Didymo Study

[fishinglibin]

http://letsgooutdoors.ca/blogs/item/194-is-rock-snot-clogging-up-our-river-and-streams

[cgyguy]

Interesting Paul. Thanks for posting. Seems to me that the didymo has been around longer than i have. I am more worried about the water fluculations with the Bow. It is becoming more like a bathtub than a river. One day it is so low you can`t launch and the next it is high and dirty. I am concerned that the river is changing so much in flow patterns that the aquatic life must be affected. Sorry to get off topic, just my 2 cents worth.

 

Cheers

Ralph

[fishinglibin]

All are legit concerns Ralph. The Trans Alta flow fluctuations are just a joke, and would think also promotes the Didymo growth.

[flywiz]

without a doubt brown trout populations can't be what they used to be, the rainbows seem more resilient for some reason, from what I have observed anyways

[Conor]

I am part of the study. It is very basic data collection for basic science. Just figuring where it occurs. After some alarm of heavy blooms in recent years, scientists are starting to wonder how long the species has been here and what role it plays in the ecology. It was originally called invasive, but now considered native, but they still don't know what triggers heavy blooms.

[monger]

I have seen it carpet the bottom on the HIghwood below Longview in the past, and then a fews year later it is all gone. Not sure what triggered it, or made it crash

[alan2]

I was fishing Waterton River last week and as usual, there is lots of Didymo there, just like shag carpet in places. Those damn rocks were so slippery I fell on my butt twice. Fishin wasn't great but at least it was wadeable.