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The Food of Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) Fry from Different Subsections of Lawrence Creek, Wisconsin
Author(s) -
Miller John M.
Publication year - 1974
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(1974)103<130:tfobts>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - fontinalis , salvelinus , trout , fishery , biology , streams , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , computer network , computer science
Brook trout fry in Lawrence Creek consumed more chironomids, simuliids, and ephemeropterans than trichopterans or amphipods during their first 6 months of life. Diets of fry from different sections of the stream were similar. Fry captured from upstream sections were consistently longer (5 to 12 mm) than those taken from downstream sections. This differential is explained on a basis of preferential upstream migration of larger fry during the period of the study.