Closure of the New York bight 12-mile sewage sludge dumpsite: Ecosystem responses with implications for resource management

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 293-303

  Draxler, A F J ^a   Studholme, A L ^a   Zdanowicz, V S ^a   Reid, R N ^a   Vitaliano, J J ^a   Wilk, S J ^a   Katz, I ^b   O'Reilly, J E ^c  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUMPING; ECOSYSTEM IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; MACROBENTHOS; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATION; MARINE DUMPING; MARINE RESOURCES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR; SEWAGE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SITE CLOSURE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATLANTIC, NEW YORK BIGHT;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0030439101     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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