USGS · 70035350
Epifauna and thermal additions in the upper Patuxent River estuary
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.
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R. L. Cory, J. W. Nauman. 1969. Epifauna and thermal additions in the upper Patuxent River estuary. https://doi.org/10.2307/1350457
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