Annual Variation of Spawning Cutthroat Trout in a Small Western USA Stream: A Case Study with Implications for the Conservation of Potamodromous Trout Life History Diversity

Authors

Phaedra E. Budy, Utah State UniversityFollow
Stephen Bennett
Robert Al-Chokhachy
Brett B. Roper, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volume

34

Issue

5

Publication Date

2014

First Page

1033

Last Page

1046

Abstract

Little is known about the variability in the spatial and temporal distribution of spawning potamodromous trout despite decades of research directed at salmonid spawning ecology and the increased awareness that conserving life history diversity should be a focus of management. We monitored a population of fluvial–resident Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii utah in a tributary to the Logan River, Utah, from 2006 to 2012 to gain insight into the distribution and timing of spawning and what factors may influence these spawning activities. We monitored Bonneville Cutthroat Trout using redd surveys with multiple observers and georeferenced redd locations. We documented an extended spawning period that lasted from late April to mid-July..

Recommended Citation

Budy, Phaedra E.; Bennett, Stephen; Al-Chokhachy, Robert; and Roper, Brett B., "Annual Variation of Spawning Cutthroat Trout in a Small Western USA Stream: A Case Study with Implications for the Conservation of Potamodromous Trout Life History Diversity" (2014). Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications. Paper 862.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/862