Do triploid Salmo trutta stocked into a chalk stream in the spring prey on wild Salmo salar smolts?

• Published in: Fisheries Management and Ecology
• Main Authors: Riley, W. D., Davison, P. I., Ives, M. J., Maxwell, D. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Almo; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fme.12023; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Ffme.12023; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/fme.12023

Abstract The predation impact of recently stocked triploid brown trout, S almo trutta L., on migrating wild A tlantic salmon, S almo salar L., smolts was investigated in two field‐based experiments. The first experiment employed a unique experimental facility to monitor 57 wild S . salar smolts thro...