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Table 2 Morphometric measurements annual mean and total range values, seasonal niche broad, and seasonal prey diversity

From: Selective foraging by non-native rainbow trout on invertebrates in Patagonian streams in Argentina

 

NyF ( n  = 109)

CVA ( n  = 60)

Biological parameters

Mean ± SD

Range

Mean ± SD

Range

  Fish length (cm)

11.1 ± 7.0

2.6 to 44.2

11.3 ± 4.2

5.2 to 9.6

  Fish weight (g)

44.6 ± 157.0

0.1 to 988.7

20.3 ± 21.2

1.6 to 84.7

Diet broad

Levin's index

  Early autumn

0.032

 

0.263

 

  Late winter

0.247

 

0.169

 

  Late spring

0.331

 

0.588

 

  Late summer

0.037

 

0.332

 

Prey diversity

Shannon index

  Early autumn

1.82

 

3.37

 

  Late winter

3.44

 

1.98

 

  Late spring

3.54

 

1.98

 

  Late summer

1.25

 

3.46

 
  1. Of Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) from Nant y Fall (NyF) and Cabeza de Vaca (CVA) streams (Patagonia, Argentina) during the study period (early autumn, later winter, later spring of 2005, and later summer of 2006).