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Significant changes in growth of bluegills,Lepomis macrochirus, largemouth bass,Micropterus salmoides, and black crappies,Pomoxis nigromaculatus, were observed in Keowee Reservoir, South Carolina, during the 10 years (1968–1977) following impoundment. During this period the reservoir filled, water temperatures were increased by heated effluent from a nuclear power plant, and threadfin shad,Dorosoma petenense, were stocked. Growth was apparently regulated by abundance and size of prey eaten by fish; elevated water temperatures had no measurable effect.
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Barwick, D.H., Lorenzen, W.E. Growth responses of fish to changing environmental conditions in a South Carolina cooling reservoir. Environ Biol Fish 10, 271–279 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001480
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