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Main Title Environmental Survey of Canton Atoll Lagoon, 1973.
Author Smith, S. V. ; Henderson., R. S. ;
CORP Author Naval Undersea Center San Diego Calif;Space and Missile Systems Organization, Los Angeles, Calif.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.;Hawaii Inst. of Marine Biology, Honolulu.
Year Published 1976
Report Number NUC-TP-395;
Stock Number AD-A028 023/0
Additional Subjects Coral reefs ; Lagoons(Landforms) ; Canton Island ; Atolls ; Ecology ; Marine biology ; Geomorphology ; Pacific Ocean Islands ; Oceanography ; Geochemistry ; Mollusca ; Islands ; Surveys ; Environments ; Water quality ; Environmental surveys
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NTIS  AD-A028 023/0 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 183p
Abstract
Canton Atoll has a single passage between the ocean and lagoon and has conspicuous environmental gradients from that passage to the back lagoon. These gradients include the physiography of the lagoon floor, water quality, and the diversity and abundance of corals, fishes, and mollusks. The gradients can apparently be attributed either directly or indirectly to circulation and water motion within the lagoon. Those oceanographic characteristics can, in turn, be attributed to the geological history of the atoll, including some human modification of the pass configuration. In addition to the studies of the atoll lagoon characteristics of the groundwater system are noted. Evidence from isolated standing water bodies on the atoll demonstrates that these features show considerable variability, which may be attributed to a combination of the immediately previous history of these bodies as well as to the physiography of the atoll.