Oasis or trap? Mass mortality of overwintering fishes at an Arctic perennial spring and subsequent scavenging activity

Thomas W Glass^{1

2}, Louise Bishop³, Kevin M Fraley³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
² Wildlife Biology Program, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA.
³ Wildlife Conservation Society, Arctic Beringia Program, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

Thomas W Glass et al. Ecology. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;104(7):e4097.

doi: 10.1002/ecy.4097. Epub 2023 May 23.

Thomas W Glass^{1

2}, Louise Bishop³, Kevin M Fraley³

¹ Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
² Wildlife Biology Program, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA.
³ Wildlife Conservation Society, Arctic Beringia Program, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gulo gulo; Salvelinus malma; Thymallus arcticus; overwintering habitat; perennial spring; scavenging.

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