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Widespread occurrence of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) throughout Greenland coastal waters ) throughout Greenland coastal waters
Nielsen, J.; Rosing-Asvid, A.; Meire, L.; Nygaard, R. (2020). Widespread occurrence of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) throughout Greenland coastal waters ) throughout Greenland coastal waters. J. Fish Biol. 96(6): 1505-1507. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14318
In: Journal of Fish Biology. Fisheries Society of the British Isles: London,New York,. ISSN 0022-1112; e-ISSN 1095-8649, more
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Author keywords
    Arctic; distribution; invasive; non-indigenous; river; salmonid

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  • Nielsen, J.
  • Rosing-Asvid, A.
  • Meire, L., more
  • Nygaard, R.

Abstract
    Using social media, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources collected data on the occurrence of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in 2019. Eighty‐four pink salmon were reported from 22 locations across Greenland. This comprised 76 specimens from 2019 and 8 specimens from 2013 to 2018. Of these, 12 were caught in fresh water, and a single pink salmon was from the bottom of the Nuuk Fjord near the Kapisillit River – the only known river in Greenland where the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) spawn. It is unknown if pink salmon have reproduced in Greenland waters.

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