The effects on selected organisms of water passing through the Cedar Bayou Generating Station

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dc.acquisition-srcDr. David V. Aldrich; Review of GBNEP-20 reference listen_US
dc.call-noTD 224 .T4 E35 1977 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorStrawn, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAldrich, D.V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWilson, W.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWiesepape, L.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, F.V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGibbard, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrance, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFredieu, B.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSt. Clair, L.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStrong, C.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:59:47Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:59:47Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description1 vol.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractThe quality of water passing through the Cedar Bayou Generating Station was monitored during 1976 by observing the growth and survival of fishes and crustaceans in ponds and aquaria receiving water from the discharge canal, and by maintaining fish in cages in the intake and discharge canals and the cooling lake. In addition, a regular program of sampling fishes, crustaceans, and phytoplankton in Cedar Bayou, discharge canal, and cooling lake was carried out. Mortalities among fish held in cages were generally attributable to handling stress, low winter temperatures, and gas bubble disease. Most mortalities in the aquaria were due to disease, gas bubble disease, territorial aggression, jumping out of the aquaria, and mechanical failures in the pumping system which reduced water flow to the aquaria, resulting in lethally low dissolved oxygen levels. Mortalities among pond-held shrimp were mainly due to handling, low salinities, and low winter temperatures. No significant mortalities occured among pond-held fish. Phytoplankton studies have found that mean chlorophyll a concentrations and mean primary productivity rates were higher at all sampling stations than in 1975. Concentrations of chlorophyll a and primary productivity rates were highest in lower Cedar Bayou and in Trinity Bay at the cooling lake outfall. Differences in species composition between Cedar Bayou, discharge canal, and cooling lake were disclosed by the cooling lake study. Analyses for pesticides and heavy metals of shrimp and fish held in the ponds and cages indicated that amounts of these substances were generally much less than maximum permissable levels. In general, the water passing through the Cedar Bayou Generating Station in 1976 was not detrimental to the animals used in this study.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeCedar Bayouen_US
dc.geo-codeTrinity Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeCedar Bayou Generating Stationen_US
dc.history3/10/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20805
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesSubmitted to the Houston Lighting and Power Company as Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Project 1869, Annual Progress Report for 1976.en_US
dc.placeCollege Station, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Texas Agricultural Experiment Stationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2999.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectwater qualityen_US
dc.subjectgrowthen_US
dc.subjectsurvivalen_US
dc.subjectfishen_US
dc.subjectcrustaceansen_US
dc.subjectpondsen_US
dc.subjectaquariaen_US
dc.subjectsamplingen_US
dc.subjectphytoplanktonen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjecttemperatureen_US
dc.subjectdiseasesen_US
dc.subjectdissolved oxygen (DO)en_US
dc.subjectpesticidesen_US
dc.subjectheavy metalsen_US
dc.titleThe effects on selected organisms of water passing through the Cedar Bayou Generating Stationen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
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