Waste characterization study for the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle. Technical memo

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6906371

Malone, R F; Guarisco, M

The Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempi, is an endangered species. The National Marine Fisheries Service's Head Start program is part of an international operation to save the turtles from extinction. Under the Head Start program, eggs from the Ridley's only known wild nesting beach at Rancho Nuevo in Mexico are transported to Padre Island on the Texas coast to be hatched. The head start enables the turtles to develop a survival advantage. The principal objective was to develop baseline waste-characterization data required to design a waste-water treatment scheme for the Galveston Head Start facility. As a secondary objective, preliminary testing of some filtration components was undertaken to determine which units were most appropriate for inclusion in a wastewater treatment scheme.

• Research Organization: National Marine Fisheries Service, Galveston, TX (USA). Galveston Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6906371
• Report Number(s): PB-88-205463/XAB; NOAA-TM-NMFS-SEFC-200
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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