Ecological Archives A014-014-A2

Douglas P. Peterson, Kurt D. Fausch, and Gary C. White.  2004.  Population ecology of an invasion:  effects of brook trout on native cutthroat trout.  Ecological Applications 14:754–772.

Appendix B. Parameter estimates for apparent survival (), population size (), and electrofishing capture probabilities () for trout in the four study streams during 1998 through 2001. Abbreviations are: mid = mid-elevation (2500 – 2700 m), high = high-elevation (3150 – 3250 m), CTL = control stream where trout populations were not manipulated, and TRT = treatment streams where brook trout were annually removed. Stream names are:  mid CTL = East Fork Parachute Creek, high CTL = Indiana Creek, mid TRT = Little Muddy Creek, and high TRT = Willow Creek. Adult trout ages 2 and older are denoted age 2+.

Stream

Year

Segment length (m)

Survey dates

Age class 

Parameter estimates (SE)

Brook trout

Cutthroat trout

Mid CTL

1998

 700

9/24 – 9/27

0

 0.483 (0.029)

 362 (9.9)

0.709 (0.039)

0.0601 (0.0192)

199 (7.0)

0.710 (0.0539)

Mid CTL

1999

700

9/3 – 9/9

0

0.163 (0.011)

1616 (42.1)

0.591 (0.025)

0.0126 (0.0117)

119 (6.4)

0.687 (0.0722)

Mid CTL

2000

800

9/27 – 9/30

0

0.059 (0.006)

1720 (24.4)

0.696 (0.018)

0.00136 (0.00239)

25 (1.2)

0.805 (0.0819)

Mid CTL

2001

800

9/25 – 9/28

0

391 (4.1)

0.849 (0.023)

52 (1.5)

0.842 (0.0640)

Mid CTL

1998

700

9/24 – 9/27

1

0.479 (0.026)

302 (7.5)

0.749 (0.038)

0.371 (0.0907)

37 (1.6)

0.792 (0.0798)

Mid CTL

1999

700

9/3 – 9/9

1

0.287 (0.025)

321 (8.9)

0.747 (0.031)

0.291 (0.0927)

31 (2.2)

0.763 (0.0852)

Mid CTL

2000

800

9/27 – 9/30

1

0.078 (0.018)

398 (16.2)

0.642 (0.037)

0.0198 (0.0281)

22 (2.5)

0.686 (0.135)

Mid CTL

2001

800

9/25 – 9/28

1

215 (4.8)

0.846 (0.031)

3 (0.1)

0.928 (0.0665)

Mid CTL

1998

700

9/24 – 9/27

2+

0.435 (0.0249)

527 (10.8)

0.732 (0.030)

0.622 (0.101)

41 (0.42)

0.936 (0.0316)

Mid CTL

1999

700

9/3 – 9/9

2+

0.307 (0.0229)

465 (12.9)

0.691 (0.028)

0.310 (0.0729)

55 (5.0)

0.635 (0.0842)

Mid CTL

2000

800

9/27 – 9/30

2+

0.0564 (0.0146)

332 (8.9)

0.781 (0.031)

0.102 (0.0656)

35 (4.2)

0.647 (0.114)

Mid CTL

2001

800

9/25 – 9/28

2+

230 (6.8)

0.800 (0.038)

8 (0.1)

0.974 (0.0245)

High CTL 

1998

950

8/20 – 8/23, 8/29

0

0.0 (0)

5 (1.7)

0.574 (0.265)

High CTL

1999

950

8/17 – 8/19

0

0.0 (0)

14 (9.2)

0.249 (0.212)

High CTL

2000

1082

8/14 – 8/18

0

0.0 (0)

6 (1.7)

0.444 (0.257)

High CTL

2001

1090

8/13 – 8/15

0

19 (3.7)

0.582 (0.217)

High CTL

1998

950

8/20 – 8/23, 8/29

1

0.290 (0.131)

28 (14.3)

0.252 (0.155)

High CTL

1999

950

8/17 – 8/19

1

0.850 (0.294)

3

0 (0.0018)

0.448 (0.135)

28 (4.8)

0.521 (0.172)

High CTL

2000

1082

8/14 – 8/18

1

0.869 (0.274)

5

0 (0.0016)

0.698 (0.346)

3 (1.0)

0.427 (0.216)

High CTL

2001

1090

8/13 – 8/15

1

1

0 (0.0036)

33 (8.1)

0.494 (0.169)

High CTL

1998

950

8/20 – 8/23, 8/29

2+

0.875 (0.109)

51 (3.2)

0.733 (0.098)

