Prey consumption rates and growth of piscivorous brown trout in a subarctic watercourse

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Jensen, H., Amundsen, P.‐A., Elliott, J. M., Bøhn, T., Aspholm, P. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2006
• Subjects: Norway; Pasvik; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00972.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.0022-1112.2006.00972.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00972.x

Prey consumption rates of piscivorous brown trout Salmo trutta were studied in the Pasvik watercourse, which forms the border between Norway and Russia. Estimates of food consumption in the field were similar to or slightly less than maximum values from a bioenergetic model. The piscivore diet consi...