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RECORD NUMBER: 297 OF 1884| Main Title | Ecosystematic Study of the South River, Virginia. | |||||||||||
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| Author | Cairns, Jr, John ; Dickso, Kenneth L. ; | |||||||||||
| CORP Author | Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Water Resources Research Center. | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1972 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | VPI-WRRC-Bull-54; OWRR-A-999-VA; 01972,; A-9996VA(15) | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB-213 159 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | ( Water pollution ; Virginia) ; ( South River ; Biological surveys) ; Ecology ; Industrial wastes ; Sewage ; Benthos ; Fish ; Protozoa ; Algae ; Aquatic plants ; Bacteria ; Water chemistry ; Inventories ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Water pollution effects(Plants) | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 96p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | A biological survey of the fish, macroinvertebrates, algae, aquatic plants, protozoans, and bacteria was conducted on the South River, Virginia, in September 1970. The purpose of this survey was to measure the ecological condition of a system receiving agricultural, domestic, and industrial wastes. Samples were collected at 8 sites to determine the effects of various wastes on the biota of the South River. The fauna and flora at each station were examined to determine the diversity, density, and distribution of aquatic life in relation to physical and chemical water quality. It was found that the biological recovery was not complete fourteen miles downstream of Waynesboro at Harriston, Virginia. |