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Population densities of age-0 arctic chaff in the surf zone averaged 1.83 and 4.70 fish m-2 in August 1984 and June 1985, respectively. Length variation of the littoral fish was low in early summer, increasing in late summer and autumn. Newly emerged charr, ∼ 20 mm long, appeared in the stony shallow water zone during both May and June. From length variation and variation in mouth position of the young charr, it is concluded that at least two of the four chaff morphs in the lake are present in the surf zone during spring and summer. In August, some of the larger age-0 charr had moved out from the surf zone, into the pelagic and the deeper epibenthic waters. The food of young littoral charr was dominated by large chironomid larvae (instar 3 and 4) and pupae
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Sandlund, O.T., Malmquist, H.J., Jonsson, B. et al. Density, length distribution, and diet of age-0 arctic charrSalvelinus alpinus in the surf zone of Thingvallavatn, Iceland. Environ Biol Fish 23, 183–195 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00004909
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