Great Basin Naturalist
Article Title
Effects of watershed alteration on the brook trout population of a small Black Hills stream
Abstract
The impacts of adjacent landscaping activity and livestock presence on the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) population of a small Black Hills stream were evaluated. Moderate changes in temperature, turbidity, and fecal coliform numbers did not influence brook trout densities. Stream morphometry, particularly factors affecting stream cover, appeared to have the greatest impact on numbers of trout. Brook trout were poor indicators of moderate changes in water quality, but they were adequate indicators of the physical perturbations within the stream.
Recommended Citation
Modde, Timothy; Drewes, Henry G.; and Rumble, Mark A.
(1986)
"Effects of watershed alteration on the brook trout population of a small Black Hills stream,"
Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 46:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol46/iss1/4