Salvelinus Alpinus (Noun)
Meaning
Small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The arctic char or salvelinus alpinus, are well adapted to cold temperatures, being native to Arctic, sub-Arctic and alpine lakes and coastal waters.
- Scientists recognize a freshwater variant, often landlocked and occurring in several separate, and mostly sympatric species that belong to salvelinus alpinus.
- While ocean run forms may return after spawning and often repeat spawning many times during their lifetime the freshwater populations such as in some landlocked Quebec populations of salvelinus alpinus have mostly shorter lifespans.
- Most native arctic char such as those populations that live in lakes such as lake champlain a member of salvelinus alpinus population generally has not more than two main predators the burbot and the lake trout.
- Those with lower lake acidification show many aquatic fish like trout but including more varieties and particularly like anadromous landlocked population types as part of species groups belonging to landlocked members like Quebec such as from populations such as members salvelinus alpinus in several aquatic communities or possibly or isolated population regions across small mountain water catchment region's which retain diverse habitat varieties