Size, attachment material and efficacy of piscicide delivery vials and baits for control of black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus

A piscicide delivery method was designed to selectively target black carp Mylopharyngodon piceus, an invasive species in North America which possesses specially adapted pharyngeal teeth for crushing mollusk prey. Bait was prepared by attaching a glass vial containing toxicant (antimycin A) to the exterior of Corbicula fluminea clam valve. The vial was designed to break by the force exerted from the fish?s (550 millimeter total length) pharyngeal teeth when the fish attempted to crush and consume the clam. Suitable vial size was tested for encapsulating piscicide and two attachment materials, aquarium epoxy and ultraviolet light (UV) cured attachment material. Toxic baits consisting of antimycin A piscicide were administered in ethanol and acetone carriers to black carp in assembled baits with vials attached to live clam valves at three concentrations (40.0 milligrams per milliliter ethanol and 341.5 and 170.8 milligrams per milliliter acetone). Additionally fathead minnow Pimephales promelas toxicity data from experiments validating the methods of flame sealing glass vials are present in this dataset.

本数据集设计了一种可选择性靶向青鱼（Mylopharyngodon piceus）的杀鱼剂投送方法。青鱼为北美入侵物种，拥有特化的咽齿以碾碎软体动物猎物。实验将载有杀鱼剂（抗霉素A）的玻璃小瓶固定于河蚬（Corbicula fluminea）的贝壳外侧，制备成诱饵。当鱼类尝试碾碎并取食河蚬时，其（全长550毫米）咽齿施加的外力可使玻璃小瓶破裂。研究测试了适配杀鱼剂封装的小瓶尺寸，以及两种固定材料：水族箱专用环氧树脂与紫外光（UV）固化粘合剂。将搭载抗霉素A杀鱼剂的诱饵以乙醇和丙酮作为载体，按三种浓度投递给青鱼：乙醇载体浓度为40.0毫克/毫升，丙酮载体浓度分别为341.5毫克/毫升与170.8毫克/毫升，且小瓶均固定于活河蚬贝壳上。本数据集同时包含黑头呆鱼（Pimephales promelas）的毒性实验数据，用于验证玻璃小瓶的火焰封口工艺。