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Current Velocity for Transport of Grass Carp Eggs
Author(s) -
Leslie Andrew J.,
Van Dyke Jesse M.,
Nall Larry E.,
Miley Woodard W.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1982)111<99:cvftog>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - grass carp , spawn (biology) , hatching , fishery , current (fluid) , carp , biology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , oceanography , geology
Unfertilized eggs of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella were transported by a current of 0.23 m/second in Econfina Creek, Florida, well below the literature value of 0.6 m/second thought to be the minimum necessary to support eggs. If grass carp spawn in a river of sufficient length with a current of 0.23 m/second or faster, hatching of eggs theoretically could occur.