Development of the fish community in a new cooling reservoir in the southeastern USA

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6319853

Paller, M H; Gladden, J B ^[1]; Heuer, J H ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (USA)
2. Normandeau Associates, Inc., New Ellenton, SC (USA)

In this study, we sampled the fish community in a new reservoir during the first three years following impoundment. The rate and order in which species were introduced, and their fate was documented by continuous monitoring. Because the reservoir was located on the Savannah River Site, a restricted area owned by the Department of Energy (DOE), it was never fished. The data collected in this study permitted us to address the following questions concerning the development of the L Lake fish community: (1) What types of changes occurred during community development (2) Was community development a matter of chance or governed by deterministic biological processes (3) How did early colonizing species differ from the species of later developmental stages 6 figs., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 6319853
• Report Number(s): WSRC-RP-89-277; CONF-8906171-3; ON: DE91005686
• Resource Relation: Conference: Special session of the summer American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Fairbanks, AK (USA), 18-22 Jun 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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