Transactions of the American Fisheries Society · 1973 · 48 citations · 0 references
Natural ResourcesEcologyFisheriesFish BiologyFish EcologyFish Population DynamicsFish Population AssessmentFish Population BiologyReservoir FisheriesReservoir ManagementRiver EngineeringStream EcologyFish Assemblage DynamicsFloodplain Fish AssemblagesRelative Abundance AnalysisReservoir ConstructionReservoir Fish EcologyReservoir Fish Population DynamicsStampede DynamicsStream Fish Ecology
Fish populations were compared before (1952–1961) and after (1970–1972) construction of Stampede Reservoir in a mile of Sagehen Creek above the reservoir. Relative abundance and species composition were quite different after reservoir construction. Suckers (Catostomus platyrhynchus and C. tahoensis) are now numerically dominant (79% of all fish); whereas, formerly they made up 18% (by numbers) of the fish composition. Rainbow trout have increased, but brown trout and whitefish have decreased; and brook trout have not been collected since impoundment. Reservoir construction is the only major change in the Sagehen Creek watershed.