Culture of fish in cages and their use as biological monitors of water quality within heated discharge waters of a power station.

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dc.acquisition-srcDr. David R. Aldrichen_US
dc.call-noSH151.H6 1977 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorHolt, R.S., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:57:00Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:57:00Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description385 p., Dissertationen_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractChannel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), sea catfish (Arius felis), Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides), Atlantic croaker (Micropogon undulatus), black drum (Pogonias cromis), spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber), striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) and white mullet (Mugil curema) were cultured in floating cages between 17 July 1973 and 18 August 1975 in the intake area, discharge canal and at five stations in the cooling lake of the Houston Lighting & Power Company Cedar Bayou Generating Station near Baytown, Texas. Mixing of estuarine water drawn up Cedar Bayou by the plant with freshwater flowing down Cedar Bayou created a very unstable environment in the plant intake canal which, after heavy rainfall, changed from brackish to freshwater within a 24 hour period. Fish survival was adversely affected. Mixing of incoming effluent with resident lake water reduced salinity fluctuations at cooling lake stations. After prolonged heavy rainfall, however, cooling lake salinities dropped and survival was adversely affected. None of the species cultured were fully suitable in situ biological monitors of intake waters.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeBaytownen_US
dc.geo-codeCedar Bayouen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20326
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
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dc.notesSubmitted by Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Project 1869 to the Houston Lighting and Power Company.en_US
dc.placeCollege Station, Texasen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2536.00en_US
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dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectmarine fishen_US
dc.subjectfish cultureen_US
dc.subjectcage cultureen_US
dc.subjectwater qualityen_US
dc.titleCulture of fish in cages and their use as biological monitors of water quality within heated discharge waters of a power station.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
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