Greater predation by Double-crested Cormorants on cutthroat versus rainbow trout fingerlings stocked in a Wyoming river

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1984-1990

  Lovvorn, James R ^a   Yule, Daniel ^b   Derby, Clayton E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c West Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PREDATION;

NORTH PLATTE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

AMADINA FASCIATA; CICONIIFORMES; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; SALMONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033508551     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-164     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Allendorf, F.W., and Leary, R.F. 1988. Conservation and distribution of genetic variation in a polytypic species, the cutthroat trout. Conserv. Biol. 2: 170-184.
2. Angradi, T.R. 1992. Effects of predation risk on foraging behavior of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Can. J. Zool. 70: 355-360.
3. Bachman, R.A. 1984. Foraging behavior of free-ranging wild and hatchery brown trout in a stream. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 113: 1-32.
4. Baltz, D.M., Vondracek, B., Brown, L.R., and Moyle, P.B. 1991. Seasonal changes in microhabitat selection by rainbow trout in a small stream. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 120: 166-176.
5. Baxter, G.T., and Stone, M.D. 1995. Fishes of Wyoming. Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne.
6. Behnke, R.J. 1992. Native trout of western North America. Am. Fish. Soc. Monogr. 6.
7. Berejikian, B.A. 1995. The effects of hatchery and wild ancestry and experience on the relative ability of steelhead trout fry (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to avoid a benthic predator. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52: 2476-2482.
8. Bozek, M.A., and Rahel, F.J. 1991. Comparison of streamside visual counts to electrofishing estimates of Colorado River cutthroat trout fry and adults. N. Am. J. Fish. Manag. 11: 38-42.
9. Bozek, M.A., DeBrey, L.D., and Lockwood, J.A. 1994. Diet overlap among size classes of Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus) in a high-elevation mountain stream. Hydrobiologia, 273: 9-17.
10. Conover, W.J., and Iman, R.L. 1981. Rank transformations as a bridge between parametric and nonparametric statistics. Am. Stat. 35: 124-129.
11. Cowley, P.K. 1987. Potential for increasing abundance of cutthroat trout in streams by stocking fry and removal of brook trout. M.S. thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow.
12. Cunjak, R.A., and Green, J.M. 1986. Influence of water temperature on behavioural interactions between juvenile brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis, and rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Can. J. Zool. 64: 1288-1291.
13. Davenport, M.B. 1974. Piscivorous avifauna on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park. U.S. National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
14. Derby, C.E., and Lovvorn, J.R. 1997a. Predation on fish by cormorants and pelicans in a cold-water river: a field and modeling study. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54: 1480-1493.
15. Derby, C.E., and Lovvorn, J.R. 1997b. Comparison of pellets versus collected birds for sampling diets of Double-crested Cormorants. Condor, 99: 549-553.
16. De Staso, J., and Rahel, F.J. 1994. Influence of water temperature on interactions between juvenile Colorado River cutthroat trout and brook trout in a laboratory stream. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 123: 289-297.
17. Dickson, I.W., and Kramer, R.H. 1971. Factors influencing scope for activity and active and standard metabolism of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 28: 587-596.
18. Dwyer, W.P., and Kramer, R.H. 1975. The influence of temperature on scope for activity in cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 104: 552-554.
19. Feltham, M.J. 1995. Consumption of Atlantic salmon smolts and parr by Goosanders: estimates from doubly-labelled water measurements of captive birds released on two Scottish Rivers. J. Fish Biol. 46: 273-281.
20. Feltham, M.J., and MacLean, J.C. 1996. Carlin tag recoveries as an indicator of predation on salmon smolt by Goosanders and Redbreasted Mergansers. J. Fish Biol. 48: 270-282.
21. Findholt, S.L. 1988. Status, distribution, and habitat affinities of Double-crested Cormorant nesting colonies in Wyoming. Colon. Waterbirds, 11: 245-251.
22. Fraser, J.M. 1974. An attempt to train hatchery-reared brook trout to avoid predation by the Common Loon. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 4: 815-818.
23. Gresswell, R.E. (Editor). 1988. Status and management of interior stocks of cutthroat trout. Am. Fish. Soc. Symp. 4.
24. Gresswell, R.E. 1991. Use of antimycin for removal of brook trout from a tributary of Yellowstone Lake. N. Am. J. Fish. Manag. 11: 83-90.
25. Gresswell, R.E. 1995. Yellowstone cutthroat trout. In Conservation assessment for inland cutthroat trout. Edited by M.K. Young. U.S. For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-256, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colo. pp. 36-54.
26. Griffith, J.S. 1988. Review of competition between cutthroat trout and other salmonids. Am. Fish. Soc. Symp. 4: 134-140.
27. Griffith, J.S., and Smith, R.W. 1995. Failure of submersed macrophytes to provide cover for rainbow trout throughout their first winter in the Henrys Fork of the Snake River, Idaho. N. Am. J. Fish. Manag. 15: 42-48.
28. Hanson, D.L. 1977. Habitat selection and spatial interaction in allopatric and sympatric populations of cutthroat and steelhead trout. Ph.D. thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow.
