Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1979
Abstract
A survey of the sediment distribution in the vicinity of the C. P. Crane Generating Station, Bengies, Maryland showed that the sediments in the creeks receiving the plant's cooling water discharge were predominantly soft clayey-silt. The benthic invertebrate taxa found in these sediments were typical of the connnunities found in oligohaline waters of Chesapeake Bay. Comparisons of the benthic community in the discharge area with the connnunities in two reference areas of similar sediment type revealed an apparent reduction in the discharge area population of the dominant amphipod, Leptocheirus plumulosus, in August.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25773/g1dn-f692
Keywords
Benthos -- Maryland -- Gunpowder River, Electric power-plants -- Environmental aspects -- Maryland
Recommended Citation
Jordan, R. A., Sutton, C. E., & Goodwin, P. A. (1979) A survey of the late summer benthos community in the vicinity of the C. P. Crane generating station. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.25773/g1dn-f692
