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Landlocked Fall Chinook Salmon Ovarian Fluid Turbidity and Egg Survival
Author(s) -
Becket Kristen H.,
Barnes Michael E.,
Durben Dan J.,
Parker Timothy M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
north american journal of aquaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1548-8454
pISSN - 1522-2055
DOI - 10.1080/15222055.2014.951811
Subject(s) - turbidity , chinook wind , biology , oncorhynchus , fishery , zoology , distilled water , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , chemistry , chromatography
We assessed the turbidity measurements of ovarian fluid and ovarian fluid mixed with lake water, distilled water, and well water for their potential to predict egg survival of landlocked fall Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha from Lake Oahe, South Dakota. Turbidity of the ovarian fluid alone ranged from 23.1 to 101.7 NTU, and mean turbidity increased with the addition of any of the water sources. Egg survival to the eyed stage ranged from 0% to 61%, and was not significantly correlated with ovarian fluid turbidity or the turbidities of any of the ovarian fluid and water combinations.