Description
Book SynopsisBrown Trout is an iconic species inhabiting a diversity of habitats from mountain streams of transparent waters to lakes and oceans and is sought after by thousands of passionate anglers worldwide. This book summarizes the important aspects of brown trout s biology and ecology.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors ix
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Malcolm Elliott
1 Introduction 1
Javier Lobón‐cerviá ix
Section 1 Phylogeography and Genetic Structure 15
2 Phylogeographic History of Brown Trout: A Review 17
Nuria Sanz
3 Genetics of the Genus Salmo in Italy: Evolutionary History, Population Structure, Molecular Ecology and Conservation 65
Andreas Meraner and Andrea Gandolfi
4 Understanding the Brown Trout Population Genetic Structure in the Iberian Peninsula 103
J.L. García‐Marín, R.M. Araguas, M. Vera, and Nuria Sanz
5 Understanding Brown Trout Population Genetic Structure: A Northern‐European Perspective 127
L. Asbjørn Vøllestad
Section 2 Reproductive Traits and Early Ontogeny 145
6 The Velocity of Love. The Role of Female Choice in Salmonine Reproduction 147
Manu Esteve
7 Observations of Male Choice in Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) from Lar National Park, Iran 165
Manu Esteve, Asghar Abdoli, Iraj Hashemzadeh Segherloo, Kiavash Golzarianpour, and Amir Abbas Ahmadi
8 Energetic Trade‐Offs Faced by Brown Trout During Ontogeny and Reproduction 179
Ole Kristian Berg and Ian A. Fleming
9 Impact of Embeddedness on Salmo trutta at Different Periods of their Early Ontogenesis 201
V. Bolliet and A. Bardonnet
Section 3 Life‐History 227
10 Habitat as Template for Life‐Histories 229
Bror Jonsson and Nina Jonsson
11 Life‐history Plasticity in Anadromous Brown Trout: A Norwegian Perspective 251
Jan Henning L’Abée‐Lund and L. Asbjørn Vøllestad
12 Life‐History of the Adfluvial Brown Trout (Salmo trutta L.) in Eastern Fennoscandia 267
A. Huusko, A. Vainikka, J.T. Syrjänen, P. Orell, P. Louhi, and T. Vehanen
Section 4 Population Dynamics 297
13 Discharge‐Dependent Recruitment in Stream‐Spawning Brown Trout 299
Javier Lobón‐Cerviá, Gorm Heilskov Rasmussen, and Erik Mortensen
14 Population Dynamics of Juvenile Brown Trout (Salmo trutta L.), Recruitment, Mortality, Biological Production and Smolt Yield in Two Danish Baecks 319
Gorm Heilskov Rasmussen
15 Foraging Behaviour of Brown Trout: A Model Species For Linking Individual Ecology to Population Dynamics? 369
John J. Piccolo and Johan Watz
16 Competition Within and Between Year Classes in Brown Trout; Implications of Habitat Complexity on Habitat Use and Fitness 383
J. Höjesjö
17 Brown Trout on the Move – Migration Ecology and Methodology 401
Kim Aarestrup, Niels Jepsen, and Eva B. Thorstad
18 Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) in Galicia (NW Spain) 445
Pablo Caballero Javierre, Rufino Vieira‐Lanero, and Fernando Cobo Gradín
19 Sea Trout (Salmo trutta L.) in Denmark 483
Gorm Heilskov Rasmussen and Stig Pedersen
Section 5 Brown Trout as a Global Invader 523
20 Brown Trout as an Invader: A Synthesis of Problems and Perspectives in North America 525
Phaedra Budy and Jereme W. Gaeta
21 The Introduction of Brown Trout to New Zealand and their Impact on Native Fish Communities 545
Peter Jones and Gerard Closs
22 The Effects of Brown Trout on the Trophic Webs of New Zealand Streams 569
Phillip G. Jellyman, Peter A. McHugh, Kevin S. Simon, Ross M. Thompson, and Angus R. McIntosh
23 Brown Trout in Argentina: History, Interactions and Perspectives 599
Miguel A. Casalinuovo, Marcelo F. Alonso, Patricio J. Macchi , and Jorge A. Kuroda
24 Africa: Brown Trout Introductions, Establishment, Current Status, Impacts and Conflicts 623
Olaf L.F. Weyl, Bruce R. Ellender, Phillip Ivey, Michelle C. Jackson, Denis Tweddle, Ryan J. Wasserman, Darragh J. Woodford, and Tsungai A. Zengeya
Section 6 Conservation and Management 641
25 Why Conserve Native Brown Trout? 643
John J. Piccolo, Günther Unfer, and Javier Lobón‐Cerviá
26 Fisheries Management of Stream‐Resident Brown Trout Populations – Possibilities and Restrictions 649
Günther Unfer and Kurt Pinter
27 Ecology and Management of Stream‐Resident Brown Trout in Michigan (USA) 667
Troy G. Zorn
28 History, Conservation and Management of Adfluvial Brown Trout Stocks in Finland 697
J.T. Syrjänen, A. Vainikka, P. Louhi, A. Huusko, P. Orell, and T. Vehanen
29 Brown Trout Management for the 21st Century 735
Kyle A. Young, P. Gaskell, T. Jacklin, and J.E. Williams
Index 771
