Impact of a Power Plant on a Subtropical Estuarine Environment
Thorhaug A, Segar DA, Roessler MA. 1973. Impact of a Power Plant on a Subtropical Estuarine Environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 4:166-169
This document describes the effects of warm water effluent from the Turkey Point power plant on the biota of Biscayne Bay and Card Sound. It describes the increase in nutrients, heavy metals, and temperature and their effects on seagrass, sponges, fish, echinoderms, mollusks, and crustaceans.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Thorhaug, Anitra; Segar, Douglas; Roessler, Martin
- Units
- BISC
- Keywords
- Crustaceans (Crustacea), echinoderms (Echinodermata), Ecology, Fish, Heavy Metals, Impacts, Mollusks (Mollusca), Nutrients, Power Plants, Seagrasses, Sponges (Porifera), Turkey Point Biscayne National Park FL, Water Temperature