Feeding by hatchery- and pond-reared brown trout, Salmo trutta L., fingerlings released in a lake and in a small stream

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. O. JOHNSEN ◽  
O. UGEDAL
Hydrobiologia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 744 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trygve Hesthagen ◽  
Odd T. Sandlund ◽  
Anders G. Finstad ◽  
Bjørn O. Johnsen

1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 1920-1926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torgny Bohlin ◽  
Claes Dellefors ◽  
Ulo Faremo

In three years, in late autumn, underyearling wild sea-run brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a small stream were captured with electric fishing and tagged with microchips (passive integrated transponders). They were recaptured during the following season either as migrating smolts in a trap or by electric fishing in the stream just after the migration period and during spawning (late autumn). At spawning, they were distinguished as sexually mature male parr or immature juveniles. The smolts were longer and heavier at tagging than the mature male parr and the immature parr, which were similar in initial length and weight. The mature male parr had a significantly higher condition factor at tagging than the immature parr. The probability of parr maturation was positively associated with initial condition factor but not with initial body length. Growth of mature male parr and immature parr was similar in the early season but higher for immature parr in the late season. The result indicated that the choice of strategy was made earlier in life than previously recognized.


2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 1513-1524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad ◽  
Dimitar Serbezov ◽  
Arthur Bass ◽  
Louis Bernatchez ◽  
Esben Moland Olsen ◽  
...  

Many animals move among habitats, and even small-scale dispersal of individuals between habitat patches may have strong implications for population dynamics and structure. Here, we use long-term mark–recapture data combined with extensive genotyping and parentage assignment to investigate the importance of small-scale location change of resident brown trout ( Salmo trutta ) in a small stream (1500 m). During the first summer, juvenile fish dispersed downstream (mean displacement 200 m), with smaller juveniles dispersing longer distances. Downstream movement was also predominant during the first winter, but older fish moved little. This limited dispersal resulted in a significant isolation-by-distance structure for ages 1 and 2, but not for older age groups or for the mature fish. Individual pairwise relatedness coefficients decreased with waterway distance for mature fish during the 2002 and 2003 spawning seasons, but only weakly. Overall, between-site genetic differentiation was stronger for the younger age classes, and the signal decayed with age, indicating that the genetic structure observed in the stream is mainly driven by spatial aggregation of close relatives.


1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 1132-1136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torgny Bohlin ◽  
Claes Dellefors ◽  
Ulo Faremo

By trapping seaward migrating smolts of brown trout (Salmo trutta), we analyzed the timing of the run in a small stream in southwestern Sweden (58°N) during 1984–90 in relation to environmental factors. Ninety percent of the smolts were captured during a period of 28.7 d (SD 5.9), with median time ranging from April 26 to May 17. Using polynomial multiple regression, we found a positive relationship between the probability of migration per day and the number of degree-days, change in water level, temperature change during the preceding week, and mean annual fish length. Forty-seven percent of the variation was explained. The predicted probabilities were used to calculate the population fraction migrating per day for the seasons 1984–90. There was a close agreement between the observed and expected daily fraction of migrants. The model, with parameter values based on the observations from 1984–90, was also used to predict the daily migration in 1991. The result indicated that the model accurately predicts the smolt run (R2 = 0.40).


1988 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 1304-1309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trend Taugbøl ◽  
Jostein Skurdal ◽  
Ragnvald Andersen

The frequency of distinct white fin margins was investigated in four brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations, living in the small stream Austadbekken (anadromous and stream resident) and in Lake Selura (lake and stream spawners). The frequency varied within and among populations. White margins were most common among parr and mature residents from Austadbekken. Sea trout had very low frequencies compared with parr and mature residents from the same population. Among stream spawners from Lake Selura (which stay the first 0–2 yr in the stream), white margins were less frequent than in Austadbekken; lake spawners (which spend their entire life in the lake) had even fewer. While a previous author stated that white fin margins were under genetic control, our observations indicate that the environment can affect the coloration. We hypothesize that white fin margins play a role in territorial behavior and are developed strongly where territorial behavior is pronounced, i.e. in stream- and river-dwelling trout. There may be a selective pressure, favoring easily seen signals showing that a territory is occupied so that energy-demanding fights can be avoided. In open sea and estuaries where predators are frequent, conspicuous fin margins may be a disadvantage due to greater predation risks.


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