Great Basin Naturalist
Article Title
Abstract
The Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah; BCT) was once abundant throughout the Bonneville Basin. In southwestern Utah, however, only 3 local populations of the subspecies were known to exist in 1977, when conservation efforts to protect and replicate them began. By 1995 remnant populations were known in 6 streams, and replicate populations had been established in an additional 16. Populations of BCT in southwestern Utah streams were surveyed by electrofishing in 1994 and 1995 to describe the subspecies' status. Estimated densities of age-1 and older BCT ranged from 118 to 546 fish per km. Biomass estimates ranged from 8 to 64 kg per ha. Several age groups of BCT were collected at most locations. Six populations were classified as self-sustaining, 9 as expanding through natural recruitment, 6 as new, and 1 as hybridized. Overall status of BCT in southwestern Utah has improved since 1977, but conservation measures must continue to maintain a positive trend.
Recommended Citation
Hepworth, Dale K.; Ottenbacher, Michael J.; and Berg, Louis N.
(1997)
"Distribution and abundance of native Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah) in southwestern Utah,"
Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 57:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol57/iss1/2