinus Alpinus ◽  
Salvelinus Namaycush ◽  
Arctic Char ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Anthropogenic Stressors ◽  
Trout Population ◽  
Marine Food ◽  
Pelagic Prey

The importance of marine prey sources for partially anadromous fishes has received little study and is complicated by considerable plasticity in life history. We determined proportional contributions of marine, freshwater benthic, and freshwater pelagic prey to anadromous and resident Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) from several partially anadromous populations in the Canadian Arctic. Bayesian mixing models (MixSIR) applied to δ34S and δ13C ratios in lake-specific models indicated that marine prey accounted for 90%–91% of anadromous Arctic char diet and 60%–66% of anadromous lake trout diet. When these estimates were combined with proportion of anadromous individuals in partially anadromous populations, marine food sources accounted for 31%–44% of Arctic char population productivity and 16%–26% of lake trout population productivity. Although future research is needed to refine and quantify variability around these estimates, our results will allow better predictions of the effects of anthropogenic stressors on partially anadromous fishes.

scholarly journals Host specificity and geographical distribution ofEubothriumin European salmonid fish

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Scholz ◽  
R. Kuchta ◽  
A.P. Shinn ◽  
V. Šnábel ◽  
V. Hanzelová
Keyword(s):  
Host Specificity ◽  
Brook Trout ◽  
Lake Trout ◽  
Salvelinus Fontinalis ◽  
Salvelinus Alpinus ◽  
Arctic Char ◽  
Salmonid Fish ◽  
Coregonus Albula ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
South Eastern Europe

AbstractThe host specificity and distribution ofEubothrium crassum(Bloch, 1779) andEubothrium salvelini(Schrank, 1790), morphologically fairly similar pseudophyllidean tapeworms parasitizing salmonid fish, were critically assessed on the basis of morphological and genetic evaluation of extensive material collected from different definitive hosts and geographical regions in Europe.Eubothrium crassumoccurs in fish of the generaSalmo, i.e. salmon (S. salar– both freshwater and marine), sea trout (S. trutta trutta), brown trout (S. truttafario), and lake trout (S. truttalacustris), and also in Danubian salmon (Hucho hucho) and vendace (Coregonus albula).Eubothrium salveliniparasitizes Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Europe, and also whitefish (Coregonus wartmanni). Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), which is not a native European fish species, was found to be a suitable definitive host for bothEubothriumspecies, which may occur simultaneously in the same fish. Previous records ofE. crassumin Arctic char and brook trout, and those ofE. salveliniin fish of the genusSalmowere most probably misidentifications. Most studies ofEubothriumhave involved salmonids from the northern part of Europe, with few records from southern and south-eastern Europe. This study also confirmed the reliability of the morphology of the apical disc for the discrimination ofE. crassumandE. salvelini.

First confirmation of salmonid alphavirus infection in Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus and in Austria

2018 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
E Lewisch ◽  
T Frank ◽  
H Soliman ◽  
O Schachner ◽  
A Friedl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salvelinus Alpinus ◽  
Arctic Char ◽  
Alphavirus Infection

Depth and temperature preference of anadromous Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus in the Kitikmeot Sea, a shallow and low-salinity area of the Canadian Arctic

2020 ◽  
Vol 634 ◽  
pp. 175-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
LN Harris ◽  
DJ Yurkowski ◽  
MJH Gilbert ◽  
BGT Else ◽  
PJ Duke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salvelinus Alpinus ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Arctic Char ◽  
Temperature Preference ◽  
Low Salinity
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