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Article: Introduction of the bluefin killifish (Lucania goodei) in Texas.(Report)
- Article from:
- The Texas Journal of Science
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
- Author:
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In October 1997, E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company, Inc. constructed a 22.9-ha artificial wetland at a plant near Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, as part of a new biotreatment process of effluent water prior to its discharge into the Guadalupe River. As recently as 2001, the wetland had 10.6 ha of open water, bordered by extensive growths of emergent vegetation that had been planted on shallow shelves bordering several deep-water zones and on shallow flats separating the deep-water zones. Vegetation consisted of 24 species of marsh and water plants. Most were obtained from an onsite nursery, but three species (pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata; softstem bulrush, Scirpus ...