Food selection by brook trout in a subalpine stream |
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Authors: | Wayne A Hubert Howard A Rhodes |
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Institution: | (1) Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Wyoming, 82071 Laramie, Wyoming, USA;(2) Freshwater Ecologist, 5526 Pilot Peak Road, 82070 Laramie, Wyoming, USA |
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Abstract: | The diet and food selection of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and macroinvertebrate drift are described for a high altitude stream (3 205 m above mean sea level) adjacent to the alpine zone on the Snowy Range in the Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming. Diet composition differed between brook trout of two length classes, 150 mm and > 150 mm in total length. The number of prey organisms per stomach generally declined and the proportion of terrestrial prey items increased from July to September, 1985. Fish of both length classes selected for Trichoptera and Coleoptera over the three sampling months, and fish > 150 mm also selected for terrestrial insects in August and September.The Unit is jointly supported by the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and the US Fish and Wildlife ServiceThe Unit is jointly supported by the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service |
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Keywords: | subalpine stream brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis diet aquatic insects macroinvertebrate drift food selection |
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