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Main Title Critical Thermal Maxima of Two Species of Estuarine Fish.
Author Everich, D. ; Gonzales., J. G. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab., Narragansett, RI.
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA/600/J-77/160;
Stock Number PB-299 297
Additional Subjects Fishes ; Critical temperature ; Estuaries ; Temperature ; Acclimatization ; Water ; Point Judith Pond ; Reprints ; Rhode Island ; Heat tolerance ; Thermal pollution ; Pseudopleuronectes americanus ; Stenotomus chrysops ; Water pollution effects(Animals)
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NTIS  PB-299 297 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Critical thermal maxima (CTM) were determined for winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Walbaum) and scup (Stenotomus chrysops, L.), acclimated to ambient water temperature or constant increments above ambient. The acclimation regimes simulated a natural environment by tracking the temperature fluctuations in Point Judith Pond, a small Rhode Island estuary. An elevation in CTM from 30.2 to 35.6C was observed for scup as the mean acclimation temperature increased from 14.8 to 22.2C CTM for flounder increased from 26.4 to 32.4C over an acclimation range of 4.2 to 23.0C. The use of CTM studies for predicting the effects of heated effluents is discussed.