Benthic oxygen demands of Houston Ship Channel sediments.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noQH91.8 B4 R467en_US
dc.contract-noNo. TAMU-SG-73-204.en_US
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, T.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHann, R.W., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPriebe, W.F.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:53:04Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:53:04Z
dc.date.issued1973en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description67 p.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractBenthic demands of the deposits in the channel were determined with electrolytic BOD cells and the sludges were placed in the cells within 24 hrs after collection. Nine sludge samples were taken from the entire 24-mi reach of the channel and benthic demands were determined at 32 C. The benthic oxygen demands of the sediments for quiescent conditions varied from 0.12 to 0.22 g/hr-m2 at 32 C. The BOD values for the sludges varied from 14,000 to 55,000 mg/kg. Correlations were made relating benthic demand to the BOD5 of the sludges. Benthic demands vs. temperature were studied for a sample from Mile 20 and a correlation of benthic demand vs. temperature was made. This allows the benthic demand at other temperatures to be determined and will be useful in modeling since the temperature of the channel varies during the year. The benthic oxygen demand for a scoured condition was the same as for a quiescent condition. The benthic oxygen demand for a completely suspended condition was 15-17 times that of a quiescent or scoured condition. Although there was an appreciable content of heavy metals in the sludges, there was apparently no inhibition of benthic organisms since the benthal demand values compared favorably with the literature.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeHouston Ship Channelen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19654
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG circulating collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, Texasen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1897.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesSea Grant Publ. TAMU-SG-73-204.en_US
dc.subjectbiochemical oxygen demand (BOD)en_US
dc.subjectbenthosen_US
dc.subjectchannelsen_US
dc.subjectsedimentsen_US
dc.subjectsediment analysisen_US
dc.subjectsludgeen_US
dc.titleBenthic oxygen demands of Houston Ship Channel sediments.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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