Main Title |
Environmental Acidification Impact Detection by Examination of Mature Fish Ovaries. |
Author |
McCormick, J. H. ;
Stokes, G. N. ;
Portele, G. J. ;
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CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Duluth, MN.;Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Winnipeg (Manitoba). Western Region. |
Year Published |
1980 |
Report Number |
EPA-600/J-80-363; |
Stock Number |
PB82-143298 |
Additional Subjects |
Acidity ;
Toxicology ;
Fishes ;
Water pollution ;
Reproduction(Biology) ;
Larvae ;
Ovaries ;
Reprints ;
Fathead minnows ;
Water pollution effects(Animals)
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB82-143298 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
12p |
Abstract |
Fathead minnow egg production and hatching success at pH 5.3 was scant to non-existent. Eggs spawned and incubated until hatching at pH 8.1 and 6.3 produced 39.7 and 5.7% normal larvae, respectively; eggs spawned at pH 6.3 incubated at 5.3 produced 0.5% normal larvae. Reproductive failure at pH 5.3 may have been predicted by ovarian histology. Ovaries of fathead minnows at pH 5.3 had exceptionally high proportions of pre-ovulatory corpora atretica relative to other oocyte stages present. The fathead minnow data were generated as a basis of extrapolation to estimate reproductive impairment in smallmouth bass inhabiting acid environments by examination of their ovarian condition. |