BROWN TROUT: BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

• Section 1 Phylogeography and Genetic Structure 15
2 Phylogeographic History of Brown Trout: A Review 17
3 Genetics of the Genus Salmo in Italy: Evolutionary History, Population Structure, Molecular Ecology and Conservation 65
4 Understanding the Brown Trout Population Genetic Structure in the
Iberian Peninsula 103
5 Understanding Brown Trout Population Genetic Structure: A Northern ]European Perspective 127
• Section 2 Reproductive Traits and Early Ontogeny 145
6 The Velocity of Love. The Role of Female Choice in Salmonine Reproduction 147
7 Observations of Male Choice in Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) from Lar National Park, Iran 165
8 Energetic Trade ]Offs Faced by Brown Trout During Ontogeny and Reproduction 179
9 Impact of Embeddedness on Salmo trutta at Different Periods of their Early Ontogenesis 201
• Section 3 Life ]History 227
10 Habitat as Template for Life ]Histories 229
11 Life ]history Plasticity in Anadromous Brown Trout: A Norwegian Perspective 251
12 Life ]History of the Adfluvial Brown Trout (Salmo trutta L.) in Eastern Fennoscandia 267
• Section 4 Population Dynamics 297
13 Discharge ]Dependent Recruitment in Stream ]Spawning Brown Trout 299
14 Population Dynamics of Juvenile Brown Trout (Salmo trutta L.), Recruitment, Mortality, Biological Production and Smolt Yield in Two Danish Baecks 319
15 Foraging Behaviour of Brown Trout: A Model Species For Linking Individual Ecology to Population Dynamics? 369
16 Competition Within and Between Year Classes in Brown Trout; Implications of Habitat Complexity on Habitat Use and Fitness 383
17 Brown Trout on the Move – Migration Ecology and Methodology 401
18 Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) in Galicia (NW Spain) 445
19 Sea Trout (Salmo trutta L.) in Denmark 483
• Section 5 Brown Trout as a Global Invader 523
20 Brown Trout as an Invader: A Synthesis of Problems and Perspectives in North America 525
21 The Introduction of Brown Trout to New Zealand and their Impact on Native Fish Communities 545
22 The Effects of Brown Trout on the Trophic Webs of New Zealand Streams 569
23 Brown Trout in Argentina: History, Interactions and Perspectives 599
24 Africa: Brown Trout Introductions, Establishment, Current Status, Impacts and Conflicts 623
• Section 6 Conservation and Management 641
25 Why Conserve Native Brown Trout? 643
26 Fisheries Management of Stream ]Resident Brown Trout Populations – Possibilities and Restrictions 649
27 Ecology and Management of Stream ]Resident Brown Trout in Michigan (USA) 667
28 History, Conservation and Management of Adfluvial Brown Trout Stocks in Finland 697
29 Brown Trout Management for the 21st Century 735

A comprehensive guide to the most current research, history, genetics and ecology of the brown trout including challenging environmental problems
The brown trout is an iconic species across its natural European distribution and has been introduced throughout the World. Brown Trout offers a comprehensive review of the scientific information and current research on this major fish species. While the brown trout is the most sought species by anglers, its introduction to various waters around the world is causing serious environmental problems. At the same time, introduction of exogenous brown trout lineages threats conservation of native gene pools of populations in many regions. The authors summarize the important aspects of the brown trout’s life history and ecology and focus on the impact caused by the species. The text explores potential management strategies in order to maintain numerous damaged populations within its natural distributional range and to ameliorate its impacts in exotic environments.
The authors include information on a wide-range of topics such as recent updates in population genetics, evolutionary history, reproductive traits and early ontogeny, life history plasticity in anadromous brown trout and life history of the adfluvial brown trout and much more.
This vital resource:
• Contains the latest research on the biology and ecology of brown trout
• Includes information on phylogeography, genetics, population dynamics and stock management
• Spotlights the brown trout’s introduction to regions around the world and the serious environmental impacts
• Offers a comprehensive review of conservation and management techniques

Written for salmonid scientists and researchers, fishery and environmental managers, and students of population genetics, ecology and population dynamics, Brown Trout explores the most recent findings on the history, ecology and sustainability of this much-researched species.

Authors
• Javier Lobón-Cerviá is Scientific Researcher, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain. He is Founder and Editor in Chief of the International Journal Ecology of Freshwater Fish, a Wiley publication.
• Nuria Sanz is Scientific Researcher of the Ichthyology Laboratory of Genetics and Professor of Genetics of the University of Girona, Girona, Spain. She is Associate Editor of the International Journal Ecology of Freshwater Fish.