Long-term benthic monitoring programs near the Morgantown and Calvert Cliffs power plants - second annual report. Volume 3. Appendices A-F. Interim report for July 1980-June 1982
This report summarizes the findings of a long-term study of the benthic biota of the mesohaline regions of the Potomac estuary and the Maryland portion of the mainstem of the Chesapeake Bay. The primary objective of the program was to determine if power plant operations had measurable effects on benthic resources over time periods greater than 5 years. Salinity was the major environmental factor controlling regional benthic distributions and sediment properties were the major environmental factor contributing to local distributions. Seasonal fluctuations in abundance and biomass were the largest source of variation for most species. Higher standing stocks and more successful recruitment of several benthic populations occurred at thermally affected locations than at reference areas.
- Research Organization:
- Martin Marietta Corp., Baltimore, MD (USA). Environmental Center
- OSTI ID:
- 5299883
- Report Number(s):
- PB-84-115625
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABUNDANCE
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BAYS
BENTHOS
CHESAPEAKE BAY
ECOLOGY
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
INVERTEBRATES
MONITORING
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OXYGEN
POLLUTION
POWER PLANTS
SALINITY
SEAS
SEDIMENTS
SURFACE WATERS
THERMAL POLLUTION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS