First Reported Incidence Of Gas·Bubble Disease In The Heated Effluent Of A Steam Generating Station
During the winter of 1970-71, thirteen species of warm-water fishes exhibited external symptoms of gas-bubble disease (mostly "pop-eye") in the discharge canal and cove of a steam generating station. Peak monthly incidences were 70.8, 33.3, and 23.5 percent for white bass, threadfin shad, and bluegill, respectively. Forty-nine percent of the bluegill in excess of 4 inches were afflicted, whereas only 4.4 percent of those under 4 inches exhibited symptoms. Among the bluegill, the right eye only symptoms were more prevalent than were the left eye only symptoms at the 97.5 percent...
