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Check out some publications on Arctic char  

This collection brings together peer-reviewed research on Arctic char spanning multiple decades. The resources cover a wide range of topics, including DFO publications, char biology, fisheries management, and social science perspectives. 

Department of Fisheries and Oceans
(Arctic char biology)  

1984 - Identification of anadromous Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) stocks in coastal areas of northern Labrador based on a multivariate statistical analysis of meristic data
Dempson, J. B., & Misra, R. K. 
Key words - Stock identification, Meristic data, Multivariante statistical analysis, Fisheries management

1985 - Life history of anadromous arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, in the Fraser River, northern labrador
Dempson, J. B., & Green, J. M.
Key words - Migration, Biological anaylsis, Spawning activity, Tag recapture, Life history, Fisheries mangement
 

1986 - A test of the hypothesis of pheromone attraction in salmonid migration
Black, G. A., & Dempson, J. B.
Key words - ​ Homing, Nordeng, Salvelinus alpinus
 

1989 - Metazoan parasite infections in landlocked and anadromous Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), and their use as indicators of movement to sea in young anadromous charr
Bouillon, D. R., & Dempson, J. B. 
Key words - Metazoan parasites, Anadromous versus landlocked char, migration
 

1993 - Salinity tolerance of freshwater acclimated, small sized Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus (L.), from northern Labrador
Dempson, J. B.
Key words - Salininity tolerance, body size, Juvenile fish physiology, Size-dependent survival

1996 - Phylogeography and postglacial dispersal of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in North America
Wilson, C. C., Hebert, P. D. N., Reist, J. D., & Dempson, J. B.
Key word -Phylogeography, mitochondrial DNA, Postglacial dispersal routes, Population structure

1998 - Microprobe analyses of anadromous Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, otoliths to infer life history migration events
Radtke, R. L., Dempson, J. B., & Ruzicka, J.
Key words - Otoliths, Life history, Migration

200o - Environmental influences on an exploited anadromous Arctic charr stock in Labrador
Power, M., Dempson, J. B., Power, G., & Reist, J. D.
Key words - Arctic charr; climate; temperature; precipitation; Labrador; environmental influences

2002 - Spatial and temporal variability in the diet of anadromous Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, in northern Labrador 
Dempson, J. B., Shears, M., & Bloom, M.
Key words -salmonids, stomach analysis, prey availability, feeding, dietary shifts

2003 - Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L., brown trout Salmo trutta L. and Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (L.):  a review of aspects of their life histories
Klemetsen, A., Amundsen, P. ‐A., Dempson, J. B., Jonsson, B., Jonsson, N., O’Connell, M. F., & Mortensen, E.
Key words -Arctic charr, Atlantic salmon, brown trout, cannibalism, feeding, freshwater residence, habitat, life history, migration, phenotypic plasticity, phylogeography, polymorphism, research challenges

2005 - Latitudinal variation in fecundity among Arctic char populations in eastern North America
Power, M., Dempson, J. B., Reist, J. D., Schwarz, C. J., & Power, G.
Key words -ecosystems/climate change, egg diameter, environmental influences, fecundity, latitude & Salvelinus alpinus

2006 - An overview of effects of climate change on selected Arctic freshwater and anadromous fishes
Reist, J. D., Wrona, F. J., Prowse, T. D., Power, M., Dempson, J. B., King, J. R., & Beamish, R. J.
Key words - Anadromous fishes, Climate change impacts, Freshwater ecosystems, Hydrological variability, Thermal regimes, Species responses

2008 - Resilience and stability of north Labrador Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, subject to exploitation and environmental variability
Brian Dempson, J., Shears, M., Furey, G., & Bloom, M. 
Key words - Effects of fishing, Population structure, Growth Diet

2010 - Changes in growth patterns of wild Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) in respinse to fluctuating environmental conditions
Michaud, W. K., Dempson, J. B., & Power, M. 
Key words -Salvelinus alpinus, Anadromous, Growth, Cohort, Temperature, Climate change

2010 - Latitudinal variation in growth among Arctic charr in eastern North America: evidence for countergradient variation?
Niloshini Sinnatamby, R., Brian Dempson, J., Reist, J. D., & Power, M.
Key words -Arctic charr, Growth Adaptation, Countergradient variation, Climate

