ELF Communications System, Ecological Monitoring Program: Summary of 1989 Progress
Abstract
A long term ecological monitoring program is being conducted to monitor for possible electromagnetic effects that operation of the U.S. Navy's ELF communications system might have on resident biota and their ecological relationships. Monitoring studies were selected through a peer-reviewed, competitive bidding process in mid-1982, and work on most studies began in late summer of that year. Preliminary activities of the program consisted of site selection. Characterization of critical study aspects, and validation of assumptions made in original proposals. Data collection for studies at the Naval Radio Transmitting facility (NRTF)-Clam Lake, Wisconsin, was completed, as scheduled, during 1989. Data collection for studies at the NRTF-Republic, Michigan, is planned to continue through 1991. This report summarizes the progress of the monitoring program during 1989. To date, investigators conclude that no effects have occurred on biota exposed to electromagnetic fields produced by either a fully operational or an intermittently energized ELF transmitting facility.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA231497
Entities
People
- Joun E. Zapotosky
Organizations
- IIT Research Institute