Bioenergetic responses of a stream food web to habitat restoration: interactions between Brown trout and invertebrate prey resources

• Published in: Restoration ecology Vol. 31; no. 5
• Main Authors: Kotalik, Christopher J., Wolff, Brian A., Pomeranz, Justin P. F., Richer, Eric E., Clements, William H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.07.2023; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates; Aquatic insects; Aquatic invertebrates; Aquatic populations; Benthos; Bioenergetics; Biomass; Environmental restoration; Fish populations; Fisheries; Food chains; food web; Food webs; Freshwater fishes; Habitat changes; Habitats; Insects; Invertebrates; Pollution abatement; Population number; Populations; Prey; prey resource utilization; Resource utilization; Resources; Restoration; Rivers; Salmonids; stream habitat restoration; Superfund; Trout; United States > US

Stream habitat restoration has the potential to rehabilitate degraded stream communities, but the bioenergetic impact of restoration on prey resources and utilization by salmonids has been understudied. We measured the responses of Brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations, aquatic and terrestrial prey...