Effects of gas supersaturation, salinity, and temperature on survival and molting frequency of caged blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) exposed to heated effluent
Date
1980
Authors
Villarroel, Pablo Ramirez
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Publisher
Texas A&M University
Abstract
The effects of heated waters on the survival and molting frequency of caged blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) were studied from mid-February through late-May 1980 at three water depths in the discharge canal and cooling lake of the Cedar Bayou Generating Station near Baytown, Texas.
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117 pgs.
Keywords
supersaturation, salinity effects, temperature effects, survival, mortality, molting, blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, ecdysis, electric power plants, environmental aspects, thermal pollution, rivers, lakes