Survival, growth, and behavior of selected estuarine organisms cultured in tanks receiving heated effluent from a power plant near Baytown, Texas
Date
1979
Authors
Gibbard, Gail Lea
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Publisher
Texas A&M University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of fluctuating and constant salinities on survival and growth of fishes, to compare feeding and aggressive behavior of fishes in monoculture and polyculture, and to evaluate the suitability of several fishes for aquaculture in heated power- plant effluent in terms of survival, growth, and behavior. The fishes studied were tarpon, sheepshead, pinfish, spot, black and red drum, Atlantic croaker, and striped mullet.
Description
162 pgs.
Keywords
behavior, survival, dissolved oxygen (DO), mortality, heavy metals, temperature, tarpon, Megalops atlontica, sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, red drum, Sciaenops ocellata, Atlantic croaker, Micropogon undulatus, striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, spot, Leiostomus xanthurus, black drum, Pogonias cromis