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Competitive Interactions Between a Native and Exotic Trout Species in High Mountain Streams
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Competitive Interactions Between a Native and Exotic Trout Species in High Mountain Streams |
| Creator | Thomas, Heather M. |
| Description | Populations of the introduced book trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, have recently become more widespread and abundant in western North American streams, possible at the expense of native Colorado River cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus. We examined the intensity and potential mechanism of competition between these species. Feeding experiments in laboratory stream channels showed that cutthroat trout feeding efficiency decreases in the presence of a brook trout. Decreased feeding... |
| Date | 1996-05-01T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5264 info:doi/10.26076/4c09-6df0 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/etd/article/6316/viewcontent/1996_Thomas_Heather.pdf |
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| Source | All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023 |
| Publisher | DigitalCommons@USU |
| Subject | Biology Life Sciences |
