Effects of Dissolved Oxygen on Two Life Stages of the Mummichog

Voyer, R.A.; Hennekey, Raymond J.

doi:10.1577/1548-8659(1972)34[222:eodoot]2.0.co;2

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“…No mortality was noted at DO concentrations ‡2.2 mg kg -1 . It was concluded that successful embryonic development of this species required higher DO concentrations than those required by adult individuals (Voyer and Hennekey 1972), with values for adults somewhat higher in that study than those of Smith and Able (2003), discussed earlier.…”

Section: Do Requirements For Development and Hatchingmentioning

confidence: 52%

“…These DO levels appear adequate for adult individuals of estuarine cyprinodontoids, with the exception of F. carpio (not present in the Virginia area), which would be stressed at even the highest levels recommended here (Kaill 1967). However, the lower limit of 2.3 mg/l, is lower than those considered adequate for development of eggs of F. heteroclitus (Voyer and Hennekey 1972;Taylor and DiMichele 1983).…”

Section: Do Standards For Marine Animalsmentioning

confidence: 78%

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Physicochemical environments and tolerances of cyprinodontoid fishes found in estuaries and salt marshes of eastern North America

Nordlie

2006

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

120

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Individuals of 28 species of cyprinodontoid fishes have been reported from estuaries/salt marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America. Some species show limited latitudinal distributions and/or occupy a limited range of habitats; others are widely distributed and/or occupy a wide range of habitats. A literature survey was made of conditions of water temperature, dissolved-oxygen (DO) concentrations, and salinities at sites where individuals of each species had been collected, and of laboratory-determined tolerances or lethal limits and other responses to those abiotic conditions. Individuals of Cyprinodon variegatus showed the widest overall range of tolerance of environmental temperatures, -1.9-45.4°C, with Gambusia rhizophorae showing the highest lower temperature-tolerance limit, 17°C. The only species highly sensitive to hypoxia was Floridichthys carpio, which showed ''stress'' at DO levels of 6-8 mg kg -1 . All showed use of aquatic surface respiration, except for Kryptolebias marmoratus, which uses aerial respiration in the presence of H 2 S, and/or under hypoxic conditions. Individuals of C. variegatus were found to tolerate ambient salinities ranging from <0.5 to 125.2, or higher, and several species of the genus Fundulus were found to tolerate concentrations ranging from < 0.5 to ‡100. However, some of the species discussed cannot tolerate salinities beyond those of dilute brackish waters. In most instances, laboratory-determined tolerance limits of temperature and salinity were wider than conditions under which individuals of these species had been found in nature. The majority of available information related to adult individuals, with few studies focused on immature stages; however, existing information permitted a brief review of spawning, incubation, and early development features in Fundulus heteroclitus. Suggestions were made, based on existing information, as to species that would be most likely to show altered population distributions resulting from continued global warming. These included five species that have tropical/subtropical, or subtropical/temperate distributions. Also, a few others were included that show extensive latitudinal distributions, most extending northward into cooler temperate regions of the Atlantic coast. At present, none of these species has shown a range alteration that can be attributed to global warming.

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Section: Do Requirements For Development and Hatchingmentioning

confidence: 52%

Section: Do Standards For Marine Animalsmentioning

confidence: 78%

Physicochemical environments and tolerances of cyprinodontoid fishes found in estuaries and salt marshes of eastern North America

Nordlie

2006

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

120

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“…Bigelow & Schroeder (1953), Pickford et al (1969) and Voyer & Hennekey (1972) Etheostoma olmstedi (Percidae) and Anguilla rostrata (Anguillidae), also considered tolerant species. Prior to this study, the mummichog was recorded in the Bronx River (W. R. Whitworth, pers.…”

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Aspects of the life history of a freshwater population of the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae), in the Bronx River, New York, U.S.A.

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Schmidt

1982

Hydrobiologia

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A freshwater population of the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, was sampled during summer and autumn 1979, from the Bronx River, New York. Other occurrences in freshwater of this common estuarine cyprinodontid fish have been noted in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Canada. In the Bronx River, this species is a significant part of the fauna and is one of the few species found throughout the river system. Specimens were examined to determine the growth and diet. It appears that this freshwater population does not differ from its brackish water conspecifics with respect to age structure, growth rate and feeding behavior.

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“…It may delay hatching (Voyer and Hennecky 1972), stimulate hatching (DiMichele and Powers 1984), reduce hatching success or induce deformities (Shumway et al 1964). Hypoxia can reduce larval growth rate (Rombough 1988), leading to protracted exposure to predators (Giorgi 1981).…”

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Long Island Sound

2014

Springer Series on Environmental Management

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Effects of Dissolved Oxygen on Two Life Stages of the Mummichog

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Physicochemical environments and tolerances of cyprinodontoid fishes found in estuaries and salt marshes of eastern North America

Physicochemical environments and tolerances of cyprinodontoid fishes found in estuaries and salt marshes of eastern North America

Aspects of the life history of a freshwater population of the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae), in the Bronx River, New York, U.S.A.

Long Island Sound

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