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Acute exposure to gas-supersaturated water does not affect reproductive success of female adult chinook salmon late in maturation Acute exposure to gas-supersaturated water does not affect reproductive success of female adult chinook salmon late in maturation

At times, total dissolved gas concentrations in the Columbia and Snake rivers have been elevated due to involuntary spill from high spring runoff and voluntary spill used as a method to pass juvenile salmonids over dams. The goal of this project was to determine if acute exposure to total dissolved gas supersaturation (TDGS) affects the reproductive performance of female chinook salmon...
Authors
William L. Gale, A.G. Maule, A. Postera, M.H. Peters

The case for regime-based water quality standards The case for regime-based water quality standards

Conventional water quality standards have been successful in reducing the concentration of toxic substances in US waters. However, conventional standards are based on simple thresholds and are therefore poorly structured to address human-caused imbalances in dynamic, natural water quality parameters, such as nutrients, sediment, and temperature. A more applicable type of water quality...
Authors
Geoffrey C. Poole, J. B. Dunham, D.M. Keenan, S.T. Sauter, D.A. McCullough, Christopher Mebane, Jeffrey C. Lockwood, Don A. Essig, Mark P. Hicks, Debra J. Sturdevant, E.J. Materna, M. Spalding, John Risley, Marianne Deppman

Summary of total mercury concentrations in fillets of selected sport fishes collected during 2000-2003 from Lake Natoma, Sacramento County, California Summary of total mercury concentrations in fillets of selected sport fishes collected during 2000-2003 from Lake Natoma, Sacramento County, California

This report summarizes results of total mercury measurements in skinless fillets of sport fishes collected during August 2000, September?October 2002, and July 2003 from Lake Natoma, a small (8,760 acre-feet) afterbay for Folsom Dam on the lower American River. The primary objective of the study was to determine if mercury concentrations in fillets approached or exceeded guidelines for...
Authors
Michael K. Saiki, Darrell G. Slotton, Thomas W. May, Shaun M. Ayers, Charles N. Alpers

Distribution and relative abundance of fishes in littoral areas of Chief Joseph Reservoir, Columbia River Distribution and relative abundance of fishes in littoral areas of Chief Joseph Reservoir, Columbia River

We surveyed fish assemblages in littoral areas of Chief Joseph Reservoir of the upper Columbia River to aid in understanding this ecosystem. Fish distributions and abundances were examined during April-July 1999 in relation to environmental conditions in the reservoir. We also compared the fish assemblages in Chief Joseph reservoir in 1999 to a past study conducted during 1974-1975, and...
Authors
Dena M. Gadomski, David A. Venditti, T. Craig Robinson, John W. Beeman, Alec G. Maule

Family Rhabdoviridae Family Rhabdoviridae

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Authors
N. Tordo, A. Benmansour, C. Calisher, R.G. Dietzgen, R.-X. Fang, A.O. Jackson, G. Kurath, S. Nadin-Davis, R.B. Tesh, P.J. Walker

High doses of corticosteroid suppress resistance to Ichthyophonus in starry flounder High doses of corticosteroid suppress resistance to Ichthyophonus in starry flounder

Application of pharmacological doses of the corticosteroid dexamethasone phosphate to starry flounder Platichthys stellatus resulted in a predisposition to clinical ichthyophoniasis and a progression from latent Ichthyophonus infections to patent, histologically identifiable infections. Among Ichthyophonus-challenged starry flounder, the prevalences of clinical infections and...
Authors
J.A. Perry, R. M. Kocan, J. R. Winton, P.K. Hershberger

Complete genome sequence of Fer-de-Lance Virus reveals a novel gene in reptilian Paramyxoviruses Complete genome sequence of Fer-de-Lance Virus reveals a novel gene in reptilian Paramyxoviruses

The complete RNA genome sequence of the archetype reptilian paramyxovirus, Fer-de-Lance virus (FDLV), has been determined. The genome is 15,378 nucleotides in length and consists of seven nonoverlapping genes in the order 3??? N-U-P-M-F-HN-L 5???, coding for the nucleocapsid, unknown, phospho-, matrix, fusion, hemagglutinin-neuraminidase, and large polymerase proteins, respectively. The...
Authors
Gael Kurath, W.N. Batts, W. Ahne, J. R. Winton

Ichthyophoniasis: An emerging disease of Chinook salmon in the Yukon River Ichthyophoniasis: An emerging disease of Chinook salmon in the Yukon River

Before 1985, Ichthyophonus was unreported among Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. from the Yukon River; now it infects more than 40% of returning adult Chinook salmon O. tshawytscha. Overall infection prevalence reached about 45% in the Yukon River and about 30% in the Tanana River between 1999 and 2003. Mean infection prevalence was greater in females than males in the main-stem Yukon...
Authors
R. Kocan, P. Hershberger, J. Winton
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