Evaluating the Feasibility of Rearing Juvenile Freshwater Mussels in a Flow-Through Pond System at White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery
A flow-through pond at White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery was evaluated as culture environment for juvenile freshwater mussels of Villosa iris and Lampsilis fasciola. Survival did not differ significantly (p = 0.1910) over 93 d for V. iris cultured with silt (mean 49.8% ± SD 14.5) and wi...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30899 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01112002-124614/ |