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Specifically, spatial intelligence will be used to refer to the myriad non-verbal cognitive competences, which help individuals perceive the visual world accurately; absorb and decide visual representations creating the image of space whether in one, two, or three-dimensions; and re-create, transform, and modify aspects of visual experiences (Carroll, 1993; Clements & Battista, 1992; Kurtulus & Yolcu, 2013; Patkin & Dayna, 2013).
Silver carp also could injure boaters and water-skiers and detract from boating in the Great Lakes.
Silver carp are not presently being cultured in the United States, and have only occasionally been cultured in the last 20 years (Kolar et al.
Silver carp very efficiently strain suspended material from the water with highly specialized gill rakers that are fused into sponge-like porous plates (Robison and Buchanan 1988).
Silver carp lack a true stomach which requires them to feed almost continuously (Henderson 1976).
Silver carp produce eggs that are semi-buoyant and require current to prevent the eggs from sinking to the bottom.
Silver carp were first brought into the United States in 1973 by a private fish farmer in Arkansas (Freeze and Henderson 1982) as a potential biological control agent to improve water quality in municipal sewage treatment lagoons and aquaculture ponds and as a food fish (Froese and Pauly 2001).
Silver carp are native to several major Pacific drainages in eastern Asia (Fuller et al.
Silver carp have now been recorded from within or along the borders of at least 16 states (Figure 2.4.2) and are self-sustaining within the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio River drainages (Kolar et al.
Silver carp are no longer raised or stocked as biological control agents to improve water quality in the United States (personal communication, Mike Freeze, Keo Fish Farms).