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Charleston Harbor dredging project environmental assessment : biological and sediment composition sampling final report
Marine Resources Research Institute (S.C.) Sanger, Denise Crowe, Stacie Riekerk, George Levisen, Martin
Marine Resources Research Institute (S.C.)
Sanger, Denise
Crowe, Stacie
Riekerk, George
Levisen, Martin
Abstract
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the feasibility of navigation improvements within the Charleston Harbor Estuary. One of the environmental effects of the proposed channel deepening is the potential for increased salt water intrusion within the estuary. This change in the salinity regime has the potential to impact the biological communities in the three river systems.This assessment provides results from quarterly sampling of the macrobenthic community, sediment grain size, and water quality at sites in the Cooper, Ashley, and Wando Rivers that have not been adequately sampled by the South Carolina Estuarine and Coastal Assessment Program.
Issue Date
2013-07
Keywords
Ecological assessment (Biology)--South Carolina--Charleston, Aquatic plants--Effect of dredging on--South Carolina--Charleston, Aquatic animals--Effect of dreding on--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston Harbor (S.C.)--Environmental aspects
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