Record Display for the EPA National Library Catalog

RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 1

Main Title Survival of Steelhead Trout (Salmo gairdneri) Eggs, Embryos, and Fry in Air-Supersaturated Water.
Author Nebeker, Alan V. ; Andros, James D. ; McCrady, Joel K. ; Stevens, Donald G. ;
CORP Author Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR.
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA/600/J-78/062;
Stock Number PB-289 180
Additional Subjects Fishes ; Supersaturation ; Mortality ; Trout ; Aquaculture ; Toxicology ; Respiration ; Survival ; Exposure ; Bubbles ; Tolerances(Physiology) ; Eggs ; Tables(Data) ; Diseases ; Embryos ; Larvae ; Bursting ; Canada ; Death ; Water pollution ; Reprints ; Salmo gairdneri ; Gas bubble disease ; Water pollution effects(Animals)
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
Checkout
Status
NTIS  PB-289 180 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 7p
Abstract
Egg, embryo, fry, and swim-up stages of steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) were exposed to water at total gas saturation levels ranging from 130 to 115%. Eggs, embryos, and newly hatched fry were not affected at 126.7%, but at about day 16 posthatch when the fish began swimming up deaths occurred rapidly, and at the end of the test post button-up mortality ranged from 99% at 126.7% saturation to 45% at 115.3% saturation. Bubbles in the mouth, gill cavity, and yolk sac caused flotation and severe respiratory difficulties. Rupture of yolk-sac membranes also caused death. No differences were noted in survival between fish exposed from egg to fry, and those exposed only from swim-up to fry stage. In summary, there were differences in susceptibility among steelhead life stages to air-supersaturated water; eggs, embryos, and pre-swim-up larvae were more resistant than swim-up and later fry stages.