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Environmental effects of dredging. Long-term evaluation of plants and animals colonizing contaminated estuarine dredged material placed in a wetland environment. Technical note

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:111791
This technical note summarizes data collected between 1983 and 1989 that relate to plant and animal communities colonizing the wetland creation site of the US Army Corps of Engineers/Environmental Protection Agency Field Verification Program (FVP). The management of contaminated dredged material and the mobility of contaminants from the dredged material into plants and animals are also described and related to the evaluation of test results by Lee and others (1991). This site will be evaluated through September 1995 under the Long-Term Effects of Dredging (LEDO) Program.
Research Organization:
Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States)
OSTI ID:
111791
Report Number(s):
AD-A--292617/8/XAB; EEDP--03-7
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English