Changes in a Stream Population of Trout Associated with Increased Silt
- 1 February 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 22 (2) , 395-404
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f65-038
Abstract
Low standing crops of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, were closely associated with silting in Ellerslie Brook, Prince Edward Island, and appeared to result from the destruction of hiding places. Spawning was also curtailed by silting. Following scouring, trout stocks soon increased. The remarkable adaptability of trout to silting, in a habitat with favourable flow and water temperature, was illustrated.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: