Seasonal Movement of Brown Trout in a Southern Appalachian River

Burrell, Kyle H.; Isely, J. Jeffery; Bunnell, David B.; Lear, David H. Van; Dolloff, C. Andrew

doi:10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<1373:smobti>2.0.co;2

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“…The movement rates we observed were also similar to the range of movement rates reported for spawning rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in New Zealand (321-487 m/d; Dedual and Jowett 1999;Venman and Dedual 2005), but lower than that reported for bull trout Salvelinus confluentus (up to 4.4 km/d; Swanberg 1997). The total distances moved by brown trout in our study (up to 41 km) were also within the range reported elsewhere for brown trout (Allen 1951;Clapp et al 1990;Meyers et al 1992;Burrell et al 2000;Knouft and Spotila 2002;Ovidio et al 2002;Bettinger and Bettoli 2004;Diana et al 2004;Rustadbakken et al 2004;Heggenes et al 2007), although somewhat less than the 76-202 km reported by Young (1994), Wilson and Boubee (1996), and Strickland et al (1999). Maximum movements are presumably constrained by the size of the catchments studied and the distances among foraging, refuge and spawning habitats.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Energetic costs of migration and movement increase for brown trout with water temperature and are extreme when water temperatures exceed 198C (Elliott 1994). We expected increased rates of movement in autumn, in preparation for spawning (as reported by Solomon and Templeton 1976;Burrell et al 2000;Bettinger and Bettoli 2004); however, very few of our tagged trout were left alive after the large flood in early autumn, making conclusions about prespawning movement impossible.…”

Section: Factors Affecting Movementmentioning

confidence: 57%

“…This male bias suggests that many of the females involved with spawning in the previous autumn and winter may have already migrated downstream before our capture and tagging in spring. Fast downstream movement after spawning has been reported previously (Meyers et al 1992;Burrell et al 2000), and it is possible that the few female trout we sampled were remnants of a larger group of females that had departed the Motupiko River after spawning.…”

Section: Male Trout Biasmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…It is difficult to separate the effects of flow and temperature on rates of movement because they were somewhat correlated (r ¼ À0.42). This pattern appears to be typical for trout; that is, relatively low rates of movement have been reported during periods with high temperatures (Burrell et al 2000;Mellina et al 2005;Gresswell and Hendricks 2007). Energetic costs of migration and movement increase for brown trout with water temperature and are extreme when water temperatures exceed 198C (Elliott 1994).…”

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confidence: 96%

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Movement and Mortality of Adult Brown Trout in the Motupiko River, New Zealand: Effects of Water Temperature, Flow, and Flooding

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Abstract.-Management of the effects of water quality and flow on fisheries requires an understanding of the factors that control fish movements. We used radiotelemetry to monitor the movements of adult brown trout Salmo trutta in a New Zealand river over 11 months (September 2004 to August 2006 and linked those movements to the changes in flow and water temperature. Individual fish moved up to 41 km during the study. However, most fish moved less than 1 km. All of the trout that showed little movement throughout the summer were living in relatively deep pools that presumably provided cover. The rates of movement declined steadily over the spring-summer period, as flow decreased and water temperature increased. The percentage of fish moving was positively related to the average daily flow during the interval between tracking occasions and negatively related to the average daily water temperature, less than 20% of the tagged fish moving once temperatures were above 198C. A severe, 50-year flood occurred in March 2005 and was associated with the mortality of 60-70% of the remaining tagged fish, confirming that flood-induced mortality can affect a substantial proportion of an adult brown trout population.Research on river-resident salmonids over the last 15 years has indicated that widespread movement is much more common than previously thought (Gowan et al.

