Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
Spring 5-31-1997
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science
First Advisor
Judith S. Weis
Second Advisor
Richard B. Trattner
Third Advisor
Paula Caffrey
Abstract
Previous experiments have found that grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, from a contaminated site, Piles Creek (PC). in Linden. New Jersey, are larger than those from a relatively pristine reference site, Sheepshead Creek, located in Tuckerton (T), New Jersey.
This study investigated the possibility that PC conditions provide more food for the shrimp, possibly by being a eutrophic environment. thus allowing for greater growth. or that salinity, toxicants, or other factors at. PC stimulate growth. The current experiment indicated that PC conditions do not foster greater growth for the shrimp than T conditions and that PC shrimp are not inherently faster growers. In fact. I shrimp grew more when placed in T conditions. Additional experiments showed that PC shrimp do not grow more at a higher salinity. However. the opposite is found in the field. It can be concluded that inherent factors in PC are not responsible for the larger grass shrimp sizes at PC.
Recommended Citation
Bhan, Suruchi, "Growth of grass shrimp, palaemonetes pugio, in a contaminated and an uncontaminated site" (1997). Theses. 997.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/997
