Shrimp population studies: West Hackberry and Big Hill brine disposal sites off southwest Louisiana and upper Texas coasts, 1980-1982.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noSH380.62.T49S57 1982 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noDE-A10178US07146; NA80-GA-C-00066en_US
dc.contributor.authorReitsema, L.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGallaway, B.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLewbel, G.S.en_US
dc.contributor.editorJackson, W.B.en_US
dc.contributor.otherShrimp spawning site survey. Vol. 4.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:00:47Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:00:47Z
dc.date.issued1982en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description82 p.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractThe abundance and spawning activity of white and brown shrimp (Penaeus setiferus and Penaeus aztecus) were investigated from September 1980 through September 1981 in an area off the upper Texas and lower Louisiana coasts including the West Hackberry brine disposal site and the proposed Big Hill brine disposal site. White shrimp were found to inhabit a zone from the shoreline to at least 24 km (15 mi) offshore and spawned within this depth zone primarily during June and July. Normal temporal-spatial variance in the distribution of both adults and larval stages within this zone was high, and no effects of brine discharge on white shrimp abundance, distribution or spawning activity were apparent. Brown shrimp spawned well offshore of the disposal sites, primarily during July, August, and September. Brown shrimp larvae, postlarvae, and sub-adults were common in the vicinity of the disposal sites in some months, but their abundance and distribution appeared to be unaffected by brine disposal. This study, in combination with others, indicates that brine disposal offshore Texas and Louisiana has little if any effect on shrimp spawning activity.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.geo-codeNorthwestern Gulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20966
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeGalveston, Texas:en_US
dc.publisherU.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administation, Galveston Lab.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries3156.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectshrimp fisheriesen_US
dc.subjectpopulation dynamicsen_US
dc.subjectpenaeid shrimpen_US
dc.subjectPenaeus aztecusen_US
dc.subjectpenaeus setiferusen_US
dc.subjectbrown shrimpen_US
dc.subjectwhite shrimpen_US
dc.subjectspawningen_US
dc.subjectlarvaeen_US
dc.subjectjuvenilesen_US
dc.subjectbrinesen_US
dc.subjectabundanceen_US
dc.subjectdistributionen_US
dc.subjecttemporal variationsen_US
dc.subjectspatial variationsen_US
dc.titleShrimp population studies: West Hackberry and Big Hill brine disposal sites off southwest Louisiana and upper Texas coasts, 1980-1982.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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