29. Idyll, C. 1942. Food of rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout in the Cowichan River system, B.C. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 5: 448-458.
30. Kennedy, G.J.A., and Greer, J.E. 1988. Predation by Cormorants, Phalacrocorax carbo (L.), on the salmonid populations of an Irish river. Aquacult. Fish. Manag. 19: 159-170.
31. Kruse, C.G. 1998. Influence of non-native trout and geomorphology on distributions of indigenous trout in the Yellowstone River drainage of Wyoming. Ph.D. thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
32. Latta, W.C., and Sharkey, R.F. 1966. Feeding behavior of the American Merganser in captivity. J. Wildl. Manag. 30: 17-23.
33. Luecke, C. 1986. Ontogenetic changes in feeding habits of juvenile cutthroat trout. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 115: 703-710.
34. Mace, P.M. 1983. Bird predation on juvenile salmonids in the Big Qualicum estuary, Vancouver Island. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. No. 1176.
35. Matkowski, S.M.D. 1989. Differential susceptibility of three species of stocked trout to bird predation. N. Am. J. Fish. Manag. 9: 184-187.
36. Maynard, D.J., Frost, D.A., Waknitz, F.W., and Prentice, E.F. 1996. Vulnerability of marked age-0 steelhead to a visual predator. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 125: 330-333.
37. McMullin, S.L. 1979. The food habits and distribution of rainbow and cutthroat trout in Lake Koocanusa, Montana. M.S. thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow.
38. Mesa, M.G. 1991. Variation in feeding, aggression, and position choice between hatchery and wild cutthroat trout in an artificial stream. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 120: 723-727.
39. Miller, R.B. 1952. Survival of hatchery-reared cutthroat trout in an Alberta stream. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 81: 35-42.
40. Modde, T., Wasowicz, A.F., and Hepworth, D.K. 1996. Cormorant and grebe predation on rainbow trout in a southern Utah reservoir. N. Am. J. Fish. Manag. 16: 388-394.
41. Needham, P.R., and Slater, D.W. 1944. Survival of hatchery-reared brown and rainbow trout as affected by wild trout populations. J. Wildl. Manag. 8: 22-36.
42. Neter, J., and Wasserman, W. 1974. Applied linear statistical models. Richard D. Irwin, Homewood, Ill.
43. Nettleship, D.N., and Duffy, D.C. (Editors). 1995. The Double-crested Cormorant: biology, conservation and management. Colon. Waterbirds, 18 (Spec. Publ. No. 1).
44. Nicholas, J.W. 1978. Life history differences between sympatric populations of rainbow and cutthroat trouts in relation to fisheries management strategy. In Wild Trout - Catchable Trout: Proceedings of a Symposium held in Eugene, Oregon, 15-17 February 1978. Edited by J.R. Moring. Research and Development Section, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Corvallis. pp. 181-188.
45. Nilsson, N.-A., and Northcote, T.G. 1981. Rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) and cutthroat trout (S. clarki) interactions in coastal British Columbia lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 38: 1228-1246.
46. Ottenbacher, M.J., Hepworth, D.K., and Berg, L.N. 1994. Observations on Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) at sportfishing waters in southwestern Utah. Great Basin Nat. 54: 272-286.
47. TM guide for personal computers, version 6 ed. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C.
48. Smith, R.W., and Griffith, J.S. 1994. Survival of rainbow trout during their first winter in the Henrys Fork of the Snake River, Idaho. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 123: 747-756.
49. Sokal, R.R., and Rohlf, F.J. 1981. Biometry. 2nd ed. W.H. Freeman, San Francisco.
50. Stuber, R.J., Sealing, C., and Bergersen, E.P. 1985. Rainbow trout returns from fingerling plantings in Dillon Reservoir, Colorado, 1975-1979. N. Am. J. Fish. Manag. 5: 471-474.
51. Suter, W. 1995. The effect of predation by wintering Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo on grayling Thymallus thymallus and trout (Salmonidae) populations: two case studies from Swiss rivers. J. Appl. Ecol. 32: 29-46.
52. Swanson, G.A., Krapu, G.L., Bartonek, J.C., Serie, J.R., and Johnson, D.H. 1974. Advantages in mathematically weighting waterfowl food habits data. J. Wildl. Manag. 38: 302-307.
53. Tabor, R.A., and Wurtsbaugh, W.A. 1991. Predation risk and the importance of cover for juvenile rainbow trout in lentic systems. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 120: 728-738.
54. Trojnar, J.R., and Behnke, R.J. 1974. Management implications of ecological segregation between two introduced populations of cutthroat trout in a small Colorado lake. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 103: 423-430.
55. Wilzbach, M.A. 1985. Relative roles of food abundance and cover in determining the habitat distribution of stream-dwelling cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 42: 1668-1672.
56. Young, M.K. (Editor). 1995a. Conservation assessment for inland cutthroat trout. U.S. For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-256, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colo.
57. Young, M.K. 1995b. Colorado River cutthroat trout. In Conservation assessment for inland cutthroat trout. Edited by M.K. Young. U.S. For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-256, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colo. pp. 16-23.
58. Young, M.K. 1996. Summer movements and habitat use by Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus) in small, montane streams. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 53: 1403-1408.