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

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 Decem...

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Main Authors: Liston, Charles R, Duffy, Walter G, Ashton, Diane E, McNabb, Clarence D, Koehler, Fred E
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AQUATIC ANIMALS
AQUATIC PLANTS
BASE LINES
CHEMISTRY
DISPOSAL
DREDGING
ENVIRONMENTS
GREAT LAKES
INVERTEBRATES
LAKE HURON
RIVERS
SEDIMENTS
SOLID WASTES
Solid Wastes Pollution and Control
SPOIL
VISIBILITY
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
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Summary: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)