Browsing by Subject "Galveston Bay"
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The abundance and distribution of fishes in the cooling-water canal system of an electric generating station : with emphasis on the effect of cooling towers
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1978)Trawl collections were taken from June 1974 to September 1975 to determine the abundance and distribution of fishes in the canal system of the Houston Lighting & Power P.H. Robinson Generating Station with emphasis on ... -
The American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) as a bioindicator of trace organic contamination
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)This study was designed to examine the uptake and depuration of trace organic contaminants, e.g. poly nuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), including planar congeners, and butyltin species, ... -
Aquatic Animal Sample Collection
Tom Bullinton & Bill Wardel (man with beard), are collecting samples from Galveston Bay for disease investigations in the aquatic animal medicine program at Texas A&M. -
Belly-Up in the Bayou, Who's the Culprit? Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters of Offatts Bayou Galveston, TX
(2007-09-17)Offatts Bayou is an embayment in the Galveston Bay complex on the upper Texas coast. The bayou is approximately 4.8 km long with a maximum width of 1 km, and an average depth of approximately 5 m. A small created lake (Lake ... -
Coastal Marsh Vegetation Dynamics of the East Bay of Galveston Bay, Texas
(2012-10-19)The structure and function of coastal marshes results from a complex interaction of biotic and abiotic processes that continually influence the characteristics of marsh vegetation. A great deal of research has focused on ... -
Determining Factors Affecting Dermo Disease (Perkinsus marinus) in Populations of Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in Galveston Bay, Texas
(2015-12-07)The Gulf Coast has seen a dramatic decline in commercial oyster harvest in recent years. Lack of fresh-water inflow and elevated temperatures and salinities have been identified as factors contributing to increased Dermo ... -
Diversity and Abundance Changes of Diatoms Due to Seasonal Temperature and Salinity Variations in Galveston Bay
Water quality is a critical parameter in ensuring the health of Galveston Bay due to the presence of major commercial and recreational fisheries that take place there. One way to assess the health of the bay is to monitor ... -
Ecosystem under Pressure: Examining the Phytoplankton Community in the High Ballast Water Discharge Environment of Galveston Bay, Texas (USA)
(2013-01-15)With steady growth in global commerce and intensified ship traffic worldwide, comes the increased risk of invasion by non-indigenous organisms. Annually, >7000 vessels traveled across Galveston Bay, Texas from 2005-2010. ... -
Effect of variation in freshwater inflow on phytoplankton productivity and community composition in galveston bay, texas
(2009-05-15)Freshwater inflows are essential to the health of estuaries and minimum discharge levels must be maintained in order to sustain a healthy ecosystem. Due to the predicted 50% increase in urban population growth along the ... -
The Effects of Hurricane Harvey on Methyl Halide Sources and Sinks in Galveston Bay, TX and the West Texas Shelf
(2018-07-17)Methyl halides, methyl chloride (CHv3Cl), methyl bromide (CHv3Br), and methyl iodide (CHv3I), play an important role in atmospheric chemistry, because they deplete ozone through catalytic ozone destruction. Measurements ... -
Elevated Modern Sedimentation Rates over the Buried Trinity River Incised Valley Suggests Elevated, Localized Subsidence Rates, Galveston Bay, TX, USA
(2017-07-12)This study investigates sedimentation rates within Galveston bay, TX, and their utility in estimating differential compaction in Texas coastal plain estuaries. Most modern Texas estuaries are situated over incised Pleistocene ... -
Enhanced Land Subsidence and Seidment Dynamics in Galveston Bay- Implications for Geochemical Processes and Fate and Transport of Contaminants
(2013-07-05)Galveston Bay is the second largest estuary in the Gulf of Mexico. The bay’s watershed and shoreline contains one of the largest concentrations of petroleum and chemical industries in the world, with the greatest concentration ... -
Establishment of vegetation for shoreline stabilization in Galveston Bay, Texas
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)Adaptation of species for shoreline stabilization; use of wave-stilling devices; effects of fertilizers, water salinity, tidal fluctuations, and selected soil characteristics on plant establishment and growth were studied ... -
Hydromedusa Seasonality and Diversity in Galveston Bay
(2017-12-09)Hydrozoa (phylum Cnidaria) is one of the most diverse and widespread classes of gelatinous zooplankton. They are understudied because they are often inconspicuous and overlooked in many planktonic studies. Due to their ... -
Impacts of Hurricane Harvey on Seawater Carbonate and Nutrient Chemistry across the Texas Continental Shelf
(2020-12-01)The ocean is absorbing an increasing amount of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is rapidly changing seawater chemistry. As seawater CO2 increases, ecosystem calcification is hindered by the resulting decline in pH, aragonite ... -
Life history and susceptibility of fishes in Galveston Bay, Texas to power-plant cooling-water operations
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)Seasonal occurrence, abundance and susceptibility to cooling-water operations were determined for 89 species of fish occurring in intake and discharge canals of the P. H. Robinson Generating Station on Galveston Bay, Texas ... -
Maganese geochemistry in Galveston Bay sediment
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The sediment geochemistry of Mn at a site in Galveston Bay, Texas, was investigated through a three-fold approach. A field study demonstrated that despite the coarse, quartz-rich nature of the bottom sediments, Mn was ... -
Petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in the Galveston Bay system
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Polychlorinated biphenyls in water, sediment and selected organisms of Galveston Bay, Texas: environmental levels and bioaccumulation
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Rangia as Potential Indicators of Bay Health
(2015-12-08)Galveston Bay is an economically and ecologically important estuarine system on the Texas Coast sourced by freshwater inflows from an increasingly urbanized watershed. To regulate these flows, a baseline of ecological ...