Environmental and ecological effects of dredging.

Date

1975

Authors

Lehmann, E.J.

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Publisher

U.S. National Technical Information Service.

Abstract

Specific as well as general ecological and environmental effects of dredging and dredge spoil disposal are presented. Included in the 85 abstracts are topics such as, land reclamation using dredge spoil, turbidity, effects on microorganisms, fish, shellfish, effect on the benthos, and spoil disposal techniques.

Description

90 p.

Keywords

land reclamation; dredging; dredge spoil; environmental effects; ecology; turbidity; marine fish; aquatic plants; microorganisms; benthos; shellfish

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