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Environmental effects of atlantic menhaden on surrounding waters

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Schools of Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, have measurable effects upon the estuarine waters of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island by their feeding, respiration, and excretion. The concentrations of phytoplankton and oxygen decreased and ammonia increased within the immediate vicinity of schools.

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  1. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 02881, Kingston, Rhode Island

    C. A. Oviatt, A. L. Gall & S. W. Nixon

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  1. C. A. Oviatt
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Supported by a grant from the Office of Sea Grant Programs to the University of Rhode Island, Contract 165-009.

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Oviatt, C.A., Gall, A.L. & Nixon, S.W. Environmental effects of atlantic menhaden on surrounding waters. Chesapeake Science 13, 321–323 (1972). https://doi.org/10.2307/1351115

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