Effect of fine wood on juvenile brown trout behaviour in experimental stream channels

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åsa Enefalk ◽  
Eva Bergman
1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Sundbaum ◽  
Ingemar Näslund

We examined the effects of woody debris on the growth and behaviour of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in experimental stream channels. Two types of habitat were used in the study: a complex habitat created by placing woody debris on a gravel bed and a uniform habitat consisting of a gravel bed only. The experiment was run both outdoors with wild fish that fed on natural invertebrate drift and indoors with hatchery fish that were fed artificial food. In both treatments most of the fish lost mass. In all trials, however, the fish in the woody debris channel lost less mass than the fish in the control channel. Study of the fishes' behaviour revealed less swimming activity, less aggression, and less feeding activity in the woody debris channel than in the control channel. The results of this study indicate that the presence of woody debris decreases intraspecific competition through visual isolation, allowing fish to reduce aggressive interactions and energy expenditure.


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Helmut Habersack

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