Distribution, abundance and entrainment studies of larval fishes in the western and central basins of Lake Erie
To assess the impact of entrainment of larval fishes at steam generating electrical power plants, samples were collected in Lake Erie. In 1975, 1976 and 1977 the Western Basin was sampled and in 1978 the sampling was concentrated in the Central Basin. The 1975, 1976 sampling permitted calculation of an estimated impact of entrainment of adult yellow perch and emerald shiners using the adult approach. In 1978, 25 species were collected from the Central Basin in Ohio waters of which 82.4% were gizzard shad/alewives, emerald and spottail shiners. Field collections yielded higher estimates of entrainment than in-plant collections and significant differences were found between entrainment estimates from field samples and from in-plant samples from the Central Basin for gizzard shad, rainbow smelt, carp and freshwater drum.
- Research Organization:
- Ohio State Univ., Columbus (USA). Center for Lake Erie Area Research
- OSTI ID:
- 5266751
- Report Number(s):
- PB-84-141522
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ABUNDANCE
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEMS
ENTRAINMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FISHES
GREAT LAKES
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
LAKE ERIE
LAKES
LARVAE
LOSSES
MORTALITY
POWER PLANTS
SAMPLING
SURFACE WATERS
VERTEBRATES