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Hypoxia-induced changes in vertical position and activity in juvenile snook, Centropomus undecimalis: its potential role in survival

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Date Issued:
1991
Title: Hypoxia-induced changes in vertical position and activity in juvenile snook, Centropomus undecimalis: its potential role in survival.
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Name(s): Peterson, Mark S.
Borckmeyer, Ronald E., Jr.
Scheidt, Douglas M.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Date Issued: 1991
Publisher: Florida Academy of Sciences.
Place of Publication: Orlando, FL
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 7 p.
Language(s): English
Identifier: FA00007498 (IID)
Note(s): An in situ survival test of fishes using hypoxic impounded mangrove swamps indicated that some fishes change vertical position within the water column when compared to observations under more oxygenated conditions. These observations led us to experimentally examine changes in vertical position and activity under hypoxic conditions in juvenile snook, Centropomus undecimalis, which are indigenous to mangrove swamp habitats. These experimental data support our in situ data and indicate that juvenile snook move towards the oxygenated surface waters and decrease activity there when deeper waters are anoxic.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 800
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Peterson, M. S., Borckmeyer, R. E., Jr., & Scheidt, D. M. (1991). Hypoxia-induced changes in vertical position and activity in juvenile snook, Centropomus undecimalis: its potential role in survival. Florida Scientist, 54(3-4), 173-178.
Subject(s): Snook
Mangrove forests
Hypoxia (Water)
Fishes--Behavior
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Host Institution: FAU