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

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 m3s−1.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Environmental Biology of Fishes

• Publication date

  2010-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s10641-010-9701-2
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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