Robert J. Behnke
Robert J. Behnke | |
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| Born | December 30, 1929 |
| Died | September 13, 2013 (aged 83) |
| 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 |
| 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. He was popularly known as "Dr. Trout" or "The Trout Doctor". 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.