Experimental analysis of trout effects on survival, growth, and habitat use of two species of western Ambystomatid salamanders
Journal of Herpetology
By: T. Tyler, W.J. Liss, Robert L. Hoffman, and L. Ganio
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Abstract
Introduced fish have been implicated as reducing abundance or eliminating ambystomatid salamanders from montane lakes in western North America. We tested the null hypotheses that survivorship, growth, and refuge use of larvae reared for 30 d did not differ between artificial ponds with trout and without trout. Larval survivorship for both A. macrodactylum and A. gracile was significantly lower in ponds with trout than in fishless ponds. Both species had significantly lower snout-vent lengths in ponds with trout than in fishless ponds at the conclusion of the experiments. Only A. gracile had significantly lower body weight in ponds with trout than in ponds without trout. For both species, substrate locations of larvae were significantly influenced by trout at the conclusion of the experiments. Larvae of both species were found in a narrower range of substrates in ponds with fish than in control ponds. Our findings support inferences from field studies that the presence of trout have negative impacts on larval A. macrodactylum and A. gracile.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Experimental analysis of trout effects on survival, growth, and habitat use of two species of western Ambystomatid salamanders |
| Series title | Journal of Herpetology |
| DOI | 10.2307/1565448 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles |
| Contributing office(s) | Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 345 |
| Last page | 349 |
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