Environmental Effects of Atlantic Menhaden on Surrounding Waters
- 1 December 1972
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Chesapeake Science
- Vol. 13 (4) , 321-323
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1351115
Abstract
Schools of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, have measurable effects upon the estuarine waters of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island by their feeding, respiration, and excretion. The concentrations of phytoplankton and oxygen decreased and ammonia increased within the immediate vicinity of schools.Keywords
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