Saltwater Pond Research -Study No. 2.

摘要

The report is on saltwater pond research. The report is divided into four major sections. Job 1is a study which undertook to adapt penaeid shrimp into an artificial environment. Job 2reports the work done in trying to adapt oysters (crossostrea virginica) to different water environments in hopes that it would establish a resistance against a lethal fungal parasite, Labyrinthomixa sp. Job 3discusses the work done on seatrout and other fish located along the Texas coast in trying to induce spawning in a controlled environment. Job 4studies the relationship between the mortality rate of selected species of fish released after capture with commercial fish gear and the mortality rate of a controlled group of fish.