Population dynamics of brown trout (Salmo trutta ) in Spruce Creek Pennsylvania: A quarter-century perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (7) ◽  
pp. 1143-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary D. Grossman ◽  
Robert F. Carline ◽  
Tyler Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Brown Trout ◽  
Salmo Trutta ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Brown Trout Salmo Trutta

The influence of hydrological and biotic processes on brown trout (Salmo trutta) population dynamics

2002 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franck Cattanéo ◽  
Nicolas Lamouroux ◽  
Pascal Breil ◽  
Hervé Capra
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Brown Trout ◽  
Salmo Trutta ◽  
Growth Period ◽  
Intraspecific Interactions ◽  
Emergence Period ◽  
Trout Population ◽  
Brown Trout Salmo Trutta ◽  
High Flows ◽  
Survival Mechanisms

Hydrological and biotic forces constrain brown trout (Salmo trutta) population dynamics, but tests of their role across numerous streams are uncommon. In 30 French stream reaches, using 5–8 samples (1 per year) each, we investigated whether the year-to-year seasonal hydrology influenced annual trout densities within reaches, and whether the relationships were shared by all reaches. We also searched for intraspecific interactions between and within cohorts. Trout data were age class (0+, 1+, and adults) densities. For each year, hydrology was described using 13 variables, each computed for a reproduction, emergence, and growth period related to the biological cycle of trout. We used analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) to test how trout densities at year n – 1 and hydrology at year n influenced trout densities at year n. High flows during emergence significantly reduced the 0+ densities, consistently across the 30 reaches. Then, 1+ and adult densities were linked, respectively, to 0+ and 1+ densities from the previous year. Analyses also revealed density-dependent survival mechanisms for the 0+ cohort, suggesting intracohort competition. Therefore, hydrology constrains trout dynamics only during the critical emergence period, after which intracohort interactions regulate the 0+ density. Such mechanisms, validated across 30 environmentally different reaches, seem to be fundamental to trout population dynamics.

Discharge-dependent covariation patterns in the population dynamics of brown trout (Salmo trutta) within a Cantabrian river drainage

2004 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 1929-1939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Lobón-Cerviá
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Brown Trout ◽  
Salmo Trutta ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Introduced Populations ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Brown Trout Salmo Trutta ◽  
Positive Correlations

Patterns of spatial covariation in the population dynamics of brown trout (Salmo trutta) across Rio Esva (northwestern Spain) were explored by using the residuals from stock–recruitment relationships as indices of survival rates of spawner-to-recruit (STR), spawner-to-cohort size (STC), and spawner-to-spawner (STS). Positive correlations in pairwise comparisons among survival rates together with highly significant spatiotemporal variation in STC (74.3%) and STS (51.5%) explained by variation in STR provided evidence for persistent spatial covariation across the river drainage during the whole lifetime. Split-line regressions fitted to the survival rates versus river discharge in March (when trout emerge) highlighted the importance of discharge during, or just after, trout emergence as a major determinant of recruitment whose effects are reflected in the population over the lifetime and emphasized the synchrony between environmental processes and brown trout dynamics. Synchrony in recruitment is caused by hydrological synchrony that, in turn, is determined by climatic synchrony (rainfall) operating at the regional scale. The importance of discharge for recruitment is consistent with studies on native and introduced populations, suggesting its broad effect on the dynamics of stream brown trout across geographical regions.

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