COASTAL WATER PROTECTION THE NAVY WAY

Since 1971, the Naval Undersea Center (NUC) has been conducting a long-range program to develop reliable methods of surveying, analyzing, and predicting the general quality of marine environments, with special emphasis on harbors, focusing upon community response as a sensitive and integrative measure of general environmental quality. Major surveys have been conducted of the following harbors: Apra Harbor, Guam; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; San Diego Bay; and Hood Canal, Washington. In collaboration with the University of Hawaii, a data bank has been set up, containing data from Guam, Eniwetok, Fanning, Canton, San Diego Bay, Puget Sound, and other locations. A combination of microcosm experiments and field survey can be used as follows: to quantify functional interrelationships between organisms; to determine aggregate response of a community as a whole to environmental stresses; to identify and calibrate potential bioindicators; and to quantify biological detoxification capacities of a given marine community. At present, microcosm facilities can simulate the following: thermal pollution; fresh water dilution; silt exposure; heavy metals; other chemical exposures; and combinations of the above.

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• Authors:
  • Hura, M
  • Evans III, E C
  • Wood, F G
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: American Chemical Society
  • ISSN: 0013-936X
  • EISSN: 1520-5851
  • Serial URL: http://pubs.acs.org/journal/esthag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Environmental quality; Habitat (Ecology); Harbors; Monitoring; Oceans; Water pollution
• Old TRIS Terms: Biological monitoring; Environmental surveys (Water pollution); Harbor pollution; Marine ecology
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157615
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM