Development and evaluation of a bioenergetics model for bull trout
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
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Abstract
We conducted laboratory experiments to parameterize a bioenergetics model for wild Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus, estimating the effects of body mass (12–1,117 g) and temperature (3–20°C) on maximum consumption (C max) and standard metabolic rates. The temperature associated with the highest C max was 16°C, and C max showed the characteristic dome-shaped temperature-dependent response. Mass-dependent values of C max (N = 28) at 16°C ranged from 0.03 to 0.13 g·g−1·d−1. The standard metabolic rates of fish (N = 110) ranged from 0.0005 to 0.003 g·O2·g−1·d−1 and increased with increasing temperature but declined with increasing body mass. In two separate evaluation experiments, which were conducted at only one ration level (40% of estimated C max), the model predicted final weights that were, on average, within 1.2 ± 2.5% (mean ± SD) of observed values for fish ranging from 119 to 573 g and within 3.5 ± 4.9% of values for 31–65 g fish. Model-predicted consumption was within 5.5 ± 10.9% of observed values for larger fish and within 12.4 ± 16.0% for smaller fish. Our model should be useful to those dealing with issues currently faced by Bull Trout, such as climate change or alterations in prey availability.
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Mesa, M.G., Welland, L.K., Christiansen, H.E., Sauter, S.T., Beauchamp, D.A., 2013, Development and evaluation of a bioenergetics model for bull trout: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 142, no. 1, p. 41-49, https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2012.720628.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Development and evaluation of a bioenergetics model for bull trout |
| Series title | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society |
| DOI | 10.1080/00028487.2012.720628 |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication Date | December 04, 2012 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society |
| First page | 41 |
| Last page | 49 |