Southern Research Station

Title: The effects of water depth on prey detection and capture by juvenile coho salmon and steelhead

Author: Piccolo, J.J.; Hughes, N.F.; Bryant, M.D.

Date: 2007

Source: Ecology of Freshwater Fish 2007: 16: 432---441

Description: We used three-dimensional video analysis of feeding experiments to determine the effects of water depth on prey detection and capture by drift-feeding juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead (0. mykiss irideus). Depth treatments were 0.15, 0.30, 0.45 and 0.60 m. Mean prey capture probabilities for both species were constant across all treatments (coho = 0.51, steelhead = 0.39), and did not differ significantly between species.

Keywords: coho, foraging, segregation, steelhead, water depth

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Piccolo, J.J.; Hughes, N.F.; Bryant, M.D.  2007.  The effects of water depth on prey detection and capture by juvenile coho salmon and steelhead.   Ecology of Freshwater Fish 2007: 16: 432---441