A study of the juvenile fish fauna associated with the cooling water of a steam electric generating station.

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dc.acquisition-srcDr. David R. Aldrichen_US
dc.call-noSH177.T45 M22en_US
dc.call-noSH177.T45 M22 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcCullough, M.M.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:56:07Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:56:07Z
dc.date.issued1971en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description169 p., Thesisen_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractThe composition, seasonal abundance, and distribution of the juvenile fish faunae in the intake and discharge canals of the P.H. Robinson Generating Station, Bacliff, Texas, were examined from March 7, 1969, to March 26, 1970. Biological collections were made with plankton nets biweekly, at 15 stations in the canals and Amertap condenser tube cleaning system. Collections were taken at 12 other canal stations on a monthly basis. For comparative purposes, monthly samples were also taken at nearby Dickinson Bay and Bayou. Hydrographic observations, consisting of temperature, dissolved-oxygen content, salinity, and hydrogen-ion concentration (pH) were made in conjunction with biological sample. Water velocity was also determined (October-March). Juvenile fish were entrained in cooling water throughout the year. Similar juvenile fish faunae were found in both canals. Variations in population diversity and abundance occurred due to spawning time differences of the species involved. Brevoortia patronus Goode, Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes), Micropogon undulatus (Linnaeus), and Gobiosoma bosci (Lacepede) were found to be the dominant species in the two canals. Each was prominant at a different time of year. It was determined that most of the juvenile fish population caught in plankton nets was small enough to pass through the plant condenser tubes.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeBacliffen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20174
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dc.locationTAMUG circulating collection; Galveston Bay Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesSubmitted by Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M Research Foundation Project 602 to the Houston Lighting and Power Company.en_US
dc.placeCollege Station, Texasen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2394.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectcompositionen_US
dc.subjectseasonal variationsen_US
dc.subjectdistributionen_US
dc.subjectjuvenilesen_US
dc.subjectfishen_US
dc.subjectplankton netsen_US
dc.subjectsamplingen_US
dc.subjectBrevoortia patronusen_US
dc.subjectanchoa mitchellien_US
dc.subjectMicropogon undulatusen_US
dc.subjectGobiosoma boscien_US
dc.subjectspecies diversityen_US
dc.subjectcooling wateren_US
dc.titleA study of the juvenile fish fauna associated with the cooling water of a steam electric generating station.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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