Brown Trout: Biology, Ecology and Management

Synopsis

Brown 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. It Includes Several Chapters Focused On The Impact Caused By The Species And On Potential Management Strategies To, First, Maintain Numerous Damaged Populations Within Their Natural Distributional Range And, Second, Ameliorate Its Impacts On Exotic Environments. Authors From All Over The World Involved In Their Study And Management Offer Reviews And Case Studies That Provide Insight Into Theory And Practice. Brown Trout: Biology, Ecology And Management Will Provide Scientists, Researchers And Experts In Salmonids With Attempts To Uncover The Exit From The Complex Maze Of Controversies And Challenges Associated With This Species-- This Book Summarizes The Important Aspects Of Brown Trout's Biology And Ecology. It Includes Several Chapters Focused On The Impact Caused By The Species And On Potential Management Strategies To, First, Maintain Numerous Damaged Populations Within Their Natural Distributional Range And, Second, Ameliorate Its Impacts On Exotic Environments. Authors From All Over The World Involved In Their Study And Management Offer Reviews And Case Studies That Provide Insight Into Theory And Practice-- List Of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface / Malcolm Elliott -- 1. Introduction / Javier Lobón-cerviá -- Section 1. Phylogeography And Genetic Structure. 2. Phylogeographic History Of Brown Trout: A Review / Nuria Sanz ; 3. Genetics Of The Genus Salmo In Italy : Evolutionary History, Population Structure, Molecular Ecology And Conservation / Andreas Meraner And Andrea Gandolfi ; 4. Understanding The Brown Trout Population Genetic Structure In The Iberian Peninsula / J.l. García-marín, R.m. Araguas, M. Vera, And Nuria Sanz ; 5. Understanding Brown Trout Population Genetic Structure : A Northern-european Perspective / L. Asbjørn Vøllestad --^ Section 2. Reproductive Traits And Early Ontogeny. 6. The Velocity Of Love. The Role Of Female Choice In Salmonine Reproduction / Manu Esteve ; 7. Observations Of Male Choice In Brown Trout (salmo Trutta) From Lar National Park, Iran / 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 / Ole Kristian Berg And Ian A. Fleming ; 9. Impact Of Embeddedness On Salmo Trutta At Different Periods Of Their Early Ontogenesis / V. Bolliet And A. Bardonnet -- Section 3. Life-history. 10. Habitat As Template For Life-histories / Bror Jonsson And Nina Jonsson ; 11. Life-history Plasticity In Anadromous Brown Trout : A Norwegian Perspective / Jan Henning L'abée-lund And L. Asbjørn Vøllestad ; 12. Life-history Of The Adfluvial Brown Trout (salmo Trutta L.) In Eastern Fennoscandia / A. Huusko, A. Vainikka, J.t. Syrjänen, P. Orell, P. Louhi, And T. Vehanen --^ Section 4. Population Dynamics. 13. Discharge-dependent Recruitment In Stream-spawning Brown Trout / 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 / Gorm Heilskov Rasmussen ; 15. Foraging Behaviour Of Brown Trout : A Model Species For Linking Individual Ecology To Population Dynamics? / 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 / J. Höjesjö ; 17. Brown Trout On The Move : Migration Ecology And Methodology / Kim Aarestrup, Niels Jepsen, And Eva B. Thorstad ; 18. Sea Trout (salmo Trutta) In Galicia (nw Spain) / Pablo Caballero Javierre, Rufino Vieira-lanero, And Fernando Cobo Gradín ; 19. Sea Trout (salmo Trutta L.) In Denmark / Gorm Heilskov Rasmussen And Stig Pedersen --^ Section 5. Brown Trout As A Global Invader. 20. Brown Trout As An Invader : A Synthesis Of Problems And Perspectives In North America / Phaedra Budy And Jereme W. Gaeta ; 21. The Introduction Of Brown Trout To New Zealand And Their Impact On Native Fish Communities / Peter Jones And Gerard Closs ; 22. The Effects Of Brown Trout On The Trophic Webs Of New Zealand Streams / 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 / Miguel A. Casalinuovo, Marcelo F. Alonso, Patricio J. Macchi , And Jorge A. Kuroda ; 24. Africa : Brown Trout Introductions, Establishment, Current Status, Impacts And Conflicts / 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. 25. Why Conserve Native Brown Trout? / John J. Piccolo, Günther Unfer, And Javier Lobón-cerviá ; 26. Fisheries Management Of Stream-resident Brown Trout Populations : Possibilities And Restrictions / Günther Unfer And Kurt Pinter ; 27. Ecology And Management Of Stream-resident Brown Trout In Michigan (usa) / Troy G. Zorn ; 28. History, Conservation And Management Of Adfluvial Brown Trout Stocks In Finland / J.t. Syrjänen, A. Vainikka, P. Louhi, A. Huusko, P. Orell, And T. Vehanen ; 29. Brown Trout Management For The 21st Century / Kyle A. Young, P. Gaskell, T. Jacklin, And J.e. Williams. Edited By Javier Lobón-cerviá, National Museum Of Natural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain; Nuria Sanz, University Of Girona, Girona, Spain. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.