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A modeling assessment of the thermal regime for an urban sport fishery

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Product Type: Journal Article

Year: 1991

Author(s): Bartholow, J.M

Suggested Citation:
Bartholow, J.M. 1991. A modeling assessment of the thermal regime for an urban sport fishery. Environmental Management 15(6): 833-845.

Abstract

Water temperature is almost certainly a limiting factor in the maintenance of a self-sustaining rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, formerly Salmo gairdneri) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) fishery in the lower reaches of the Cache la Poudre River near Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Irrigation diversions dewater portions of the river, but cold reservoir releases moderate water temperatures during some periods…

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