Epifauna and Thermal Additions in the Upper Patuxent River Estuary
- 1 September 1969
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Chesapeake Science
- Vol. 10 (3/4) , 210-217
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1350457
Abstract
In the upper Patuxent Estuary environmental changes in temperature, salinity, and turbidity over a 5-year period are linked to changes in epifaunal production and species distribution. During 1967 a series of monthly panels showed dry weight production averaged 2.8 times greater in a steam electric station heated effluent than in the intake. A downriver shift in epifanual production in 1967 and changes in species abundance was noted and attributed to natural changes in salinity and turbidity and man-induced changes in temperature.Keywords
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