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Main Title Analysis of fish diversion efficiency and survivorship in the fish return system at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station /
Author Love, Milton S.,
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Love, Milton S.
Publisher United States Government Printing Office,
Year Published 1989
OCLC Number 19657824
Subjects Fishes--Research--California ; Northern anchovy ; Kelp bass ; Plainfin midshipman ; Syngnathus ; Intakes (Hydraulic engineering)--Environmental aspects ; Fishes--Effect of nuclear power plants on
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EKCM  SK362.A2C2 76 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 07/27/1990
Collation iii, 16 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Notes
"April 1989." Includes bibliographical references (page 13).
Contents Notes
This study examined the efficiency of fish diversion and survivorship of diverted fishes in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Fish Return System in 1984 and 1985. Generally, fishes were diverted back to the ocean with high frequency, particularly in 1984. Most species were diverted at rates of 80% or more. Over 90% of the most abundant species, Engraulis mordax, were diverted. The system worked particularly well for strong-swimming forms such as Paralabrax clathratus, Atherinopsis californiensis, and Xenistius californiensis, and did not appreciably divert weaker-swimming species such as Porichthys notatus, Heterostichus rostratus, and Syngnathus sp. Return rates of some species were not as high in 1985 as in 1984. Individuals of most tested species survived both transit through the fish return system and 96 hours in a holding net. Some species, such as E. mordax, X. californiensis, and Umbrina roncador, experienced little or no mortality. Survivorship of Seriphus politus was highly variable and no Anchoa delicatissima survived.