The potential for soft shell crab production utilizing heated effluents from power plants in the Galveston Bay system.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noAcc# 1085en_US
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dc.contributor.authorParker, N.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHolt, R.S. Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStrawn, K.en_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings of the Twenty-ninth Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners, October 12-15, 1975, Saint Louis, Missouri.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:47:57Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:47:57Z
dc.date.issued1976en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 215-222.en_US
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dc.description.abstractBlue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, stocked in cages at two different densities both with and without artificial habitats were compared for growth and survival in a power plant discharge canal and in a pond. Survival was higher for crabs in the pond but growth was significantly greater for those in the discharge canal. Artificial habitats increased survival of crabs cultured in the discharge canal but had no effect on those caged in the pond. In the laboratory no significant differences were found in weight, carapace width, or survival of crabs selected at random in regards to molting cycle and placed in individual molting chambers at 30 C and ambient temperatures (21-29C). In 35 days the greatest increase in carapace width for individual crabs were 52, 33 and 14% for small, juvenile and sub-adult crabs, respectively. Crabs, all sizes pooled, molted earlier at 30 C than at ambient temperatures (22.2 vs. 23.0 days to first molt). A raft holding wire cages with individual molting chambers is proposed for the commercial production of soft shell crabs in heated effluents.en_US
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dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18810
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dc.locationGBIC Collection file roomen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries1085.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectblue craben_US
dc.subjectCallinectes sapidusen_US
dc.subjecttemperature effectsen_US
dc.subjectgrowthen_US
dc.subjectcage cultureen_US
dc.subjectunderwater habitatsen_US
dc.subjectthermal aquacultureen_US
dc.subjectcrab cultureen_US
dc.subjectthermal pollutionen_US
dc.titleThe potential for soft shell crab production utilizing heated effluents from power plants in the Galveston Bay system.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issue29en_US

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