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Aspects of the Biology of Aeromonas Hydrophilia with Respect to the Striped Mullet, Mugil Cephalus L. in the St. Johns River

The aspects of the biology of Aeromonas hydrophila with respect to a striped mullet (Mugil cephalus L.0 nursery were examined. A. hydrophila density in the natural water was found to be strongly correlated with turbidity and weakly correlated with water temperature. No correlations were found between A. hydrophila density and water depth, dissolved oxygen, pH, total alkalinity, specific conductivity, or phytoplankton chlorophyll concentration. A. hydrophila density/g dry weight of stomach content were found to be correlated with chlorophyll concentration/g dry weight stomach content. The survivability of striped mullet after capture was found to be primarily related to stress. Stressed striped mullet tended to become infected by A. hydrophila more readily. The mortality of transported striped mullet was reduced with the use of quinaldine, a fish tranquilizer, and by reducing crowding during transport.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:rtd-1678
Date01 April 1983
CreatorsFensch, Gerald E.
PublisherSTARS
Source SetsUniversity of Central Florida
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceRetrospective Theses and Dissertations
RightsPublic Domain

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