Feeding by Arizona trout (Salmo apache) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) at different light intensities |
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Authors: | Fredric W. Robinson Jerry C. Tash |
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Affiliation: | (1) Arizona Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, University of Arizona, 85721 Tucson, Arizona, USA |
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Abstract: | Synopsis Brown trout (Salmo trutta) were more efficient than Arizona trout (Salmo apache) in eating brine shrimp at starlight (10–4 fL) light levels. Arizona trout required light levels moonlight (10–3 fL) to feed. In bright light (50 fL), brown trout utilized cover to a much greater extent in both field and laboratory. Our study indicates that factors other than competition for food or habitat are probably causing the displacement of Arizona trout by brown trout when browns are stocked into the native habitat of Arizona trout. |
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Keywords: | Competition Partitioning Displacement Vision Light Fish Salmonids |
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