Influence of access to air and of salinity on gas bladder inflation in striped bass

Abstract

The need for larval striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and hybrids of striped bass x white bass (Morone chrysops) to obtain access to air at the water surface to inflate their gas bladders was demonstrated in an experimental system. A gradual increase in salinity from 0%t to 6.5 or \0%o during the larval period did not increase the incidence of bladder inflation in striped bass. © 1988 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.