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Main Title Causal assessment of biological impairment in the Bogue Homo River, Mississippi using the U.S. EPA's stressor identification methodology /
Author M. Hicks ; J. Whittington ; J. Thomas ; J. Kurtz ; A. Stewart
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Hicks, M.
Whittington, K.
Thomas, J.
Kurtz, J.
Stewart, A.
Suter, Glenn W.,
Cormier, S. M.
CORP Author Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality, Pearl.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development,
Year Published 2010
Report Number EPA/600/R-08/143
Stock Number PB2010-112969
OCLC Number 1065540804
Subjects Research ; Water quality ; Rivers
Additional Subjects Rivers ; Mississippi ; Water pollution ; Nutrients ; TMDL ; Biological stressors ; Benthos ; Aquatic ecosystems ; Bogue Homo River
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://ofmpub.epa.gov/eims/eimscomm.getfile?p_download_id=495861
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P1012U73.PDF
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EKCD  EPA/600/R-08/143 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 11/20/2018
NTIS  PB2010-112969 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 online resource (xiii, 67 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts ; digital, PDF file
Abstract
This assessment of biological impairment in the Bogue Homo River, Mississippi is taken from more than 700 court ordered assessments of the causes of impairments requiring development of a total maximum daily load (TMDL). A TMDL is the calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive and still meet water quality standards, and an allocation of that amount to the pollutants sources. The calculation of a TMDL is required for all waters that are listed as impaired, in accordance with 303(d) of the Clean Water Act.This case study describes impairments, identifies candidate causes, evaluates relationships between causes and biological response variables, and identifies the most likely causes of impairment through a combined approach of elimination and strength of evidence. The MDEQ identified altered food resources (which include organic enrichment and nutrient enrichment and could lead to decreased DO) as probable causes of impairment. Subsequent to this assessment, TMDLs were developed for the applicable causes of impairment to Bogue Homo as identified through this causal analysis process.
Notes
Title from title screen (viewed 11/15/18). "April 2010."