| Main Title |
Reproductive Ecology and Spawning Periodicity of the Atlantic Silverside, 'Menidia menidia' (Pisces: Atherinidae). |
| Author |
Middaugh, Douglas P. ;
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL. |
| Year Published |
1982 |
| Report Number |
EPA-600/J-81-103 ;ERL.GB-J924; |
| Stock Number |
PB82-205808 |
| Additional Subjects |
Ecology ;
Marine fishes ;
Edisto River Estuary ;
Reproduction(Biology) ;
Animal behavior ;
Ocean tides ;
Shores ;
Intertidal zone ;
Sea grasses ;
Oxygen ;
Dissolved gases ;
Survival ;
South Carolina ;
Reprints ;
Menidia menidia ;
Spawning ;
Atlantic silverside
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
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Last
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| NTIS |
PB82-205808 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
13p |
| Abstract |
The reproduction ecology and spawning periodicity of the Atlantic silverside, Menidia menidia, living in the North Edisto River estuary, South Carolina, was studied at two sites, Bears Bluff and the Point of Pines, during the spring and summer of 1976, 1977, and 1978. A specific sequence of behavioral phenomena, lasting for 30 to 60 minutes, preceded a spawning run in schooling M. menidia. Spawning rungs occurred only on daytime high tides and were precisely timed to coincide with the predicted time of high tide. Spawning locations along the shoreline at the two study sites were not evenly distributed. Spawning by large numbers of fish in a small area at high tide, when current velocities were low, resulted in dissolved oxygen depletion to measured concentrations of <1.0 mg/l. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Copeia 4, p766-776 1981. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Reproductive Ecology and Spawning Periodicity of the Atlantic Silverside, 'Menidia menidia' (Pisces: Atherinidae). |
| PUB Date Free Form |
Apr 82 |
| Category Codes |
8A; 6C; 6F; 47D; 98F; 57H |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/04 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
323814734 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
