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TABS Species Account TN00356 

TN00356    BROOK TROUT    SALVELINUS FONTINALIS

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

Food Habits

TrophicReferences
Carnivore788

LifestageFood Item ConsumedPart of Food Item
GeneralCrustaceansLarva stage
GeneralInsectsLarva stage
GeneralMolluscsLarva stage
GeneralOsteichthyesAdult stage
GeneralCrustaceansAdult stage
GeneralInsectsAdult stage
GeneralMolluscsAdult stage
GeneralOsteichthyesLarva stage
GeneralOsteichthyesAdult stage
GeneralSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
ImportantInsectsLarva stage
ImportantInsectsAdult stage
ImportantSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
JuvenileCrustaceansAdult stage
JuvenileInsectsAdult stage
AdultCrustaceansLarva stage
AdultCrustaceansAdult stage
AdultInsectsLarva stage
AdultInsectsAdult stage
AdultMolluscsLarva stage
AdultMolluscsAdult stage
AdultOsteichthyesLarva stage
AdultOsteichthyesAdult stage
GeneralAnimals
GeneralDiptera
GeneralTrichoptera
GeneralEphemeroptera
GeneralCypriniformes
GeneralMammalia
GeneralCricetidae

Comments on General Food Habits

9999S=food mostly insects and aquatic invertebrates; opportunistic feeder--terrestrial insects, fish, a shrew *788* Utilizes bottom-dwelling and drifting macroinvertebrates, and terrestrial insects; drifting foods may be selected over benthic forms when available; fish are an important food item in lake populations *832* Brook trout begin feeding on microcrustaceans after about 20-30 days; adults retain a preference for arthropods, feeding primarily on aquatic and terrestrial insects. and also typically on fishes; observed feeding on rosyside dace and crayfish in Virginia *4205*

References/LifestageReference Numbers
General788, 832, 4205
Adult788
Juvenile788
Important788


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