Development and assessment of habitat suitability criteria for adult brown trout in southern New England rivers

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-274

  Strakosh, T R ^a   Neumann, R M ^a   Jacobson, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Inland Fisheries Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown trout; HSC; Instream flow; Microhabitat; Snorkeling; Transferability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HABITAT QUALITY; MICROHABITAT; SALMONID;

UNITED STATES;

SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0344287204     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0633.2003.00022.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Bain, M.B., Finn, J.T. & Booke, H.E. 1985. Quantifying stream substrate for habitat analysis studies. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 5: 499-500.
2. Baker, E.A. & Coon, T.G. 1997. Development and evaluation of alternative habitat suitability criteria for brook trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126: 65-76.
3. Bovee, K.D. 1986. Development and evaluation of habitat suitability criteria for use in the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology. Instream Flow Information Paper 21. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 86 (7).
4. Bozek, M.A. & Rahel, F.J. 1992. Generality of microhabitat suitability models for young Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus) across sites and among years in Wyoming streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 552-564.
5. Conklin, D.J. Jr, Canton, S.P., Chadwick, J.W. & Miller, W.J. 1996. Habitat suitability curves for selected fish species in the central Platte River, Nebraska. Rivers 5: 250-266.
6. Conover, W.J. 1980. Practical nonparametric statistics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
7. Cummins, K.W. 1962. An evaluation of some techniques for the collection and analysis of benthic samples with emphasis on lotic waters. American Midland Naturalist 67: 477-504.
8. Dolloff, C.A., Kershner, J. & Thurow, R. 1996. Underwater observation. In: Murphy, B.R. & Willis, D.W., eds. Fisheries techniques, 2nd edn. Bethesda, Maryland: American Fisheries Society, pp. 533-554.
9. Fausch, K.D. & White, R.J. 1986. Competition among juveniles of coho salmon, brook trout, and brown trout in a laboratory stream, and implications for Great Lakes tributaries. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 115: 363-381.
10. Freeman, M.C., Bowen, Z.H. & Crance, J.H. 1997. Transferability of habitat suitability criteria for fishes in warmwater streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17: 20-31.
11. Glozier, N.E., Culp, J.M. & Scrimgeour, G.J. 1997. Transferability of habitat suitability curves for a benthic minnow, Rhinichthys cataractae. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 12: 379-393.
12. Groshens, T.P. & Orth, D.J. 1994. Transferability of habitat suitability criteria for smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu. Rivers 4: 194-212.
13. Heggenes, J. 1996. Habitat selection by brown trout (Salmo trutta) and young Atlantic salmon (S. salar) in streams: static and dynamic hydraulic modeling. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 12: 155-169.
14. Heggenes, J., Brabrand, A. & Saltveit, S.J. 1990. Comparison of three methods for studies of stream habitat use by young brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 119: 101-111.
15. Heggenes, J.A. & Saltveit, S.J. 1990. Seasonal and spatial microhabitat selection and segregation in young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. and brown trout, Salmo trutta L., in a Norwegian river. Journal of Fish Biology 36: 707-720.
16. Maki-Petays, A., Muotka, T., Huusko, A., Tikkanen, P. & Kreivi, P. 1997. Seasonal changes in habitat use and preference by juvenile brown trout, Salmo trutta, in a northern boreal river. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 520-530.
17. Milhous, R.T., Updike, M.A. & Schneider, D.M. 1989. Physical Habitat Simulation System Reference Manual - Version II. Instream Flow Information Paper No. 26. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 89 (16).
18. Moyle, P.B. & Baltz, D.M. 1985. Microhabitat use by an assemblage of California stream fishes: developing criteria for instream flow determinations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 114: 695-704.
19. Newcomb, T.J., Perry, S.A. & Perry, W.B. 1995. Comparison of habitat suitability criteria for smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) from three West Virginia rivers. Rivers 5: 170-183.
20. Normandeau Associates. 1992. An instream flow study of the mainstem and West Branch of the Farmington River. Report R-12143. Bedford, New Hampshire: Normandeau Associates.
21. Nosal, T. 1997. Gazetteer of drainage areas of Connecticut. Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Technical Publication Program, Water Resources Bulletin 45.
22. Orth, D.J. 1987. Ecological considerations in the development and application of instream flow-habitat models. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 1: 171-181.
23. Raleigh, R.F., Zuckerman, L.D. & Nelson, P.C. 1986. Habitat suitability index models and instream flow suitability curves: brown trout, revised. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 82 (10.124).
24. Ranzau, C.E. Jr, Frick, T.W., Norris, J.R. & Martin, J.W. 2000. Water resources data Connecticut water year 1999. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CT-99-1.
25. Shirvell, C.S. & Dungey, R.G. 1983. Microhabitats chosen by brown trout for feeding and spawning in rivers. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 112: 355-367.
26. Shuler, S.W., Nehring, R.B. & Fausch, K.D. 1994. Diel habitat selection by brown trout in the Rio Grande River, Colorado, after placement of boulder structures. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 14: 99-111.
27. Snedecor, G.W. & Cochran, W.G. 1996. Statistical methods. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press.
28. Tabachnick, B.G. & Fidell, L.S. 1996. Using multivariate statistics. New York, NY: HarperCollins College Publishers Inc.
29. Thomas, J.A. & Bovee, K.D. 1993. Application and testing of a procedure to evaluate transferability of habitat suitability criteria. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 8: 285-294.
30. Thurow, R.F. & Schill, D.J. 1996. Comparison of day snorkeling, night snorkeling, and electrofishing to estimate bull trout abundance and size structure in a second-order Idaho stream. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16: 314-323.