Analysis of populations of boring and fouling organisms in the vicinity of the Oyster Creek nuclear generating station
The growth, distribution, and species composition of marine borers (primarily shipworms) and fouling organisms are being studied in the vicinity of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. Untreated wood test panels are used to collect organisms at 18 localities. Our most recent findings covering September--November, 1978, are that at least one subtropical species of the borer family Teredinidae continues to live in Oyster Creek; it now breeds at the mouth of Forked River. The subtropical Teredo bartschi living in Oyster Creek retained well-developed larvae in the gills through November, while the native species B. gouldi spawned out. The gonads of B. gouldi were vanishingly small in November. Larvae of T. bartschi settled in Oyster Creek and larvae of the native T. navalis settled on Long Beach Island in September, but no later. The last B. gouldi of the season settled in August. The greatest wood damage occurred at station 12 in Oyster Creek. Increased siltation on rocks in Oyster Creek decreased both the abundance and the diversity of fouling organisms. The introduced polychaete Mercierella enigmatica has been found in Oyster Creek as well as stations to the north.
- Research Organization:
- Lehigh Univ., Stone Harbor, NJ (USA). Wetlands Inst.
- OSTI ID:
- 6256210
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-0812
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
OYSTER CREEK-1 REACTOR
ENVIRONMENT
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGICAL FOULING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
SPECIES DIVERSITY
BWR TYPE REACTORS
ECOSYSTEMS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
FOULING
POWER REACTORS
REACTORS
THERMAL REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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