Distribution and abundance of shrimps, crabs, and fishes in the cooling lake of the Cedar Bayou Electric Power Station.
Date
1974
Authors
Jackson, W.B.
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Publisher
Texas A&M University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the species distribution, and seasonal occurrence and abundance of the shrimps, crabs, and fishes in the cooling lake of the Cedar Bayou Electric Power Station from 11 August 1972 to 2 August 1973 and to compare these data with those taken by Schmidt (1972), Johnson (1973), and Strawn et. al. (1971, 1972a, 1972b, 1973a, 1973b, 1974) from the Tabbs Bay and Cedar Bayou collecting stations located in the intake canal system. This study provides information indicative of the effects of thermal effluent on shrimps, crabs, and fishes in a closed semi-estuarine system.
Description
137 p., Thesis
Keywords
power plants, cooling water, cooling ponds, trawl nets, entangling nets, Penaeus setiferus, white shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, grass shrimp, Micropogon undulatus, Atlantic croaker, abundance, seasonal distribution