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RECORD NUMBER: 6 OF 11Main Title | Response of Benthic Ecosystems to Deep Ocean Sewage Outfalls in Hawaii: A Nutrient Cycling Approach to Biological Impact Assessment and Monitoring. | |||||||||||
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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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Collation | 184p | |||||||||||
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. |