The effects of loud sounds on fishes, such as those produced during impulsive pile driving, are an increasing concern in the management of aquatic ecosystems. However, very little is known about such effects. Accordingly, a High Intensity Controlled Impedance Fluid Filled wave Tube (HICI-FT) was used to investigate the effects of sounds produced by impulsive pile driving on two size groups of h...

A simple and reproducible method was developed for the measurement of blastogenesis of peripheral blood lymphocytes using whole blood of hybrid bass (striped bass [Morone ~asatili.s] female X white bass [M. chrysopsl male) stimulated with Concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin-P. lipopolysaccharide or pokeweed mitogen. Compared to traditional methods which use leucocyte separation procedures, whole...

This is a research summary of Virtuosity in Computational Performance, addressing the question: How can a computer, as judged by a human audience, demonstrate virtuosity in computational performances with a physical model of a bass guitar? The proposed plan for this research is to develop a computational performance system which uses case-based reasoning and reflection to produce virtuosic perf...

Fingerling Guadalupe Bass Micropterus treculii were cultured in 18, 21, 24, 27, or 30◦C water for 6 weeks. Temperature affected the growth of the Guadalupe Bass when it was measured by increases in TL but not when measured by increase in mass. The optimal temperature for growth of Guadalupe Bass was 27–28◦C. Condition factor increased linearly with temperature, indicating that the fish were plu...

By deploying dense subalgebras of ℓ 1 (G) we generalize the Bass conjecture in terms of Connes' cyclic homology theory. In particular, we propose a stronger version of the ℓ 1-Bass Conjecture. We prove that hyperbolic groups relative to finitely many subgroups, each of which posses the polynomial conjugacy-bound property and nilpotent periodicity property, satisfy the ℓ 1-Stronger-Bass Conjectu...

By deploying dense subalgebras of ℓ 1 (G) we generalize the Bass conjecture in terms of Connes' cyclic homology theory. In particular, we propose a stronger version of the ℓ 1-Bass Conjecture. We prove that hyperbolic groups relative to finitely many subgroups, each of which posses the polynomial conjugacy-bound property and nilpotent periodicity property, satisfy the ℓ 1-Stronger-Bass Conjectu...

Guidelines for ammonia toxicity in fish are often determined using static exposure tests with immature fish over a 96-h period. These results may not be relevant to aquaculture, hauling or angling tournament scenarios where mature fish can be exposed to ammonia for shorter durations, often following additional stressors such as handling. The current study sought to quantify (1) the impact of am...

The Colorado River drainage basin is home to a diverse but imperiled fish fauna; one putative challenge facing natives is competition with nonnatives. We examined fishes from Colorado River tributaries to address the following questions: Do natives and nonnatives from the same trophic guild consume the same prey items? Will a given species alter its behavior when presented with different prey t...

This paper reviews the occurrence of cymothoid isopod parasitism in aquaculture, reports the first case of infection by a cymothoid isopod (Ceratothoa oestroides) in Turkish aquaculture, and analyses its effects on sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax. Analyses revealed that C. oestroides negatively affects the weights and lengths of sea bass hosts. These effects have been previously underestimated be...