Diet Analysis of Stocked Brown Trout vs. Rainbow Trout within the Muskegon River, MI

Presentation Type

Oral and/or Visual Presentation

Presenter Major(s)

Natural Resource Management

Mentor Information

Todd Aschenbach, aschenbt@gvsu.edu

Department

Biology

Location

Kirkhof Center 1142

Start Date

13-4-2011 10:00 AM

End Date

13-4-2011 10:30 AM

Keywords

Environment

Abstract

Recreational fishing is economically and socially essential to western Michigan. Brown trout (Salmo trutta) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are highly valuable stocked species requiring more scientific research of their diets. This scientific report will include data from 343 stocked trout specimens collected in spring of 2010 from Muskegon River, MI, and will be statistically analyzed to determine variations between diets of the two trout species. I hypothesize that there will be no significant differences in diets between species. Results will be used to better understand stocked trouts' diets to benefit the fishing industry in west Michigan.

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Diet Analysis of Stocked Brown Trout vs. Rainbow Trout within the Muskegon River, MI

Kirkhof Center 1142

Recreational fishing is economically and socially essential to western Michigan. Brown trout (Salmo trutta) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are highly valuable stocked species requiring more scientific research of their diets. This scientific report will include data from 343 stocked trout specimens collected in spring of 2010 from Muskegon River, MI, and will be statistically analyzed to determine variations between diets of the two trout species. I hypothesize that there will be no significant differences in diets between species. Results will be used to better understand stocked trouts' diets to benefit the fishing industry in west Michigan.