Dredge disposal study San Francisco Bay and estuary
Subtitle: main report
By: U.S. Army Engineer District, San Francisco
Publisher: The District
Published: 1977
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: Dredging; Water quality management; Waste disposal in the ocean; Dragage; Eau; Qualité; Gestion; Déchets; Élimination dans la mer
Notes: "February 1977."

Cover title.

Main volume and appendixes A-L.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Purpose and initiation; title: Scope of study; title: Coordination.; title: Description of San Francisco Bay. Physiography; title: Climate; title: Tides; title: Waves; title: Currents; title: Bay sediments; title: Contaminants; title: Bay biota; title: Man's influence.; title: Dredging activities. Sediment resuspension and interaction with water. Introduction; title: Interaction during dredging; title: Interaction during disposal; title: Fate of released sediment; title: Chemical reactions.; title: Dredging activities. Biological impact. Introduction; title: Bottom disturbance; title: Dissolved oxygen reductions; title: Suspended solids loading; title: Uptake and accumulation of toxicants; title: Biostimulation.; title: Alternative disposal methods. Land disposal; title: Wetland development; title: Cost comparison; title: Conclusions.