In brown trout surviving in acidified brook water, the plasma osmolality is reduced 15-25%. The decrease is much less than that expected from the measured reduction in the plasma concentration of Na+ and Cl-. This discrepancy cannot quantitatively be explained by the increase in plasma concentration of K+ (100%) and free amino compounds (mainly taurine; 280%) but appears mainly attributable to ...

The arrangement and number of the ponds and troughs, the water supply, the strain of brook trout, and their distribution in the ponds and troughs according to age, have remained unchanged since our first observations in 19o9. The crowding has gradually increased during these years, but the general external appearance of cleanliness of the ponds and troughs has not changed. Those containing the ...

A two-dimensional hydraulic model River2D was used to investigate the significance of flow complexity on habitat preferences of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis) in the high-gradient Staunton River in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Two 100-m reaches were modeled where detailed brook trout surveys 10–30-m resolution have been conducted annually since 1997. Spatial hydraulic complexity metr...

BACKGROUND Salmonids are native from the North Hemisphere but have been introduced for aquaculture and sport fishing in the South Hemisphere and inhabit most rivers and lakes in temperate and cold regions worldwide. Five species are included in the Global Invasive Species Database: rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, brown trout Salmo trutta, brook trout Salvelinus f...

Many freshwater fish species are considered vulnerable to stream temperature warming associated with climate change because they are ectothermic, yet there are surprisingly few studies documenting changes in distributions. Streams and rivers in the U.S. Rocky Mountains have been warming for several decades. At the same time these systems have been experiencing an increase in the severity and fr...

Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis have declined across their native range due to multiple anthropogenic factors, including landscape alteration and climate change. Although coldwater streams in Maryland (eastern United States) historically supported significant populations, only fragmented remnant populations remain, with the exception of upper Savage River watershed western Maryland. Using mic...