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RECORD NUMBER: 44 OF 2690

Main Title Abundance and Viability of Striped Bass Eggs Spawned in the Roanoke River, North Carolina in 1990.
Author Rulifson, R. A. ;
CORP Author East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC. Inst. for Coastal and Marine Resources.;North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Raleigh. Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Publisher Dec 92
Year Published 1992
Report Number ICMR-92-09; APES-PR-91-03; APES-91-03;
Stock Number PB95-109914
Additional Subjects Fish eggs ; Striped bass ; Spawning ; Fish populations ; Fish management ; Roanoke River ; North Carolina ; Water flow ; Viability ; Environmental effects ; Fisheries ; Man environment interactions ; Dams ; Tables(Data) ; Abundance ; Hydroelectric power plants ; Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study
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NTIS  PB95-109914 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) inhabiting Albemarle Sound and its tributaries support important recreational and commercial fisheries in coastal North Carolina. The major spawning area for Albemarle Sound striped bass is located in the Roanoke River, which discharges through several channels into the western end of Albemarle Sound. Since the mid-1970s, these fisheries have suffered due to reduced numbers of harvestable adults. Studies on egg abundance and viability have been conducted each year since the mid-1950s by Dr. W. W. Hassler and co-workers from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The study has several objectives in mind: (1) to continue the data base established by Dr. Hassler; (2) to develop a method to backcalculate Hassler's data in an egg density-per-unit-volume format (to compensate for changes in the flow regime); and (3) to relate striped bass spawning activity (as measured by egg production) to water releases from the reservoir at Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.