Environmental impact research program: Use of field techniques to assess the environmental effects of commercial navigation traffic

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dc.acquisition-srcUSACOEen_US
dc.call-noTA7.W34 T.R. EL-92-12en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorMiller, A.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPayne, B.S.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:35:23Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:35:23Z
dc.date.issued1992en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description35 p.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractRecently completed navigation projects in the United States were responsible for directing the attention of conservation agencies to the impacts of commercial vessel movement. It was suggested that vessel-induced change in magnitude and direction of flow could negatively affect growth, reproduction, and survival of benthic organisms. Laboratory studies demonstrated that mortality or physiological stress to fish larvae or freshwater mussels (family: Unionidae) can be measured under conditions corresponding to high traffic intensity. However, it is difficult to estimate an organismal response to intermittent physical effects, and it is even more difficult to accurately predict long-term responses of natural populations to such disturbances. The biological consequences of commercial vessel passage should be measured on populations of species in their natural habitats. Studies should provide quantitative data on biotic parameters such as density, relative species abundance, community composition, population demography, and rate of growth. Adequate baseline data should be collected; then, additional studies should be conducted to determine whether commercial vessel movement causes measurable change to naturally occurring populations and communities.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeMississippi Riveren_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/25969
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeWashington, D.C.en_US
dc.publisherU.S. Army Corps of Engineersen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries8897.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesTechnical Report EL-92-12en_US
dc.subjectinlets (waterways)en_US
dc.subjectmusselsen_US
dc.subjectnavigational channelsen_US
dc.subjectnavigationen_US
dc.subjecttraffic managementen_US
dc.subjectphysical effectsen_US
dc.subjecthabitat qualityen_US
dc.titleEnvironmental impact research program: Use of field techniques to assess the environmental effects of commercial navigation trafficen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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