Freshwater and estuarine fishes of the Russian Arctic coast (the Swedish–Russian Expedition 'Tundra Ecology—94') |
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| Authors: | G G Novikov D V Politov A A Makhorov T V Malinina K I Afanasiev B Fernholm |
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| Institution: | Moscow State University, Biology Department, Moscow 119899 Russia;Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow 117809, Russia;Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | The distribution of estuarine and freshwater fish species caught during the Swedish-Russian Expedition' Tundra Ecology–94'is presented. Thirteen sites along the Russian part of the Arctic Sea coast were sampled and a total of 21 fish species of the families Salmonidae, Coregonidae, Thymallidae, Osmeridae, Cyprinidae, Catostomidae, Balitoridae, Gadidae, Gasterosteidae, Percidae, Cottidae, Pleuronectidae were recorded. Some records were new to particular basins. |
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| Keywords: | fish fauna Arctic Russia freshwater estuarine |
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