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Native Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha and non‐native brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis prefer similar water temperatures
Author(s) -
Baird Sarah E.,
Steel Anna E.,
Cocherell Dennis E.,
Cech Joseph J.,
Fangue Nann A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/jfb.13810
Subject(s) - salvelinus , oncorhynchus , chinook wind , fontinalis , trout , biology , fishery , fish migration , juvenile , salmonidae , habitat , ecology , zoology , rainbow trout , fish <actinopterygii>
Preferred water temperatures and acute temperature tolerance limits of two salmonids in California were assessed: juvenile Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha , a native anadromous species, and sub‐adult brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis , an introduced game species. These two species preferred similar temperatures across an 18 h temperature preference experiment and showed similar critical thermal tolerance limits, suggesting a substantial thermal habitat overlap in the wild.