Robert J. Behnke | |
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| Born | December 30, 1929 |
| Died | September 13, 2013 (aged 83)[2] |
| Other names | Dr. Trout, The Trout Doctor |
| Alma mater | University of Connecticut, University of California, Berkeley |
| Spouse | Sally Martin |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Fisheries Biologist, Conservationist |
| Institutions | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado State University |
| Doctoral advisor | A. Starker Leopold[1] |
| Other academic advisors | Paul R. Needham |
Dr. Robert J. Behnke (December 30, 1929 – September 13, 2013) was an American fisheries biologist and conservationist who was recognized as a world authority on the classification of salmonid fishes.[3] He was popularly known as "Dr. Trout" or "The Trout Doctor".[4] His seminal work, Trout and Salmon of North America, was published in 2002. He wrote a regular column for Trout Magazine, the quarterly publication of Trout Unlimited. He was a fisheries biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and a professor at Colorado State University in the 1970s. He became a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology at Colorado State University.[5]
- ^ Behnke, Robert J.; Tomelleri, Joseph (2002). "Acknowledgements". Trout and Salmon of North America. Free Press. p. 347. ISBN 0743222202.
- ^ "Robert "Bob" Behnke". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Gannett Company. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- ^ "The 2005 Coastal Cutthroat Trout Symposium" (PDF). Oregon Chapter American Fisheries Society. p. 157. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
TUmemwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jim Robbins (November 8, 2005). "Biologists Take Big Step to Keep Park's Little Cutthroats From Being Devoured". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-11-08.