Species profile: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (Gulf of Mexico) -- American oyster

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noQL 430.7 .09 S7en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorStanley, Jon G. and Sellers, Mark A.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:57:34Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:57:34Z
dc.date.issued1986en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description33 pgs.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractSpecies profiles are literature summaries of the taxonomy, morphology, life history, and environmental requirements of coastal aquatic species. They are designed to assist in environmental impact assessment. The American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is an important commercial species. Spawning occurs repeatedly during warmer months with millions of eggs released. Embryos and larvae are carried by currents throughout the estuaries and oceanic bays where they occur. The surviving larvae cement themselves to a solid object, where they remain for the remainder of life. Unable to move, they must tolerate changes in the environment that range from -2 to 36 degrees Celsius (air temperature), 2 to 40 ppt salinity, and clear or muddy water. The density and occurrence of adults is limited by predators, chiefly oyster drills, whelks, fish, and crabs.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.geo-codeGulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.geo-codeUnited Statesen_US
dc.history7/27/07 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20424
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesJuly 1986en_US
dc.placeWashington, D.C.en_US
dc.placeVicksburg, MSen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior; Coastal Ecology Group, Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Corps of Engineersen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2627.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesU.S. Fish and Wildlife Biological Report 82(11.64); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers TR EL-82-4en_US
dc.subjectoystersen_US
dc.subjectCrassostrea virginicaen_US
dc.subjectlife historyen_US
dc.subjectestuariesen_US
dc.subjectspawningen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental factorsen_US
dc.subjectsalinityen_US
dc.subjectamerican oysteren_US
dc.subjectcoastal ecologyen_US
dc.titleSpecies profile: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (Gulf of Mexico) -- American oysteren_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
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