Overwinter feeding in rainbow trout |
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| Authors: | P. C. Hunt K. O'Hara |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Zoology, University of Liverpool, England |
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| Abstract: | The contents of the stomachs of 38 rainbow trout stocked in Llyn Alaw, Anglesey, in August 1969 and caught between October 1969 and February 1970 were analysed. The fish were actively feeding on the bottom fauna throughout the winter and 21 of the stomachs were full or distended. The mean volume of the contents of the stomachs was 2–8 times greater than that of the contents of stomachs of similarly sized brown trout caught at the same time. |
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