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Clinch River remedial investigation task 9 -- benthic macroinvertebrates

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/485965· OSTI ID:485965
This report summarizes the results of Task 9 of the TVA/Department of Energy (DOE) Interagency Agreement supporting DOE`s Clinch River Remedial Investigation. Species lists and densities (numbers/m{sup 2}) of benthic macroinvertebrates sampled at 16 sites in the Clinch River and Poplar Creek embayments of upper Watts Bar Reservoir near Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in March, 1994, are presented and briefly discussed. Data are also analyzed to assess and compare quality of benthic communities at each site, according to methods developed for TVA`s Reservoir Vital Signs Monitoring Program. Results of this study will be incorporated with other program tasks in a comprehensive report prepared by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1995, which will, in part, assess the effect of sediment contaminants on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in Watts Bar Reservoir.
Research Organization:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AI05-92OR22012
OSTI ID:
485965
Report Number(s):
DOE/OR/22012--T17; ON: DE97006618
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English