2010 - Mercury concentrations in landlocked Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from the Canadian Arctic.  Part II: Influence of lake biotic and abiotic characteristics on geographic trends in 27 populations
Gantner, N., Muir, D. C., Power, M., Iqaluk, D., Reist, J. D., Babaluk, J. A., Meili, M., Borg, H., Hammar, J., Michaud, W., Dempson, B., & Solomon, K. R.
Key words - Spatial trend, Arctic, Lake catchment, Food chain length, Arctic char

2012 - Arctic charr in a changing climate: predicting possible impacts of climate change on a valued northern species
Power, M., J. B. Dempson, B. Doidge, W. Michaud, L. Chavarie, J. D. Reist, F. Martin, and A. E. Lewis
Key words - Arctic charr, Climate change, Nain, Thermal biology, Management Initiative

2013 - Basal mercury concentrations and biomagnification rates in freshwater and marine food webs: effects on Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) from eastern Canada.
van der Velden, S., Dempson, J. B., Evans, M. S., Muir, D. C. G., & Power, M. 
Key words - Arctic charr, Mercury, Methylmercury, Biomagnification, Lacustrine, Marine

2013 - Ecological influences on the difference in δ15N and δ13C values between fish tissues: implications for studies of temporal diet variation
Michaud, W. K., Dempson, J. B., Reist, J. D., & Power, M.
Key words - amino acid, lipid, liver, muscle, Salvelinus alpinus, stable isotope

2013 - Thermal habitat use and growth in young-of-the-year Arctic charr from proximal fluvial and lacustrine populations in Labrador, Canada
Sinnatamby, R. N., Shears, M., Dempson, J. B., & Power, M.
Key words - Otolith, Oxygen stable isotopes, Temperature, Growth, Habitat type, Salvelinus alpinus

2013 - Comparative analysis of total mercury concentrations in anadromous and non-anadromous Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) from eastern Canada
van der Velden, S., Evans, M. S., Dempson, J. B., Muir, D. C. G., & Power, M. 
Key words - Arctic charr, Mercury, Anadromy, Age, Trophic position, Latitude

2015 - Temperature-growth patterns of individually tagged anadromous Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in Ungava and Labrador, Canada
Murdoch, A., Dempson, J. B., Martin, F., & Power, M. 
Key words - Arctic charr, seasonal, growth, temperature, productivity, climate change

2015 - Latitudinal variation in growth and otolith-inferred field metabolic rates of Canadian young-of-the-year Arctic charr
Niloshini Sinnatamby, R., Brian Dempson, J., Reist, J. D., & Power, M.
Key words - countergradient variation, growth rate, metabolic rate, stable isotopes, Salvelinus alpinus

2015 - Comparing mercury concentrations across a thirty year time span in anadromous and non-anadromous Arctic charr from Labrador, Canada
van der Velden, S., Dempson, J. B., & Power, M.
Key words - Mercury, Arctic charr, Temporal comparison, Anadromous, Lacustrine, Climate change

2018 - Winter movement activity patterns of anadromous Arctic charr in two Labrador lakes
Mulder, I. M., Morris, C. J., Dempson, J. B., Fleming, I. A., & Power, M.
Key words - acoustic telemetry, anadromous, movement activity, overwinter, Salvelinus alpinus

2020 - Resolving fine-scale population stucture and fishery exploitation using sequenced microsatellites in a northern fish
Layton, K. K. S., Dempson, B., Snelgrove, P. V. R., Duffy, S. J., Messmer, A. M., Paterson, I. G., Jeffery, N. W., Kess, T., Horne, J. B., Salisbury, S. J., Ruzzante, D. E., Bentzen, P., Côté, D., Nugent, C. M., Ferguson, M. M., Leong, J. S., Koop, B. F., & Bradbury, I. R.
Key words - genetic assignment, genome-wide polymorphisms, mixed stock analysis, Salvelinus alpinus, sequenced microsatellites, tagging

2021 - Genomic evidence of past and future climate-linked loss in a migratory Arctic fish
Layton, K. K. S., Snelgrove, P. V. R., Dempson, J. B., Kess, T., Lehnert, S. J., Bentzen, P., Duffy, S. J., Messmer, A. M., Stanley, R. R. E., DiBacco, C., Salisbury, S. J., Ruzzante, D. E., Nugent, C. M., Ferguson, M. M., Leong, J. S., Koop, B. F., & Bradbury, I. R. 
Key words - genomic diversity, environmental modeling, climate change, population size

