Aquatic Life Field Studies at Joliet Army Ammunition Plant. Volume I.
Abstract
The United States Army Medical Research and Development Command has been supporting research in order to recommend environment quality standards for the munitions industry. Phase I preliminary studies were completed in 1974 and Phase II investigations were begun in the spring of 1975. Two surveys were conducted at the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (JAAP) during Phase II, one in the late spring and the other in early fall of 1975. The objectives of the Phase II studies at JAAP were to collect replicated quantitative data describing the specific nature of TNT manufacturing effluent effects on aquatic receiving systems and to determine the relationship between observed effects and the amount of munitions constituents in the effluents. Areas investigated included water quality, sediment chemistry, munitions constituent concentrations, the periphyton community and the macroinvertebrate community. Periphyton and invertebrates were selected for study because of the relative ease of sampling and analysis of these groups as well as their usefulness as indicators of environmental quality. A variety of parameters were calculated for both groups studied. Standing crop, species diversity and colonization rates were obtained for both algae and invertebrates. Additionally, chlorophyll a and biomass were calculated from algae samples.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 31, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA033548
Entities
People
- B. E. Sherwood
- D. C. Cooper
- J. M. Stilwell
- M. A. Eischen
- M. C. Matthews
Organizations
- Battelle Memorial Institute