As he and his colleagues at MontanaFish, Wildlife & Parks attempt to solve the mystery of the Swan River's vanishing bull trout, Sam Bourret is all ears ... .
As he and his colleagues at MontanaFish, Wildlife & Parks attempt to solve the mystery of the Swan River's vanishing bull trout, Sam Bourret is all ears ... .
A recent study by Fish, Wildlife & Parks analyzes the inner earbones of freshwater fish, known as “otoliths,” to learn their life histories in northwest Montana... .
Researchers analyzed bull trout otoliths from Swan Lake to identify key spawning tributaries, refining redd count data to target habitat protection and recovery ... .
The study, “Estimates of Spawning Stream Contributions to an Imperiled BullTrout Metapopulation Utilizing Otolith Geochemistry and Redd Counts,” uses decades of bull trout spawning data ...
Study of Swan River basin bull trout uses otolith geochemistry and decades of redd counts to pinpoint key spawning streams that sustain Swan Lake populations ... .