Length-Weight Relationships of Fall Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha) Corresponding to Differential Densities
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Authors
Miner, Paul A.
Issue Date
1989
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether reductions in
standard rearing densities, of fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawtscha) fingerlings, would result in elevated growth rates. Length-weight data was collected to yield growth rates expressed in grams of fish
biomass per fish, and a condition, or K, factor. Growth rates, however did
not increase as rearing density decreased. Therefore, the treatments
applied in this study were determined to be outside the range of affects on
the growth rates. Although no significant differences in growth rates were
found in this study by decreasing the standard rearing density, future
studies that compare growth rates, as the standard rearing density
increased, may encourage fish hatcheries to increase the rearing density of
chinook salmon in rectangular flow through tanks.
Description
vi, 17 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo College
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