Movement patterns in inland cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah): management and conservation implications
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Knowledge of movement patterns is critical to the management and conservation of inland salmonids. We studied the movements of Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah) in a drainage in western Wyoming, USA. Our objectives were to (i) characterize the postspawning movement patterns of adult Bonneville cutthroat trout, (ii) contrast postspawning and summer movement patterns, and (iii) identify factors that disrupt the movements of Bonneville cutthroat trout. Our data showed that postspawning movements of Bonneville cutthroat trout formed a continuum, with fish moving from 0.5 to 82.0 km. Postspawning distance was positively related to fish length. Despite the wide range of movement observed during the spring, fish did not move more than 0.5 km during the summer. A road culvert and an irrigation diversion dam did not seem to pose barriers to the upstream movement of Bonneville cutthroat trout to headwater spawning areas in the spring. However, 23% of radio-tagged fish in 2000 moved into the irrigation diversion ditch as they moved downstream after spawning and subsequently died there. Maintaining drainage connectivity is an important conservation concern for trout populations such as this one, where fish move between complementary spawning and summer habitats. Résumé : Une connaissance des patterns de déplacement des salmonidés à l’intérieur du continent est essentielle à leur conservation et leur gestion. Nous avons étudié les déplacements de la truite fardée de Bonneville (Oncorhynchus clarki utah) dans un bassin versant de l’ouest du Wyoming, États-Unis. Nos objectifs étaient (i) de décrire les patterns de déplacement après la fraye des truites fardées de Bonneville adultes, (ii) de comparer les patterns de déplacement après la fraye et ceux de l’été et (iii) d’identifier les facteurs qui perturbent les déplacements de la truite fardée de Bonneville. Nos données indiquent que les déplacements des truites fardées de Bonneville après la fraye forment un continuum, les poissons se déplaçant de 0,5 à 82,0 km. La distance parcourue après la fraye est fonction de la longueur du poisson. Malgré l’étendue importante des déplacements enregistrés au printemps, les poissons ne se déplacent pas plus de 0,5 km en été. Un ponceau de route et un canal de dérivation d’irrigation ne semblent pas former de barrière à la remontée des truites fardées de Bonneville vers les sites de fraye d’amont au printemps. Cependant, 23 % des poissons porteurs d’émetteurs radio en 2000 ont pénétré dans le fossé de dérivation d’irrigation lors de leur descente vers l’aval après la fraye et y sont morts éventuellement. Le maintien de la connectivité du réseau hydrographique est un problème important pour la conservation d’une population de truites comme celle-ci, chez laquelle les poissons se déplacent entre des habitats de fraye et des habitats d’été qui sont complémentaires. [Traduit par la Rédaction] Schrank and Rahel 1537
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Aligning Conservation Goals and Management Objectives for Bonneville Cutthroat Trout <i>(Oncorhynchus Clarki Utah)</i> in the Logan River, Utah
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تاریخ انتشار 2004