Diel patterns of foraging and microhabitat use by sympatric rainbow trout and bull trout: implications for adaptive differentiation and instream flow assessment

Author:

Naman Sean M.1,Rosenfeld Jordan S.2,Lannan Alecia S.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

2. Conservation Science Section, BC Ministry of Environment, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Abstract

Salmonids make flexible and adaptive trade-offs between foraging efficiency and predation risk that result in variable patterns of diel activity and habitat use. However, the following remains unclear: (1) how patterns differ among salmonid species; and (2) how this affects the interpretation of habitat suitability models that inform instream flow management. We combined snorkel observations with experimental additions of cover to investigate how predation risk, cover, and bioenergetics affect diel activity and habitat use patterns by sympatric rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the Skagit River, British Columbia, Canada. Both species foraged primarily at dusk, supporting the well-described trade-off between foraging efficiency and predation risk. However, only rainbow trout responded to cover additions, suggesting that risk tolerance and the nature of foraging-predation risk trade-offs differ between species. Diel shifts in activity and habitat use also substantially altered predictions of habitat suitability models, with potentially large consequences for flow management.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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