Benthic Oxygen Demands Of Houston Ship Channel Sediments

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• Personal Author:
  Reynolds, Tom D. ; Hann, R. W. (Roy William), 1934- ; Priebe, William F.
• Corporate Authors:
  Texas A & M University, Sea Grant College Program, ; National Sea Grant Program (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  TAMU (Texas Sea Grant) ; NSGO/NSGLC (National Sea Grant)
• Description:
  The purpose of this research was to determine the benthic demand of the deposits in the Houston Ship Channel for use in modeling the channel for dissolved oxygen. The scope of the study included: (1) collection of bottom samples; (2) determining characteristics of the sludge such as biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), heavy metals, etc.; (3) use of galvanic oxygen cells in determining oxygen uptake rates in grams of oxygen per hour per square meter, or other units; (4) determination of benthic demands at different temperatures to obtain a demand versus temperature correlation; and (5) the determination of mixing effects.
• Keywords:
  Benthos Biochemical Oxygen Demand Biochemical Oxygen Demand
• Series:
  TAMU-SG   73-204
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Funding:
  Funding: NOAA Office of Sea Grants; grant number: 04-3-158-18;
• Place as Subject:
  Texas ; Galveston Bay
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:885ee562f37e88851a3d9554f78154c4e59ad951ff750b56441ce0c242111425
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/12556/noaa_12556_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.14 MB ]