Rainbow Trout Conservation | Researchers Revealed |
"Rainbow Trout are a north-temperate zone species native to freshwater habitats on the west coast of North America. This species requires clean, cool water to thrive, but local human activities (e.g., land use change, pollution) and the effects of climate change are altering freshwater habitats and posing severe challenges for Rainbow Trout."
HOW ARE YOU CONDUCTING THIS PROJECT?
"In this multi-investigator project, we are using a combination of conservation genomics, quantitative genetics and conservation physiology to characterize patterns of genetic variation among Rainbow Trout populations and associate this variation with habitat variation."
"Using hatchery-reared Rainbow Trout we are also working to identify genetic variants that are associated with differences in vulnerability to a range of climate-change relevant stressors. Together this work will allow us to identify appropriate units for conservation and management of wild trout and provide advice to fisheries managers for the selection of optimal strains of Rainbow Trout for stocking in the face of a changing environment."
Above excerpts by Dr. Patricia Schulte, from: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/pat...
FEATURING
Dr. Patricia Schulte: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/schultelab/
Dr. Jared Grummer: https://biodiversity.ubc.ca/people/af...
Dr. Kai Chan: https://chanslab.ires.ubc.ca/people/c...
GRAPHICS
Landscape Illustration by Derek Tan; Courtesy Eric B.Taylor from Rivers Run Through Us: A Natural and Human History of Great Rivers of North America (2021)
PHOTOGRAPHY
- Rainbow Trout, by Erin (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) - https://flic.kr/p/4WLAM4
- Young Rainbow Trout, by USFWS Midwest Region (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) - https://flic.kr/p/UdUGYW
- Portrait of a Rainbow Trout, by Nathan Rupert (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) - https://flic.kr/p/6uCHy8
- Fin clipping, by FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) - https://flic.kr/p/rmSqwR
- Rainbow Trout (juvenile), by Roger Tabor at USFWS (CC BY-NC 2.0) - https://flic.kr/p/ahs2QG
- Rainbow Trout, courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/3601632...
- Oncorhynchus mykiss, by David Pérez (DPC) (CC-BY-SA-4.0) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:On...
VIDEOGRAPHY
- Mountain lake drone, by Richard McCrea
- Tractor, by Marc Van den Broeck - https://www.pexels.com/video/tractor-...
- Clouds, by Mario Buonfiglio - https://www.pexels.com/video/dark-clo...
- Pacific northwest shoreline overview, by Marcus Morosan - https://www.pexels.com/video/nature-o...
- Ground-level shore, by Alberta Guy - https://www.pexels.com/video/rocky-mo...
- Daytime river, by Tom Fish - https://www.pexels.com/video/video-of...
- Close-up waterfall, by Keely Lacy - https://www.pexels.com/video/close-up...