Management of cooling ponds and lakes for fish and wildlife - a guidance manual. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6777375

Clugston, J P; Barwick, D H; Fendley, T T

The manual highlights techniques to be used to enhance fish and wildlife communities at planned and existing cooling lakes. Relevant management theory and techniques for unaltered systems are combined with information on the effects of power plant operations on animal life to produce guidelines for optimum use of aquatic and terrestrial habitats created. Management options are provided to protect and provide refuge for some species and to encourage the production of other species for recreational use. This manual is divided into three major sections; the first considers construction practices and physical constraints of cooling systems. The second contains recommendations (primarily fishing management) for completed cooling lakes and the third is devoted to aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial wildlife. A special section highlights power plant-induced problems not identified earlier that may affect management strategies.

• Research Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service, Kearneysville, WV (USA). Eastern Energy and Land Use Team
• OSTI ID: 6777375
• Report Number(s): PB-83-128124
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
COOLING PONDS
MANAGEMENT
FISHES
PRODUCTION
WILD ANIMALS
AQUACULTURE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HABITAT
LAKES
MANUALS
POWER PLANTS
REGULATIONS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
DOCUMENT TYPES
PONDS
SURFACE WATERS
VERTEBRATES
WATER RESERVOIRS
200201* - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Waste Management- Thermal Effluents
553000 - Agriculture & Food Technology