The data consists of survival, length and weight of grass carp and black carp gavaged with an oral dose of antimycin A in two carriers, corn oil and ethanol.

The goal of this study was to develop and examine whether a management bait that can be used for selective control of grass carp. Our objectives were to 1) quantify the water-based 24-h LC50 of Antimycin-A for grass carp and rainbow trout, 2) quantify the 96-h LD50 of orally administered Antimycin-A laden bait for grass carp and rainbow trout, 3) quantify the leaching rate of Antimycin-A from the bait in water, and 4) determine if a management bait laden with Antimycin-A will be consumed by grass carp and cause lethality in the laboratory. To meet our objectives, Antimycin-A was encapsulated in a wax microparticle similar to Poole et al. (2018) and incorporated into a rapeseed bait for oral gavage feeding and consumption trials to demonstrate if Antimycin-A can be orally delivered, protected from degradation, and readily consumed by grass carp. The dataset includes raw files of toxicity survival information, water quality, bait leaching, and Antimycin-A analytical measurements.

The goal of this study was to develop and examine whether a management bait that can be used for selective control of grass carp. Our objectives were to 1) quantify the water-based 24-h LC50 of Antimycin-A for grass carp and rainbow trout, 2) quantify the 96-h LD50 of orally administered Antimycin-A laden bait for grass carp and rainbow trout, 3) quantify the leaching rate of Antimycin-A from the bait in water, and 4) determine if a management bait laden with Antimycin-A will be consumed by grass carp and cause lethality in the laboratory. To meet our objectives, Antimycin-A was encapsulated in a wax microparticle similar to Poole et al. (2018) and incorporated into a rapeseed bait for oral gavage feeding and consumption trials to demonstrate if Antimycin-A can be orally delivered, protected from degradation, and readily consumed by grass carp. The dataset includes raw files of toxicity survival information, water quality, bait leaching, and Antimycin-A analytical measurements.

This is a dataset accompanying the 2017 publication “Assessing the efficacy of corn-based bait containing antimycin-a to control common carp populations using laboratory and pond experiments.” Data are included for the four experiments conducted described in this paper. First, data for a gavage experiment including mortality of carp per tank, fish metrics (lengths and weights), and water quality data (pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature). Second, data are included for the leaching trial including mortality of bluegill and carp, concentrations of antimycin in the tanks, fish metrics, and water quality metrics. Third, data are included for the species-specificity indoor trial. Included in this are mortality and sample size data, fish metrics, and water quality metrics. Last, data are included for the species-specificity outdoor trial. Included in this are mortality and survival data, fish metrics, and water quality metrics.

This is a dataset accompanying the 2017 publication “Assessing the efficacy of corn-based bait containing antimycin-a to control common carp populations using laboratory and pond experiments.” Data are included for the four experiments conducted described in this paper. First, data for a gavage experiment including mortality of carp per tank, fish metrics (lengths and weights), and water quality data (pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature). Second, data are included for the leaching trial including mortality of bluegill and carp, concentrations of antimycin in the tanks, fish metrics, and water quality metrics. Third, data are included for the species-specificity indoor trial. Included in this are mortality and sample size data, fish metrics, and water quality metrics. Last, data are included for the species-specificity outdoor trial. Included in this are mortality and survival data, fish metrics, and water quality metrics.

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.

Prey survival rates relative to season, habitat and species of predator from eighteen two-week experiments, from April-October in 2015 and 2016, that were conducted in experimental ponds with differing habitats of artificial structure, vegetation, or no habitat combinations.

The data represent the common proteinogenic and non-proteinogenic amino acid composition of eight baits, both agriculture and organismal that are anticipated for testing Black Carp and Grass Carp attraction. Baits were identified based on prior literature on species diet and reported use in commercial fisheries. The data also include the crude protein value of each bait type.

An inventory (enumeration and taxonomic identification) of diet items consumed by wild-caught black carp, based on the examination of gut contents from fish that were collected in the lower Mississippi River drainage of the U.S.

An inventory (enumeration and taxonomic identification) of diet items consumed by wild-caught black carp, based on the examination of gut contents from fish that were collected in the lower Mississippi River drainage of the U.S.