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Main Title Study of the Factors Determining the Oxygen Uptake of Benthal Stream Deposits.
Author Hunte, J. V. ; Hartnet, M. A. ; Crya, A. P. ;
CORP Author Rutgers - The State Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Water Resources Research Inst.
Year Published 1973
Report Number DI-14-31-0001-3107; OWRR-B-022-N.J.; 02451,; B-022-N.J.(7)
Stock Number PB-226 238
Additional Subjects Biochemical oxygen demand ; Sediments ; Limnology ; Benthos ; Annelida ; Passaic River ; Dissolved organic matter ; Organic wastes ; Water pollution ; Tubifex
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NTIS  PB-226 238 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The object was to investigate different observed values of benthal oxygen demand and to determine their relationship to various conditions and circumstances. The study showed little correlation between the concentrations and nature of the benthic organics and the benthal oxygen demand of the deposit. However, there was a correlation between the benthic macro-invertebrate population (tubificid worms) and the benthal oxygen demand, which is also supported by some conclusions reached by other investigators. Although the mechanism of this demand is not clear, it seems that it is far larger than that which would be due solely to the respiration of the organisms. The high oxygen demand associated with the worm populations indicates why the present investigation and other researchers have failed to correlate benthal demand with the chemical composition of the deposits. If, as it appears, the influence of the worms raises the demand to a level up to six times the demand without the worms, the relatively small difference in the demands caused by organic contents would not be obvious.