Salinity preference of postlarval brown and white shrimp (Penaeus aztecus & P. setiferus) in gradient tanks.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noQL445.2 K4en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorKeiser, R.K., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAldrich, D.V.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:53:25Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:53:25Z
dc.date.issued1976en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description275 pagesen_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractBrown and white postlarval shrimp (Penaeus aztecus and P. setiferus) were collected at the beachfront and tested at constant low level red illumination in tanks containing salinity gradients ranging from 0 to 50 ppt and 0 to 70 ppt and in control tanks having uniform salinity. Gradients were stable for as long as 119 hours with maximum deviations in salinity of 3 ppt. Generally, final gradient salinities were identical to initial gradient salinities or differed at a given point by only 1 or 2 ppt. Postlarvae of both species sought salinities lower than those generally found in the open Gulf of Mexico. It is suggested that post-larval shrimp orient to bays by utilizing natural salinity gradients that extend seaward from the estuaries. Proposed water diversion projects, such as the Texas Water Plan, would restrict or curtail fresh water inflow to the estuaries thereby altering natural gradients of both salinity and dissolved organics. This might affect the immigration of shrimp and other estuarine-dependent organisms to the estuaries.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeNorthwestern Gulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19714
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, Texasen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1953en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesSea Grant Publ. TAMU-SG-75-208en_US
dc.subjectpenaeid shrimpen_US
dc.subjectbrown shrimpen_US
dc.subjectwhite shrimpen_US
dc.subjectjuvenilesen_US
dc.subjectPenaeus aztecusen_US
dc.subjectsalinity gradientsen_US
dc.subjectimmigrationsen_US
dc.subjectestuariesen_US
dc.titleSalinity preference of postlarval brown and white shrimp (Penaeus aztecus & P. setiferus) in gradient tanks.en_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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