Colonization and Selection of Fly-Ash Substrates by Marine Invertebrates |
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Authors: | Roger N Bamber |
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Institution: | Marine Biology Unit, CEGB, Fawley , Southampton , Hants , SO4 1TW, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Abstract Fly-ash dumped on the sea bed causes a local impoverishment of the benthos. Experiments on ash in sea water have shown bacterial colonization to occur, at a slower rate than on natural silt, limited meiofaunal colonization after 18 months, selection by meroplanktonic larvae for the ash, though inhibition of development after settlement, and selection against ash by mobile benthic adults. the major inhibition to colonization is the lack of organic content in the ash. |
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Keywords: | Fly-ash marine invertebrates colonization |
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