An evaluation of the U.S. Navy's extremely low frequency communications system ecological monitoring program
By: Committee to Evaluate the U.S. Navy's Extremely Low Frequency Communications System Ecological Monitoring Program, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: ELF electromagnetic fields -- Environmental aspects.; Environmental monitoring.
Other titles: Evaluation of the US Navy's extermely low frequency communications system ecological monitoring program; Evaluation of ELF ecological monitoring program; Evaluation of Navy ELF ecological monitoring program
Description: The U.S. Navy established an ecological monitoring program to determine whether electric and magnetic fields from extremely low frequency (ELF) communications systems influenced plant and animal populations near the transmitting facilities. Although some of the researchers believe that a few biological changes might have occurred, they concluded that the results do not indicate significant adverse ecological effects. This book evaluates the 11 ecological studies of the Navy's monitoring program and examines the adequacy of experimental design, the data collection and analysis, and the soundness of the conclusions. It also addresses whether the monitoring program was capable of detecting subtle effects due to ELF exposure and examines the biological changes observed by some program researchers, such as enhanced tree growth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical referencees (p. 148-152).
Contains conclusions and recommendations.