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- Title
Spatial variability in adult brook trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis) survival within two intensively surveyed headwater stream networks.
- Authors
Kanno, Yoichiro; Letcher, Benjamin H.; Vokoun, Jason C.; Zipkin, Elise F.; Magnan, Pierre
- Abstract
Headwater stream networks are considered heterogeneous riverscapes, but it is challenging to characterize spatial variability in demographic rates. We estimated site-scale (50 m) survival of adult (>age 1+) brook trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis) within two intensively surveyed headwater stream networks by applying an open-population N-mixture approach to count data collected over two consecutive summers. The estimated annual apparent survival rate was 0.37 (95% CI: 0.28-0.46) in one network and 0.31 (95% CI: 0.15-0.45) in the other network. In both networks, trout survival was higher in stream sites characterized by more abundant pool habitats. Trout survival was negatively associated with mean depth in one network and positively associated with stream gradient in the other. Stream temperature was not related to trout survival in either network, possibly because the majority of sites were thermally suitable. A similar analytical approach can be useful for inferring survival rates when count data are available over space and time but individual tagging is not feasible.
- Subjects
JEFFERSON (N.H.); BROOK trout; DEMOGRAPHY; WATER temperature; SUMMER; FISHERY management
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 2014, Vol 71, Issue 7, p1010
- ISSN
0706-652X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjfas-2013-0358