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RECORD NUMBER: 718 OF 764

Main Title Thermal discharge and its effect on macroinvertebrates and periphyton in the Wabash and White Rivers, Indiana /
Author Anderson, Max Arthur. ; Ulrich, Ronald A. ; Reising., Richard L.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Evansville, Ind. Indiana District Office.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V,
Year Published 1973
Report Number EPA-905-74-001
Stock Number PB-270 378
OCLC Number 26245829
Subjects Limnology--Indiana ; Freshwater animals--Indiana ; Freshwater plants--Indiana ; Thermal pollution of rivers, lakes, etc--Indiana
Additional Subjects Invertebrates ; Algae ; Cooling water ; Thermal pollution ; White River ; Wabash River ; Temperature measurement ; Cyanophyta ; Abundance ; Electric power plants ; Temperature gradients ; Sampling ; Tables(Data) ; Indiana ; Water pollution effects(Plants)
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ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 905-R-74-001 2 copies AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 02/27/2023
NTIS  PB-270 378 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, tables ; 28 cm
Abstract
A summary is reported of two surveys conducted to determine the effects of six power plants on temperature, periphyton and macroinvertebrates in the White River at Petersburg, Indiana and in the Wabash River. Measurements of all parameters were taken before and after operation of the power plants to establish changes in water temperature and the relation of any changes to the distribution and composition of the other parameters. Only one station on the Wabash River experienced marked changes: a temperature increase of 5F above the ambient limit on several occasions and an increase of periphyton and macroinvertebrate samples in the area of the discharge canal. The White River plants experienced a 5F rise more frequently than did the Wabash River plant, and macroinvertebrate and periphyton populations increased most significantly at a point 100 yards downstream from both plants. The temperature range which most affected the macroinvertebrates was 95-99F.
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"August 1973." "EPA-905-74-001." Photocopy.