Bull Trout Life History, Genetics, Habitat Needs, and Limiting Factors in Central and Northeast Oregon, Annual Report 2001.
Description:
Bull trout Salvelinus confluentus exhibit a number of life history strategies. Stream-resident bull trout complete their life cycle in their natal tributaries. Migratory bull trout spawn in tributary streams where juvenile fish usually spend from one to four years before migrating to either a larger river (fluvial) or lake (adfluvial) where they rear before returning to the tributary stream to spawn (Fraley and Shepard 1989). These migratory forms occur where conditions allow movement from spaw…
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Date:
December 1, 2002
Creator:
Hemmingsen, Alan R.; Gunckel, Stephanie L.; Sankovich, Paul M. & Howell, Philip J.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department