Range extension of bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus, to the Central Northwest Territories, with notes on identification and distribution of Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma, in the Western Canadian Arctic. From: Arctic | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: Johnson, James D.; Low, George; McDonwell, Don; Reist, James D. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ABSTRACT. The presence of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) is reported from four locations in the Sahtu Settlement Area of the Northwest Territories centered about 64[degrees]30'N and 125[degrees]00'W. These reports extend the geographical range of this species approximately 500 km north of the previous northernmost published localities in the southern Northwest Territories (~61[degrees] N, 125[degrees]W, Prairie Creek, Liard River drainage). The identity of these char is confir...

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