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- Title
Spread of hybridization between native westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi , and nonnative rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.
- Authors
Hitt, Nathaniel P.; Frissell, Christopher A.; Muhlfeld, Clint C.; Allendorf, Fred W.
- Abstract
We examined spatial and temporal patterns of hybridization between native westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi, and nonnative rainbow trout, O. mykiss, in streams of the Flathead River system in Montana, U.S.A. We detected hybridization in 24 of 42 sites sampled from 1998 to 2001. We found new Oncorhynchus mykiss introgression in seven of 11 sample populations that were determined to be nonhybridized in 1984. Patterns of spatial autocorrelation and linkage disequilibrium indicated that hybridization is spreading among sites and is advancing primarily via post-F1 hybrids. Although hybridized populations were distributed widely throughout the study area, the genetic contribution from O. mykiss decreased with increasing upstream distance from the Flathead River mainstem, suggesting that O. mykiss introgression is spreading in an upstream direction. The spread of hybridization may be constrained more by demographic than by environmental factors, given that (i) hybridized populations generally encompassed the range of environmental variability in nonhybridized populations, and (ii) hybridization status was more strongly associated with neighborhood statistics than measured environmental gradients.
- Subjects
WESTSLOPE cutthroat trout; ONCORHYNCHUS; SPECIES hybridization; RAINBOW trout; BREEDING
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 2003, Vol 60, Issue 12, p1440
- ISSN
0706-652X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/F03-125