This book addresses specific water quality and pollution problems and documents the changes that occurred during the critical transition period when PCB dumping was discontinued and water treatment plants came into increased use. It will appeal to fishery biologists working with Atlantic coast species, people involved with estuaries worldwide, and to all environmentalists interested in the history of the landmark Hudson River Settlement Agreement. The signing of the Hudson River Settlement Agreement ended more than a dozen ...
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This book addresses specific water quality and pollution problems and documents the changes that occurred during the critical transition period when PCB dumping was discontinued and water treatment plants came into increased use. It will appeal to fishery biologists working with Atlantic coast species, people involved with estuaries worldwide, and to all environmentalists interested in the history of the landmark Hudson River Settlement Agreement. The signing of the Hudson River Settlement Agreement ended more than a dozen years of controversial court battles over the placement of electric generating plants on the Hudson River estuary. Much of this agreement was based on original field research, the most compelling of which is found in this book. Fisheries Research in the Hudson River includes a summary of existing fisheries data bases, with comments on their strengths and weaknesses and a guide to their availability, as well as discussions of the natural history of striped bass, white perch, river herrings, tomcod, sturgeon, and a very important food source, the amphipod gammarus tigrinus. It also proposes a management plan for sturgeon, a plan based on an age-structured population model that demonstrates the practical application of basic scientific data.
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Textual graphs, maps & tables. Minor rubbing, VG. 23x15cm. Contains 14 papers. Includes: R.J. Klauda, et al: "Fisheries Data Sets Compiled by Utility-Sponsored Research in the Hudson River Estuary"; J.B. McLaren, et al: "Commercial Fishery for Striped Bass in the Hudson River, 1931-80"; J.R. Young & T.B. Hoff "Age-Specific Variation in Reproductive Effort in Female Hudson River Striped Bass"; D.A. Hjorth "Feeding Selectivity of Larval Striped Bass & White Perch in the Peekskill Region of the Hudson River"; T.L. Englert & D. Sugarman "Patterns of Movement of Striped Bass & White Perch Larvae in the Hudson River Estuary"; T.B. Hoff, et al: "Contribution to the Biology of Shortnose Sturgeon in the Hudson River Estuary"; R.E. Schmidt, et al: "Distributions & Movements of the Early Life Stages of 3 Species of Alosa in the Hudson River, with Comments on Mechanisms to Reduce Interspecific Competition"; R.J. Klauda, et al: " Life History of Atlantic Tomcod, Microgadus tomcod, in the Hudson River Estuary, with Emphasis on Spatio-Temporal Distribution & Movements"; G.V. Poje, et al: "Food Habits of the Amphipod Gammarus tigrinus in the Hudson River & the Effects of Diet Upon Its Growth & Reproduction"; S.J. Koepp, et al: "Heavy Metals in Finfish & Selected Macroinvertebrates of the Lower Hudson River Estuary"; J.A. Leslie "Recent Dissolved Oxygen Trends in the Hudson River"; R.W. Armstrong & R.J. Sloan "PCB Patterns in Hudson River Fish: Resident Freshwater Species; Migrant & Marine Species"; J.R. Young, et al: "Management Recommendations for a Hudson River Atlantic Sturgeon Fishery Based on an Age-Structured Population Model".
