Factors Influencing Successful Eradication of Nonnative Brook Trout from Four Small Rocky Mountain Streams Using Electrofishing

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 988-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley B. Shepard ◽  
Lee M. Nelson ◽  
Mark L. Taper ◽  
Alexander V. Zale
Keyword(s):  
Brook Trout ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Mountain Streams ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Rocky Mountain Streams

Responses of Epilithic Algae to Regulation of Rocky Mountain Streams

1987 ◽  
pp. 383-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Dufford ◽  
H. J. Zimmermann ◽  
L. D. Cline ◽  
J. V. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Mountain Streams ◽  
Epilithic Algae ◽  
Rocky Mountain Streams

Characteristics and function of large woody debris in subalpine Rocky Mountain streams in northern Colorado

1995 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 1789-1802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann D. Richmond ◽  
Kurt D. Fauseh
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Large Woody Debris ◽  
Mountain Streams ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
And Function ◽  
Rocky Mountain Streams

Large woody debris has been well studied in coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, but little is known of its role in Rocky Mountain streams. Large woody debris was measured in 11 undisturbed streams draining subalpine old-growth forests in north central Colorado to assess abundance, characteristics, and function. Although large woody debris in Colorado had smaller diameter, length, and volume than in the Pacific Northwest, its abundance and function were similar. The majority of pools (76%) were plunge and dammed pools formed by large woody debris, most of which spanned the channels perpendicular to stream flow. Smaller streams had a greater proportion of such perpendicular pool-forming pieces than larger streams. Four disturbed streams had significantly less and smaller large woody debris than undisturbed streams. Flows in larger undisturbed streams were capable of moving large woody debris, so pieces were more often located at the stream margins, oriented diagonally, or distributed in clumps than in smaller streams. Individual pools were larger and deeper in larger streams, but their size was not related to the size of large woody debris pieces forming them. Therefore, the function of large woody debris in forming fish habitat in small Rocky Mountain streams is strongly influenced by the stream's location within the watershed.

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