Impact ID5093
Impact TypeGenetic
Study TypeObservational
Study LocationField
Impact DescriptionA study by Grant (2002) in Valley Creek, MN, confirmed that hybridization between male brown trout and female brook trout occurs in the wild, resulting in a hybrid fish known as tiger trout. It also indicated that the interference of brown trout in conspecific brook trout reproduction could contribute to declines in brook trout populations
Reference14137
Cost 
LocationValley Creek, MN

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