A study of post-thermal recovery of the macroinvertebrate community of Four Mile Creek, June 1985--September 1987. [Savannah River Plant]
Four Mile Creek is one of several streams at the Savannah River Site which has received thermal effluents ({le}70{degrees}C water) from nuclear production operations. From 1955--mid-1985, Four Mile Creek received thermal effluent from C-Reactor as well as non-thermal discharges from F and H Separation Areas. Total discharges from all of these facilities was about ten times higher than the natural flow of the creek (Firth et al. 1986). All water being discharged into Four Mile Creek was originally pumped from the Savannah River. This study reports the results of the artificial substrate sampling of macroinvertebrate communities of Four Mile Creek from June 1985 through September 1987, when sampling was terminated. Macroinvertebrate taxa richness, densities, and biomass data from this study are compared to Four Mile data collected prior to the shutdown of C-Reactor (Kondratieff and Kondratieff 1985 and Firth et al. 1986), and to comparable macroinvertebrate data from other Savannah River Site streams. 29 refs., 11 figs., 4 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 6360676
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-TR-90-472; NAI-SR--105; ON: DE91005128
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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INFORMATION
INVERTEBRATES
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POPULATION DENSITY
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SURFACE WATERS
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220503* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Environmental Aspects-- Chemical & Thermal Effluents
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ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
BIOMASS
C REACTOR
COMPILED DATA
DATA
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS
INFORMATION
INVERTEBRATES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
POPULATION DENSITY
PRODUCTION REACTORS
REACTORS
RECOVERY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SPECIAL PRODUCTION REACTORS
SPECIES DIVERSITY
STATISTICAL DATA
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
THERMAL EFFLUENTS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES