Effect of Power Plant Chlorination on Estuarine Productivity
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Chesapeake Science
- Vol. 16 (1) , 66-68
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1351086
Abstract
Power plants chlorinate their cooling waters to prevent biological fouling of condenser tube walls. We studied the effects of chlorine on in situ net primary production in the discharge waters of a power plant at Crystal River, Florida. Primary production values decreased an average of 57% due to plant passage and chlorination. In the absence of chlorine, the average decrease was 13%.Keywords
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