Event Title
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.
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.