Quarterly report March-May 1975 for Rio Blanco Oil Shale Project
Subtitle: aquatic baseline studies
By: submitted to Limnetics, Incorporated ; submitted by Ecological Sciences Division, NUS Corporation ; prepared by Thomas M. Ivory, project manager
Contributors: Rio Blanco Oil Shale Project; Gulf Oil Corporation; Standard Oil Company (Indiana); Limnetics, Inc; NUS Corporation. Ecological Sciences Division
Publisher: NUS Corporation, Ecological Sciences Division
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Denver, Colo
Language: eng
Subjects: Aquatic organisms; Monitoring; Environmental aspects; Rio Blanco Oil Shale Project; Oil-shale industry; Environmental monitoring; Ecological surveys
Other titles: Aquatic baseline studies, March-May 1975; Progress report environmental programs; RBOSP progress report; Rio Blanco Oil Shale Project progress report
Description: "The Aquatic Baseline Data Accumulation Program is designed to incorporate the environmental studies described in the Federal Register, Volume 39, Number 230, Part 3, Oil Shale Lease Environmental Stipulations and in the Tract C-a Exploratory Plan of May 1974. The overall objective for the aquatic program is to characterize the existing aquatic ecological communities in the vicinity of Tract C-a. These baseline studies will inventory the aquatic habitats which may be affected by the development of oil shale on and round Tract C-a; and will allow the determination of species composition, productivity, importance to man, and relative uniqueness of aquatic habitats and species. The aquatic baseline program includes the collection and analysis of field data and on-going survey of pertinent literature. Since most of the streams on and near Tract C-a are intermittent and since most of the permanent aquatic ecosystems occur off tract, characterization of the permanent streams will be emphasized"--Leaf 1.
Notes: Part of Environmental Baseline Studies Progress Report 3 (July 1975) that was submitted to the U.S. Geological Survey, Area Oil Shale Supervisor's Office.

"June 1975."

Includes bibliographical references (leaf 23).

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Table of contents: title: 2.4.0. Introduction; title: 2.4.1. Physical measurements and water chemistry; title: 2.4.2. Phytoplankton; title: 2.4.3. Zooplankton; title: 2.4.4. Periphyton; title: 2.4.5. Benthos; title: 2.4.6. Sediment chemistry; title: 2.4.7. Macrophytes; title: 2.4.8. Fish; title: 2.4.9. Springs and seepages; title: 2.4.10. Hydrology; title: 2.4.11. Miscellaneous studies.