Aspects of the population dynamics of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) spawning in Maryland tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay

Technical Report · Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6299737

Kohlenstein, L C

This is a study of mortality and migration processes that influence the population structure and harvest of adult striped bass spawned in the Maryland tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay and an examination of the influence of stock size on the reproductive success of the population. A model of the adult stock was developed that incorporates the age and sex specific nature of Striped Bass migratory patterns and mortality rates. The model was used to address a number of resource management issues including estimating the effects of a 14 inch minimum size limit in Maryland and the consequences of a reduction in year class strength through power plant operations.

• Research Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD (USA). Applied Physics Lab.; Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources, Annapolis (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6299737
• Report Number(s): PB-81-131765
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHESAPEAKE BAY
STRIPED BASS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HARVESTING
MARYLAND
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MIGRATION
MORTALITY
POWER PLANTS
REPRODUCTION
SEX
SIZE
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BAYS
CENTRAL REGION
FISHES
NORTH AMERICA
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
USA
VERTEBRATES
550100* - Behavioral Biology
200201 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Waste Management- Thermal Effluents
520500 - Environment
Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989)