Browsing by Department "Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures"
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Use of metabolic assays to assess thermal and hypoxia stress of freshwater mussel species from central Texas
(2019-04-17)
Warming temperatures are a major concern for freshwater mussels as they are limited in range, mobility, and potential to seek refuge from heat stress. Unionid mussels are ectothermic organisms, and the temperature of their ...
Use of Primary Nursery Ponds for Red Snapper Larvae Culture and Associated Zooplankton Dynamics
(2008-05-15)
The challenge with red snapper aquaculture has centered around meeting the food requirements for larvae at the time of exogenous feeding. Snapper larvae demand sufficient quantities of small prey organisms at the onset ...
The Use of Ultrasonic Telemetry to Estimate Residency, Movement Patterns, and Mortality of Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus
(2009-07-07)
Site fidelity, emigration, and mortality were estimated from telemetry for large (500 – 860 mm TL) red snapper Lutjanus campechanus (N = 87) from four artificial and one natural reef in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. ...
Using Population Models to Evaluate Management Alternatives for Gulf Striped Bass
(2016-04-29)
Interstate management of Gulf Striped Bass Morone saxatilis has involved a thirty-year cooperative effort involving Federal and State agencies in Georgia, Florida and Alabama (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Gulf Striped ...
Using sonar habitat mapping and GIS analyses to identify freshwater mussel habitat and estimate population size of a federally endangered freshwater mussel species, Amblema neislerii, in the Apalachicola River, FL
(2014-05-02)
Identification and quantification of freshwater mussel habitat in large turbid rivers is challenging. Sonar habitat mapping offers a low cost and time efficient means to identify and quantify benthic habitats over large ...
Utility of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Resources for Black Bass (Micropterus spp.) Conservation and Management
(2018-04-18)
The black basses (Micropterus spp.) are a genus of apex predators and important game fishes in North American freshwater ecosystems. Efforts to improve recreational bass fisheries have led to the widespread stocking of ...
Utilization of Diagnostic SNP Markers for Understanding Genetic Composition of Largemouth Bass Populations in Georgia
(2019-11-22)
Efforts to improve recreational fisheries have included extensive movement and stocking of black basses (Micropterus spp.) outside of their native ranges, perhaps none more so than the Florida Bass (Micropterus floridanus; ...
Utilization of Distiller’s Dried Grains with Soluble in Catfish Feeds
(2009-07-16)
Feed is generally the largest expenditure in semi-intensive and intensive catfish culture operations, and protein is the most expensive component of feeds. Efforts to reduce feed costs have resulted in increased use of ...
Value of Off-bottom Oyster Aquaculture Baskets as Habitat for Juvenile Blue Crab
(2015-07-27)
The potential of the adjustable long-line system (ALS) oyster aquaculture baskets as habitat for juvenile blue crab was investigated in Portersville Bay, AL, during Summer/Fall 2014. The density of juvenile blue crabs ...
Variables Influencing Fish Impingement at Five Alabama Power Steam Plants
(2006-05-15)
With increasing need for electricity, steam powered electric generating facilities are increasing across the nation. The cooling water intake structures at these plants are responsible for removing millions of fish and ...
Vibrios associated with marine samples from the Northern Gulf of Mexico: implications for human health
(2013-07-09)
In this dissertation, I investigated the distribution and prevalence of two human-pathogenic Vibrio species (V. vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus) in non-shellfish samples including fish, bait shrimp, water, sand and crude ...
Water Quality in Inland Ponds for Low-Salinity Culture of Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
(2011-11-29)
Four investigations were performed in inland, low-salinity shrimp farms in Blackland Prairie Region in western Alabama. Three of these investigations were related to performance of shrimp responses to variation of water ...
Water Quality in Inland Saline Aquaculture Ponds and its Relationships to Shrimp Survival and Production
(2015-12-08)
Survival and production of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in low-salinity pond waters at Greene Prairie Aquafarm (GAF) near Forkland in Green County Alabama varied greatly among ponds, but averages were higher in 2013 than ...
Xanthophyll in Catfish: Response Under Controlled and Outdoor Conditions
(2012-12-04)
Catfish industry is the largest component of aquaculture in the United States of America. It is a mature industry with more than 50 years of successful production, yet it faces various challenges while it adapts to shifting ...