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  5. Hawaii Island, carbon dioxide as a tool to manage invasive fish in anchialine pools, aquarium treatment observations, pilot study, 2019

Hawaii Island, carbon dioxide as a tool to manage invasive fish in anchialine pools, aquarium treatment observations, pilot study, 2019

Dates

Start Date
2019-03-19
End Date
2019-04-02

Citation

Peck, R.W., Munstermann, M., and Atkinson, C., 2023, Puuhonua o Honaunau and Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Parks, carbon dioxide treatment and qPCR eDNA assays for eradicating and monitoring invasive fish in anchialine pools, 2019-2022 (ver. 2.0, July 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9AEQWX0.

Summary

This data release includes metadata and tabular data that documents the survival of fish exposed to carbon dioxide (CO2) gas treatment during an aquarium-based pilot study. Aquarium trials were conducted with guppies (Poecilia reticulata), western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), and Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus). These results were used as a basis for conducting a larger aquarium study aimed to test the efficacy of CO2 as a tool for managing invasive fish in anchialine pools.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Robert W Peck, Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Process Contact :
Robert W Peck, Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Originator :
Robert W Peck, Maya J Munstermann
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey - PIERC
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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CO2 to manage invasive fish, 2019_aquarium treatment observations_pilot study.xml
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CO2 for fish management_aquarium treatment observations_pilot study.csv 170.65 KB text/csv

Purpose

Data were collected to document if several fish invasive to Hawaii survived reduced levels of pH following the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas into aquarium water. These results were from a pilot study aimed to identify pH levels that are likely to affect the targeted fish species. Results from this pilot study were used to develop treatment protocols used in a larger study that would follow the pilot study. The overall aim of the study was to evaluate if CO2 can be used to eradicate invasive fish from anchialine pools. Results from this study can provide park managers with information to better understand how CO2 can be used to manage invasive fish in anchialine pools.

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