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Differential Recovery of Brook Trout Planted by Hand and by Air Drop
Author(s) -
Fraser J. M.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1968)97[32:drobtp]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - trout , fish <actinopterygii> , drop (telecommunication) , environmental science , drop out , fishery , biology , zoology , ecology , engineering , demographic economics , telecommunications , economics
Air dropped brook trout yearlings experienced a lower survival than trout planted by hand. It appears that the mortality is in some manner associated with the air drop since hand planted fish which had been transported by air did not experience this lower survival.