Public News Service reports on UMaine Arctic charr research
The Public News Service reported that researchers at the University of Maine are studying the feeding habits of Arctic charr to help predict how other fish species could adapt to a warming climate. Michael Kinnison, director of the Maine Center for Genetics and the Environment at the University of Maine, said the research will inform biologists how introducing other species into Maine lakes could impact Arctic charr populations, or if they will ultimately need to be moved into special reserves to survive. “When we start having significant problems with Arctic charr, we can anticipate that sometime in the future, we could be facing some similar challenges for these other species,” Kinnison said.