Environmental Baseline and Evaluation of the St. Mary's River Dredging: Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway Navigation Season Extension Program.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to gather a quantitative baseline of biological and chemical data from the Middle Neebish Channel in the St. Marys River and from a site in Lake Huron prior to proposed dredging and dredge spoil disposal activities. Field data were gathered during February through December 1979. Keywords: Solid wastes; Physical and chemical aspects of water; Sediment; Water pollution; Assessment of dredging aquatic macrophytes; St. Marys River; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Ichthyoplankton. (JES)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA213858

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Liston
  • Clarence D. Mcnabb
  • Diane E. Ashton
  • Fred E. Koehler
  • Walter G. Duffy

Organizations

  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bodies Of Water
  • Dredging
  • Great Lakes
  • Lake Huron
  • Lakes
  • Landforms
  • Navigation
  • Sediments
  • Solid Waste
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Water Pollution

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering