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Main Title Response of Benthic Ecosystems to Deep Ocean Sewage Outfalls in Hawaii: A Nutrient Cycling Approach to Biological Impact Assessment and Monitoring.
Author Smith, S. V. ; Dollar, S. J. ;
CORP Author Hawaii Inst. of Marine Biology, Honolulu.;Environmental Research Lab., Narragansett, RI.
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA-R-811180; EPA/600/3-87/006 ; ERLN-NX02
Stock Number PB87-165205
Additional Subjects Benthos ; Outfall sewers ; Sewage disposal ; Hawaii ; Nutrients ; Metabolism ; Ecology ; Dilution ; Dispersing ; Oahu Island ; Sediments ; Environmental impacts ; Particle size ; Tables(Data) ; Flow charts ; Ocean waste disposal ; Ocean dumping ; Marine waste disposal ; Ecosystems
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NTIS  PB87-165205 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The report describes the nutrient budgets, benthic metabolism and community structures observed around two deep ocean sewage outfalls off Oahu, Hawaii. The authors conclude that, at an ecosystem management level, the overall effect of effluent on benthic and pelagic ecosystems off Oahu is clearly insignificant -- primarily as a result of effective dispersal and dilution.