2021 - Using movement, diet, and genetic analyses to understand Arctic charr responses to ecosystem change.
Cote, D., Dempson, J., Piersiak, M., Layton, K., Roul, S., Laing, R., Angnatok, J., & Bradbury, I. 
Key words - Diet, Telemetry, Effective population size, Long-term monitoring

2025 - Using otolith δ18O to assess habitat selection and growth in young-of-the-year Arctic charr
Power, M., & Dempson, J. B.
Key words - Salvelinus alpinus, Oxygen stable isotopes, Thermal habitat, Behavioural thermoregulation, Habitat selection, Ideal free distribution

2025 - Associations between iKaluk/ Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and astuarine benthic diatom habitats in nearshore Nunatsiavut waters
Zachary MacMillan-Kenny, Mary Denniston, Even Edinger, Adam Templeton, David Cote, Audrey Limoges, Katleen Robert 
Key words - Acoustic telemetry, Arctic charr habitat, Arctic fish, Benthic ecology, Indigenous knowledge, Video surveys

Arctic Char Biology  

1956 - The Biology of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus L.) in Northern Labrador 
Andrews, C. W., & Lear, E.
Key words - Arctic char, anadromous migration, otolith age analysis, growth rate & Northern Labrador 
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1993 - Natural hybridization between  Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and lake trout (S. namaycush):  evidence from northern Labrador  
Wilson, C. C., & Hebert, P. D. N. 
Key words - Hybridization, Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush), Canadian Arctic & Genetic Analysis

2015 - Anadromous char as an alternative food choice to marine animals: A synthesis of Hg concentrations, population features and other influencing factors   
Evans, M. S., Muir, D. C. G., Keating, J., & Wang X.  
Key words - Anadromous Arctic char, Mercury concentrations, Traditional diet, Northern Quebec and Labrador & Marine food web replacement 

Social Sciences & The Fishery   

2008 - Vulnerability and adaptation to environmental conditions in Hopedale, Nunatsiavut  
Desantis, R. A. M.
Key words - Climate change vulnerability, Adaptive capacity, Subsistence harvesting, Socioeconomic stressors, Community-based research

2012 - Research on the Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut: A Literature Review and Gap Analysis 
Ford, J. D., Bolton, K. C., Shirley, J., Pearce T., Tremblay, M., & Westlake, M.
Key words - climate change, Arctic, Canada, Inuit, systematic review, Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, research needs assessment
 

2012 - Settlement, Subsistence, and Change Among the Labrador Inuit (p. Chapter 
8: Nunatsiavut Land Claims and the Politics of Inuit Wildlife Harvesting)
Procter, A.
Key words - Nunatsiavut land claims, Wildlife harvesting rights, Subsistence economy, Resource co-management, Sovereignty and governance, Cultural continuity

2016 - Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy (Chapter 3: Torngat Fish Producers Co-operative)
Boutet, J.-S. 
Key words -Torngat Fish Producers Co-operative, Social economy, Inuit self-governance, Arctic char fishery, Community development, Co-operative governance

2017 - Going Off, Growing Strong: A program to enhance individual youth and community resilience in the face of change in Nain, Nunatsiavut
Hirsch, R., Furgal, C., Hackett, C., Sheldon, T., Bell, T., Angnatok, D., Winters, K., & Pamak, C.
Key words -Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer, Collaborative Framework, Adaptive Capacity

2018 - A Half Century in the Making: Governing
Commercial Fisheries Through Indigenous
Marine Co-management and the Torngat
Snook, J., Cunsolo, A., Morris, R. 
Key words - Indigenous co-management, Land claims, Marine governance,
Nunatsiavut, Torngat Joint Fisheries Board, Arctic, Reconciliation, Inuit

2018 - Co-management led research and sharing space on the pathway to Inuit self-determination in research
Snook, J., & Cunsolo, A.
Key words - Co-management, Inuit self-determination, Indigenous-led, Decolonizing methodologies

2019 - Investigating the Certifiability of Nunatsiavut’s Commercial Fisheries: The Case of the Marine Stewardship Council
Schaible, J. 
Key words - Marine Stewardship Council Certification, Nunatsiavut commercial fisheries, Inuit co-management, Governance principles, Pre-assessment

