View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange South Dakota State University Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange Theses and Dissertations 2016 Survival, Abundance, and Relative Predation of Wild Rainbow Trout in the Deerfield Reservoir System, South Dakota Jeremy L. Kientz South Dakota State University Follow this and additional works at: http://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd Part of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Commons Recommended Citation Kientz, Jeremy L., "Survival, Abundance, and Relative Predation of Wild Rainbow Trout in the Deerfield Reservoir System, South Dakota" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. Paper 991. This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. SURVIVAL, ABUNDANCE, AND RELATIVE PREDATION OF WILD RAINBOW TROUT IN THE DEERFIELD RESERVOIR SYSTEM, SOUTH DAKOTA BY JEREMY L. KIENTZ A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science Major in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Specialization in Fisheries Science South Dakota State University 2016 iii This thesis is dedicated to Jamie, the love of my life. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I want to thank my wife, Jamie, for her enduring love and encouragement throughout our adventures together. I could not have asked for a better companion through many days both good and bad.