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dc.contributor.authorSterritt, David A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-20T00:57:19Z
dc.date.available2017-06-20T00:57:19Z
dc.date.issued1989-05
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/7671
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1989en_US
dc.description.abstractLarval walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas), typically occur in the water column in synchrony with peak densities of prey. A primary objective of this investigation was to examine and compare growth rates of larval pollock. The growth rate of a synchronous cohort (hatched 10-14 May, 1986) was found to be significantly higher (P<0.05) than that of an earlier cohort (hatched 15-19 April, 1986) . Synchronous cohorts are larvae that occur simultaneously with the maximum densities of herbivorous copepods. Growth rates were determined by otolith analysis. Prey densities and water temperature were implicated as causes of the observed differences in growth. Prey densities were approximately 3 times higher for the synchronous cohort than the early cohort. Additionally, the early cohort experienced water temperatures 2-3°C colder than the synchronous cohort. Results suggest that synchronous larval walleye pollock have higher growth rates and may have higher survival rates.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectWalleye (Fish)en_US
dc.subjectGrowthen_US
dc.subjectFishesen_US
dc.subjectAlaskaen_US
dc.titleFeeding and growth of seasonal cohorts of larval walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in Auke Bay, Alaskaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.degreemsen_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-01-25T02:06:09Z


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