Effects of turbidity on estuarine fish response to strobe lights |
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| Authors: | S P McIninch C H Hocutt |
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| Institution: | The University of Maryland, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, Horn Point Environmental Laboratories, Cambridge, Maryland, USA |
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| Abstract: | The efficacy of a strobe light and a combined strobe light/bubble curtain system was evaluated under turbid water conditions as a fish avoidance scheme. Three estuarine species commonly impinged at electric generating facilities along the Atlantic coast of the United States were tested: Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), and white perch (Morone americana). The strobe light/bubble curtain combination was the most effective system studied in all cases. An interesting phenomenon was that fish avoidance to strobe light systems increased with turbidity over the range tested (clear, 39–45 and 102–138 NTU). |
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