Food habits of landlocked salmon and brook trout in a Maine lake after introduction of landlocked alewives
Speirs GD. 1974. Food habits of landlocked salmon and brook trout in a Maine lake after introduction of landlocked alewives. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 103(2):396-399
FISH: Shows the percent volume of fish in stomachs of Salmon and Brook Trout. Found that Salmon relied on open water prey more than Brook Trout which fed more on bottom and shoreline prey. The isopod Asellus racovitzae was an important forage for trout in winter and spring. Notes that Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Landlocked Rainbow Smelt, Banded Killifish, Nine-spined Stickleback, and American Eel were in Echo Lake /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Echo Lake GIS-CATEGORY 2 ; Fish: Notes some species of fish from Echo Lake
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Speirs, Garrett
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Echo Lake, Fish, Food, Invertebrates, Mount Desert Island, Water Quality