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1 June 2007 Impacts of a Gape Limited Brook Trout, Salvelinus Fontinalis, on Larval Northwestern Salamander, Ambystoma Gracile, Growth: A Field Enclosure Experiment
Christopher R. Currens, William J. Liss, Robert L. Hoffman
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Abstract

The formation of amphibian population structure is directly affected by predation. Although aquatic predators have been shown to have direct negative effects on larval salamanders in laboratory and field experiments, the potential impacts of gape-limited fish on larval salamander growth has been largely underexplored. We designed an enclosure experiment conducted in situ to quantify the effects of gape-limited Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) on larval Northwestern Salamander (Ambystoma gracile) growth. We specifically tested whether the presence of fish too small to consume larvae had a negative effect on larval growth. The results of this study indicate that the presence of a gape-limited S. fontinalis can have a negative effect on growth of larval A. gracile salamanders.

Christopher R. Currens, William J. Liss, and Robert L. Hoffman "Impacts of a Gape Limited Brook Trout, Salvelinus Fontinalis, on Larval Northwestern Salamander, Ambystoma Gracile, Growth: A Field Enclosure Experiment," Journal of Herpetology 41(2), 321-324, (1 June 2007). https://doi.org/10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[321:IOAGLB]2.0.CO;2
Accepted: 1 November 2006; Published: 1 June 2007
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