Relationships between growth and hydrological parameters for fed Atlantic croaker and unfed striped mullet.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noSH138.W67 1979en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorChamberlain, G.W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStrawn, K.en_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings of the Tenth Annual Meeting, World Mariculture Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 22-26, 1979.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:00:49Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:00:49Z
dc.date.issued1979en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 332-348.en_US
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dc.description.abstractAtlantic croaker (Micropogon undulatus) and striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) were cultured in cages in the intake area, at the head of the discharge canal, and at three locations in the cooling lake of a power plant near upper Galveston Bay, Texas, from 1 February 1976 to 20 August 1976 to assess the suitability of each location for mariculture. Interpretations were based on daily measurements of six hydrological parameters and survival and growth of the fish. Primary sources of mortality included high effluent temperatures, abrupt changes in conductivity, and lymphocystis. Growth rates of fed Atlantic croaker were strongly related to water temperature. Regression procedures were used to develop a polynomial function to describe the parabolic relationship between growth rate of croaker and mean monthly water temperature. The curve described by this model indicated no growth at temperatures below about 13.5 C or above about 33.5 C and maximum growth near 27 C. This information might be valuable in selecting optimum locations for culture of Atlantic croaker or related fishes within thermally heterogeneous environments. Growth rates of unfed striped mullet were not related to water temperature but were linearly related to pH and dissolved oxygen, which were probably indicators of primary production. However, the growth of mullet was poor even at the most productive location; consequently, the use of unfed caged mullet to harvest phytoplankton does not seem feasible unless the primary study area.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeCedar Bayouen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20970
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG circulating collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries316.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectmarine fishen_US
dc.subjectAtlantic croakeren_US
dc.subjectMicropogon undulatusen_US
dc.subjectstriped mulleten_US
dc.subjectMugil cephalusen_US
dc.subjectfish cultureen_US
dc.subjectgrowthen_US
dc.subjectpower plantsen_US
dc.subjectdietsen_US
dc.subjecthydrologyen_US
dc.subjecttemperature effectsen_US
dc.subjectcage cultureen_US
dc.subjectcooling pondsen_US
dc.titleRelationships between growth and hydrological parameters for fed Atlantic croaker and unfed striped mullet.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.vol-issue10en_US

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