Report on the inquiring respecting food-fishes and the fishing grounds.

Date

1895

Authors

Rathbun, R.

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Abstract

In summer of 1892 a sudden and extensive mortality occurred among planted oysters in Galveston Bay, Texas. The study suggests that oysters should not be planted north of Redfish Bay due to salinity. It also suggests that south substrate could have been a cause of the oyster mortality.

Description

p. 23-26.

Keywords

oysters, salinity gradients, mortality, oyster culture

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