Effects of Salinity on Hatching Success of the Cui-ui
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Progressive Fish-Culturist
- Vol. 41 (2) , 82-85
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1979)41[82:eosohs]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Fertilized eggs of cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus) were incubated in Pyramid Lake water (salinity, 5.2‰), two dilutions of the lake water (salinities of 3.8 and 1.8‰), and fresh well water. Experimental laboratory results indicate that some cui-ui eggs could hatch in Pyramid Lake where salinity approximates 1.8‰ and that hatching success would greatly diminish where the salinity approached 3.8‰. Experimental data also indicated a significant decrease in egg size and mean total length of larvae as salinity increased.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: