Compilation of 1990 annual reports of the Navy ELF Communications System Ecological-Monitoring Program. Volume 3. Tabs G thru I. Annual report, Jan-Dec 90

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:6390173

Zapotosky, J E

This portion of the report includes monitoring of and data for bird species and communities, aquatic ecosystem and a listing of technical reports. Effects of extremely-low-frequency electromagnetic fields on most aspects of a bird species' life history are poorly understood. This investigation was designed to isolate effects of EM fields produced by ELF antenna systems on bird species breeding in or migrating through Wisconsin and Michigan. Specifically, we seek to determine if bird species richness and abundance differ between areas that are close to the antenna and those that are far enough away to be unaffected by the antenna. The goal of the aquatic ecosystems portion of the project is to determine the effects of low-level, long-term, electromagnetic radiation on the biota of streams. This electromagnetic radiation will be derived from the U.S. Navy's extremely low frequency submarine communication system (ELF) located in the upper peninsula of Michigan. The specific ecosystem being studied is the Ford River, a fourth order stream that arises in northern Dickinson and southern Marquette Counties and enters the Michigan portion of Green Bay south of Escanaba, Michigan. Detailed ecological sample and analyses are being conducted simutaneously at two sites.

• Research Organization: IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6390173
• Report Number(s): AD-A-239870/9/XAB; IITRI-E--06628-4-VOL-3; CNN: N00039-88-C-0065
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIRDS
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