0.574 (0.066)

97 (4.9)

0.716 (0.0739)

High CTL

1999

950

8/17 – 8/19

2+

0.441 (0.0859)

49 (8.2)

0.484 (0.103)

0.551 (0.0596)

131 (11.8)

0.527 (0.0661)

High CTL

2000

1082

8/14 – 8/18

2+

0.374 (0.0985)

41 (3.4)

0.695 (0.099)

0.450 (0.0484)

149 (12.6)

0.532 (0.0629)

High CTL

2001

1090

8/13 – 8/15

2+

37 (5.8)

0.644 (0.146)

129 (2.2)

0.844 (0.0397)

Mid TRT 

1998

877

9/10 – 9/13

0

269 (10.2)

0.632 (0.0341)

181 (49.8)

0.309 (0.114)

Mid TRT

1999

877

9/10 – 9/13

0

215 (8.5)

0.637 (0.0350)

0.282 (0.0723)

71 (7.0)

0.581 (0.1012)

Mid TRT

2000

877

9/21 – 9/24

0

31 (2.4)

0.639 (0.0390)

0.355 (0.0477)

273 (15.4)

0.604 (0.0596)

Mid TRT

2001

877

9/18 – 9/21

0

74 (4.3)

0.629 (0.0367)

284 (124.6)

0.250 (0.136)

Mid TRT

1998

877

9/10 – 9/13

1

180 (5.2)

0.732 (0.0347)

0.274 (0.0495)

183 (18.2)

0.512 (0.0881)

Mid TRT

1999

877

9/10 – 9/13

1

112 (3.7)

0.736 (0.0348)

0.517 (0.0590)

164 (4.8)

0.759 (0.0483)

Mid TRT

2000

877

9/21 – 9/24

1

41 (2.0)

0.737 (0.0365)

0.471 (0.0711)

67 (9.1)

0.536 (0.1037)

Mid TRT

2001

877

9/18 – 9/21

1

28 (1.6)

0.729 (0.0380)

270 (22.9)

0.541 (0.0663)

Mid TRT

1998

877

9/10 – 9/13

2+

91 (1.7)

0.840 (0.0259)

0.359 (0.0465)

168 (3.9)

0.791 (0.0435)

Mid TRT

1999

877

9/10 – 9/13

2+

42 (1.1)

0.843 (0.0263)

0.356 (0.0484

159 (10.0)

0.618 (0.0572)

Mid TRT

2000

877

9/21 – 9/24

2+

56 (1.3)

0.844 (0.0271)

0.386 (0.0448)

168 (14.8)

0.483 (0.0535)

Mid TRT

2001

877

9/18 – 9/21

2+

59 (1.4)

0.839 (0.0266)

117 (3.1)

0.767 (0.0549)

High TRT 

1998

950

9/17 – 9/20

0

107 (6.1)

0.613 (0.0427)

High TRT

1999

1002

8/10 – 8/13

0

30 (2.6)

0.622 (0.0438)

High TRT

2000

1200

8/8 – 8/11

0

High TRT

2001

1200

8/7 – 8/10

0

175 (8.8)

0.614 (0.0420)

High TRT

1998

950

9/17 – 9/20

1

14 (1.2)

0.725 (0.0486)

High TRT

1999

1002

8/10 – 8/13

1

23 (1.5)

0.732 (0.0480)

High TRT

2000

1200

8/8 – 8/11

1

38 (2.1)

0.732 (0.0485)

High TRT

2001

1200

8/7 – 8/10

1

14 (1.2)

0.725 (0.0489)

High TRT

1998

950

9/17 – 9/20

2+

240 (3.5)

0.821 (0.0219)

0.5678 (0.0888)

40 (0.17)

0.973 (0.0274)

High TRT

1999

1002

8/10 – 8/13

2+

92 (1.9)

0.827 (0.0222)

0.674 (0.1002)

29 (4.3)

0.534 (0.1042)

High TRT

2000

1200

8/8 – 8/11

2+

108 (2.0)

0.827 (0.0225)

0.466 (0.1008)

27 (1.4)

0.800 (0.0895)

High TRT

2001

1200

8/7 – 8/10

2+

117 (2.2)

0.822 (0.0224)

21 (0.8)

0.889 (0.0833)

   Notes:  Apparent survival estimates are for the annual interval beginning in the year indicated (i.e.,  is for 1998–1999 interval). A dash (–) indicates no estimate was possible or no trout were captured.

Estimates are poor because few fish of this age class were captured.

Values are total numbers captured because too few fish were captured to calculate an estimate.



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