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Creator:: Gregory, Stanley Vincent
Abstract:: Relative effects of light, nutrients, and grazing on primary production were investigated in streams in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and in laboratory streams. Relative magnitudes of primary production and associated processes were examined for one year in a stream that flowed through a clearcut and an old-growth forest in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Powell, Allyn B.
Abstract:: Atlantic menhaden, compared to gulf menhaden, exhibit a life history pattern that appears to be adapted to a more unpredictable reproductive environment. From experiments on laboratory-reared eggs and larvae, Atlantic menhaden have larger eggs with larger yolk volume. They are larger at hatching, utilize their yolk faster, begin feeding at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: night, and eggs were collected in the morning. Eggs were placed either in 10-L black-sided tanks

Creator:: Sigismondi, Linda A.
Abstract:: The performance of an organism or organismic subsystem is the result of the interaction between the performance capacity of the system and Its environment. Environmental conditions can stress an organism and thus affect it's performance. In this study, three whole organism performances were examined: critical swimming speed, fatigue time and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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