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Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the charrs, genus Salvelinus

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  1. Pierre Magnan
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  2. Céline Audet
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  3. Hélène Glémet
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  4. Michel Legault
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Part of the book series: Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes (DEBF, volume 22)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-6
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  2. Prelude

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-8
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    2. Developments in the ecology, evolution, and behaviour of the charrs, genus Salvelinus: relevance for their management and conservation

      • Pierre Magnan, Céline Audet, Hélène Glémet, Michel Legault, Marco A. Rodríguez, Eric B. Taylor
      Pages 9-14

  3. Keynote

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-16
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    2. Charrs, glaciations and seasonal ice

      • Geoffrey Power
      Pages 17-35

  4. Ecological interactions and behaviour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-38
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    2. Takvatn through 20 years: long-term effects of an experimental mass removal of Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, from a subarctic lake

      • Anders Klemetsen, Per-Arne Amundsen, Per E. Grotnes, Rune Knudsen, Roar Kristoffersen, Martin-A. Svenning
      Pages 39-47

    5. Growth and dietary niche in Salvelinus alpinus and Salvelinus fontinalis as revealed by stable isotope analysis

      • Michael Power, Geoffrey Power, François Caron, Richard R. Doucett, Karin R. A. Guiguer
      Pages 75-85

  5. Trophic polymorphism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-96
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    2. Diversification, sympatric speciation, and trophic polymorphism of Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus complex, in Transbaikalia

      • Sergey S. Alekseyev, Vitalii P. Samusenok, Arkadii N. Matveev, Mikhail Yu. Pichugin
      Pages 97-114

  6. Movements and migrations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-138
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    2. Why do foraging stream salmonids move during summer?

      • Charles Gowan, Kurt D. Fausch
      Pages 139-153

    3. Local movement as a measure of habitat quality in stream salmonids

      • Geneviève Bélanger, Marco A. Rodríguez
      Pages 155-164
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About this book

Salvelinus species are one of the most thoroughly studied groups of fishes. Many reasons explain this intense interest in charr biology. Charrs have a Holarctic distribution encompassing many Asian, North American, and European countries and occupy diverse marine and freshwater environments. Furthermore, the current distribution of charr includes areas that were directly influenced by climate and topographic change associated with the many Pleistocene glaciations. Undoubtedly, these conditions have promoted much of the tremendous morphological, ecological, and genetic variability and plasticity within Salvelinus species and they make charr very good models to study evolutionary processes 'in action'. Many charr species also exhibit demographic characteristics such as slow growth, late maturity, and life in extreme environments, that may increase their susceptibility to extinction from habitat changes and overexploitation, especially in depauperate aquatic habitats. This vulnerability makes understanding their biology of great relevance to biodiversity and conservation. Finally, charr are of great cultural, commercial, and recreational significance to many communities, and their intimate linkage with human societies has stimulated much interest in this enigmatic genus. This volume comprises a selection of papers presented at the fourth International Charr Symposium held in Trois-Rivières (Québec, Canada), from 26 June to 1 July 2000. It includes 31 papers on ecological interactions and behaviour, trophic polymorphism, movement and migration, ecophysiology and evolutionary genetics, ecological parasitology, environmental stress and conservation. These studies cannot cover all recent developments in the ecology, behaviour and conservation of Salvelinus species, but collecting them into a special volume should bring attention to current research on this important genus and stimulate further work onSalvelinus species.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecology, behaviour and conservation of the charrs, genus Salvelinus

  • Editors: Pierre Magnan, Céline Audet, Hélène Glémet, Michel Legault, Marco A. Rodríguez, Eric B. Taylor

  • Series Title: Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1352-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0784-2Published: 31 July 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6088-4Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1352-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5316

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 360

  • Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES, 64:1-3

  • Topics: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology

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