Larger streams are critical for wild brook trout conservation
Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 02:30
in Earth & Climate
The Latin name for brook trout—Salvelinus fontinalis—means "speckled fish of the fountains," but a new study by Penn State researchers suggests, for the first time, that the larger streams and rivers those fountains, or headwaters, flow into may be just as important to the brook trout.