The effects of trout on water striders in stream pools
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Oecologia
- Vol. 63 (3), 376-379
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00390668
Abstract
Observations made in Rattlesnake Creek, Santa Barbara County, California, U.S.A. indicate that rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) affect the microdistribution of adult water striders (Gerris remigis). Gerrids occupied all areas of stream pools lacking trout but stayed in margins of pools containing trout. To test the hypothesis that the presence of trout controlled the distribution of water striders within pools, trout were removed from some pools and transferred to pools lacking trout. Undistrubed pools with and without trout served as controls for the trout transferrals. The results supported the hypothesis; within one week, gerrids moved to the edge of pools where trout were added and to the middle of pools where trout were removed. Time budgets and gut analyses suggest that local patterns of gerrid distribution were maintained by harrassment of gerrids by trout. At times trout had significant effects on components of gerrid fitness.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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