2020 - Conceptualizing indicators as boundary objectsin integrating Inuit knowledge and westernscience for marine resource management
Kourantidou, M., Hoover, C., & Bailey, M.
Key words - indicators, boundary objects, Inuit knowledge, marine resource management,
co-management

2021 - Monitoring food insecurity among Inuit: The Forgotten Pillar of Fisheries management 
Kourantidou, M., & Bailey, M. 
Key words - Food security, Marine resource governance, Monitoring, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Food sovereignty

2021 - Improving food security for Labrador Inuit in Nunatsiavut, Labrador: A matter of health equity
Bowers, R., Turner, G., Graham, I. D., Furgal, C., & Dubois, L. 
Key words -  Food security, Marine resource governance, Monitoring, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Food sovereignty

2021 - Equitable Allocations in Northern Fisheries: Bridging the Divide for Labrador Inuit
Bowers, R., Turner, G., Graham, I. D., Furgal, C., & Dubois, L.
Key words - Food security, Inuit, Policy, Equity

2022 - Bioeconomic analysis accounting for environmental effects in data-poor fisheries: the northern Labrador Arctic char
Kourantidou, M., Jin, D., & Solow, A
Key words - Bioeconomic analysis, Optimal harvest, Fishing effort, Sustainable fisheries management

2022 - Ten years of Inuit co-management: advancing research, resilience, and capacity in Nunatsiavut through fishery governance
Cadman, R., Snook, J., & Bailey, M.
Key words - Bioeconomic analysis, Optimal harvest, Fishing effort, Sustainable fisheries management 

2022 - “Just because you have a land claim, that doesn’t mean everything’s going to fall in place”: An Inuit social struggle for fishery access and well-being
Snook, J., Cunsolo, A., Ford, J., Furgal, C., Jones-Bitton, A., & Harper, S.
Key words - arts-based methods, fisheries governance, futures, Indigenous, Inuit sovereignty, participatory scenario planning

2022 - Inuit Food Insecurity as a Consequence of Fragmented Marine Resource Management Policies? Emerging Lessons from Nunatsiavut
Kourantidou, M., Hoagland, P., & Bailey, M.
Key words - food insecurity, food  sovereignty, Labrador  Inuit, Arctic, traditional ecological knowledge, Western science observations, monitoring, Nunatsiavut, marine resource management governance

2023 - Ocean back: Inuit-led governance for the future of fisheries in Nunatsiavut
Cadman, R. 
Key words - Fisheries governance, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous values, commerical fishery

2023 - Labrador Inuit resilience and resurgence: embedding Indigenous values in commercial fisheries governance
Cadman, R., Snook, J., Gilbride, J., Goudie, J., Watts, K., Dale, A., Zurba, M., & Bailey, M.
Key words - Arctic fisheries, cultural resilience, Inuit knowledge & values-based governance

2024 - We don't have a lot of trees, but by God , do we have a lot of fish: imagining postcolonial futures for the Nunatsiavut fishing industry 
Cadman, R., Snook, J., Goudie, J., Watts, K., Broomfield, T., Johnson, R., Winters, J., & Bailey, M.
Key words - arts-based methods, fisheries governance, futures, Indigenous, Inuit sovereignty, participatory scenario planning

2024 - Fostering fisheries futures: the  promise of localized stewardship  education in Nunatsiavut
Laver, Q., Andersen, O., Moore, S., Pottle, C., & Snook, J.Key words - co-management research, Nunatsiavut, small-scale sheries, stewardship, Indigenous education, place-based education, intergenerational knowledge transfer

2024 - Inuit-led fish futures: toward a self-determined  commercial fishery in Nunatsiavut, Canada
Cadman, R., Snook, J., & Bailey, M. 
Key words - Inuit, fishery, Canada, Indigenous knowledge, DFO self-determination, UNDRIP

2024 - Navigating Nunatsiavut’s Arctic Charr: A  Simultaneous Commercial and Subsistence  Fishery with Many Unknowns
Kourantidou, M., Hoagland, P., & Bailey, M.
Key words - Arctic charr, bioeconomic analysis, commercial and subsistence fisheries, Nunatsiavut

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