{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Amy E. George", "hasEmail": "mailto:ageorge@usgs.gov"}, "description": "We tested salinity tolerance of grass carp and silver carp eggs and larvae during two phases of development \u2013 pre-gas bladder inflation and post gas bladder inflation to the \tdevelopment of the second gas bladder chamber, using 6 different salinity concentrations ranging from 0 to 36 ppt. Growth and developmental rates were also observed after exposure. After the initiation of horizontal swimming, grass carp larvae were tested in a Y-maze to assess any preferences for salinity levels.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P1LRPTSC", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.664b9bbad34e1955f5a4763a.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_664b9bbad34e1955f5a4763a", "keyword": ["Boone County, Missouri", "Columbia Environmental Research Center", "USGS:664b9bbad34e1955f5a4763a", "animal behavior", "aquatic biology", "biota", "developmental biology", "early life history", "fish", "invasive species", "physiological tolerance", "salinity"], "modified": "2024-05-20T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-92.284312, 38.910784, -92.274450, 38.912612", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Salinity tolerance of grass carp and silver carp during egg and early larval stages"}