WestslopeCutthroat Trout   

Monica Yau, BSc, MSc in progressus
University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology

Email: yau@zoology.ubc.ca
Phone: 604-822-1301
Mailing address:

    University of British Columbia
    #2370-6270 University Blvd.
    Vancouver, B.C.
    Canada V6T 1Z4

Acknowledgments

   
A big thank you to Jennifer Earle and Angela Braun at Alberta Sustainable Resource Development for providing much of the raw GIS data used in this project and environmental variable information.

   
Thank you to Alejandro Cervantes for technical help with using ArcGIS and Brian Kilinkenberg for teaching GEOB 370.

Patrick Tamkee, Stefan Dick, Jon Mee, JS Moore and Matt Siegle,  thank you for all the mental and intellectual support.

Finally, to Dr. Eric Taylor thank you for being crazy about fish and taking me on as your student.

References:

1. Nathaniel P. Hitt, Christopher A. Frissell, Clint C. Muhlfeld, and Fred W. Allendorf. 2003. Spread of hybridization between native westslope cutthroat trout,     Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi, and nonnative rainbow trout,     Oncorhynchus mykis. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60(12):     1440–1451.

2. E.M. Rubidge & E.B. Taylor. 2005. An analysis of spatial and environmental factors influencing hybridization between native westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi) and introduced rainbow trout (O. mykiss) in the upper Kootenay River drainage, British Columbia. Conservation Genetics 6:369–384.

3. Joseph B. Rasmussen, Michael D. Robinson, and Daniel D. Heath.  2010. Ecological consequences of hybridization between native westslope cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) and introduced rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss) trout: effects on life history and habitat use. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 67: 357-370.