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Physiological response of largemouth bass to angling stress Physiological response of largemouth bass to angling stress

The physiological effects of catch-and-release fishing on largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides from Lake Powell and Mantua Reservoir, Utah, were evaluated, and an estimate of the time needed for recovery from hooking stress was obtained. Fatigue in Lake Powell fish, as indicated by elevated blood lactate, was directly proportional to hooking time (1–5 min) and water temperature, but...
Authors
A. Wayne Gustaveson, Richard S. Wydoski, Gary A. Wedemeyer

Heterosis and outbreeding depression: A multi-locus model and an application to salmon production Heterosis and outbreeding depression: A multi-locus model and an application to salmon production

Both artificial propagation and efforts to preserve or augment natural populations sometimes involve, wittingly or unwittingly, the mixing of different gene pools. The advantages of such mixing vis-à-vis the alleviation of inbreeding depression are well known. Acknowledged, but less well understood, are the complications posed by outbreeding depression. This paper derives a simple model...
Authors
John M. Emlen

Feeding of predaceous fishes on out-migrating juvenile-salmonids in John Day Reservoir, Columbia River Feeding of predaceous fishes on out-migrating juvenile-salmonids in John Day Reservoir, Columbia River

Diets of northern squawfish Ptychocheilus oregonensis, smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu, walleye Stizostedion vitreum, and channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus from John Day Reservoir were examined to determine the extent of predation on juvenile salmonids during seaward migrations of the salmonids during April–August 1983–1986. Juvenile Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. and steelhead...
Authors
Thomas P. Poe, Hal C. Hansel, S. Vigg, D.E. Palmer, L.A. Prendergast

A sigmoid model to predict gastric evacuation rates of smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieui fed juvenile salmon A sigmoid model to predict gastric evacuation rates of smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieui fed juvenile salmon

Laboratory experiments were conducted to examine the effects of water temperature, predator size, prey size, and prey number on gastric evacuation of smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui) fed juvenile salmon. The smallmouth bass were allowed to feed voluntarily after 24–48 h of starvation and stomachs were pumped at intervals of 1–4 h until 90% of the stomach contents were evacuated...
Authors
Jean Beyer Rogers, Craig C. Burley

Inactivation of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus by low levels of iodine Inactivation of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus by low levels of iodine

The fish rhabdovirus infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) was rapidly inactivated by extremely low concentrations of iodine in water. A 99.9% virus reduction was obtained in 7.5 s when virus (105PFU/ml) and iodine (0.1 mg/liter, final concentration) were combined in distilled-deionized or hatchery water. Iodine efficacy decreased at pHs greater than 7.5 or when proteinaceous...
Authors
William N. Batts, Marsha L. Landolt, James R. Winton

Smolt quality assessment of spring Chinook salmon Smolt quality assessment of spring Chinook salmon

No abstract available
Authors
W.S. Zaugg, W.W. Dickhoff, B.R. Beckman, C.V.W. Mahnken, G.A. Winans, T.W. Newcomb, C.B. Schreck, A.N. Palmisano, R. M. Schrock, Gary Wedemeyer, R.D. Ewing, C.W. Hopley

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a nucleoprotein gene sequence of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a nucleoprotein gene sequence of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus

The polymerase chain reaction [PCR) was used to amplify a portion of the nucleoprotein [NI gene of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV). Using a published sequence for the Round Butte isolate of IHNV, a pair of PCR pnmers was synthesized that spanned a 252 nucleotide region of the N gene from residue 319 to residue 570 of the open reading frame. This region included a 30...
Authors
C.K. Arakawa, R.E. Deering, K.H. Higman, K.H. Oshima, P.J. O’Hara, J. R. Winton
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