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Survival Of Fishes In A Stormwater Retention Pond At The Watershed Nature Center, Edwardsville, Illinois, Manuel Gomez, Richard B. Brugam Ph.D., Sharon Locke
Survival Of Fishes In A Stormwater Retention Pond At The Watershed Nature Center, Edwardsville, Illinois, Manuel Gomez, Richard B. Brugam Ph.D., Sharon Locke
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A study of the Upper Pond at the Edwardsville Watershed Nature Center (WNC) was conducted to discover the potential cause of fish kills in the small stormwater retention pond and to determine how the current populations of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) can survive in the pond based on prevailing environmental conditions. Dissolved oxygen (DO) was measured from June 19 to December 5, 2019 at a site in the center of the open lake (4 m deep) and from a dock …