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Section: Rates Of Movementsupporting

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Section: Factors Affecting Movementmentioning

confidence: 57%

Section: Male Trout Biasmentioning

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Section: Factors Affecting Movementmentioning

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Movement and Mortality of Adult Brown Trout in the Motupiko River, New Zealand: Effects of Water Temperature, Flow, and Flooding

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“…Radio-tracking studies of rainbow trout, brown trout, bulltrout (Salvelinus confluentus), and cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) under natural flow regimes are consistent in their findings that individual trout tend to remain in a small home area, generally <1 km, during non-spawning periods (Clapp et al 1990;Young 1996Young , 1998Knouft and Spotila 2002;Ovidio et al 2002;Schrank et al 2003;Aarestrup et al 2005;Popoff and Neumann 2005;Hojesjo et al 2007), but that they may move longer distances (e.g., 3-63 km) during migrations to spawning habitat (Bailey et al 1978;Meyers et al 1992;Brown and Mackay 1995;Swanberg 1997;Ovidio et al 1998;Burrell et al 2000;Hilderbrand and Kershner 2000;Meka et al 2003;Arnekleiv and Roenning 2004;Bahr and Shrimpton 2004;Bettinger and Bettoli 2004;Muhlfeld and Marotz 2005;Venman and Dedual 2005). In the South Fork American River rainbow trout would be expected to spawn in spring, as high winter flows recede.…”

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Distribution and movement of domestic rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, during pulsed flows in the South Fork American River, California

Cocherell

Jones²,

Miranda³

et al. 2010

Environ Biol Fish

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We tracked the movements of ten small (SL=25.5-31.0 cm) and ten large (SL=32.0-38.5 cm) radio-tagged domestic rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in response to frequent pulsed releases of water in the South Fork American River (California) from July to October 2005. In week one all the small trout moved less than 1 km upstream or downstream of their release sites. Four small trout moved 1-3 km upstream or downstream of their release sites in the following 8 weeks. Seven out of ten large trout moved downstream after their release. In subsequent weeks most large trout showed smaller upstream and downstream movements, and were observed between 1 km upstream and 8 km downstream of their release sites. Our results suggest that domestic rainbow trout with SL>25 cm are not forced downstream by daily pulsed flow increases from 5 to over 40 m 3 s −1 .

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Seasonal and temperature‐related movement of Colorado River cutthroat trout in a low‐elevation, Rocky Mountain stream

Hodge

Battige

Rogers

2017

Ecology and Evolution

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Mobile species will migrate considerable distances to find habitats suitable for meeting life history requirements, and stream‐dwelling salmonids are no exception. In April–October 2014, we used radio‐telemetry to examine habitat use and movement of 36 Colorado River cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus (CRCT) in a 14.9‐km fragment of Milk Creek, a relatively low‐elevation stream in the Rocky Mountains (Colorado). We also used a network of data loggers to track stream temperature across time and space. Our objectives were to (1) characterize distribution and movement of CRCT, (2) evaluate seasonal differences in distribution and movement of CRCT, and (3) explore the relationship between stream temperature and distribution and movement of CRCT. During the course of our study, median range of CRCT was 4.81 km (range = 0.14–10.94) and median total movement was 5.94 km (range = 0.14–26.02). Median location of CRCT was significantly further upstream in summer than in spring, whereas range and movement of CRCT were greater in spring than in summer. Twenty‐six of the 27 CRCT tracked through mid‐June displayed a potamodromous (freshwater migratory) life history, migrating 1.8–8.0 km upstream during the spring spawning season. Four of the seven CRCT tracked through July migrated >1.4 km in summer. CRCT selected relatively cool reaches during summer months, and early‐summer movement was positively correlated with mean stream temperature. Study fish occupied stream segments in spring and fall that were thermally unsuitable, if not lethal, to the species in summer. Although transmitter loss limited the scope of inference, our findings suggest that preferred habitat is a moving target in Milk Creek, and that CRCT move to occupy that target. Because mobile organisms move among complementary habitats and exploit seasonally‐unsuitable reaches, we recommend that spatial and temporal variability be accounted for in delineations of distributional boundaries.

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Seasonal Movement of Brown Trout in a Southern Appalachian River

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Movement and Mortality of Adult Brown Trout in the Motupiko River, New Zealand: Effects of Water Temperature, Flow, and Flooding

Movement and Mortality of Adult Brown Trout in the Motupiko River, New Zealand: Effects of Water Temperature, Flow, and Flooding

Distribution and movement of domestic rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, during pulsed flows in the South Fork American River, California

Seasonal and temperature‐related movement of Colorado River cutthroat trout in a low‐elevation, Rocky Mountain stream

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