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Observations on Dredging and Dissolved Oxygen in a Tidal Waterway
Author(s) -
Brown Charles L.,
Robert Clark
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr004i006p01381
Subject(s) - dredging , environmental science , oxygen , hydrology (agriculture) , oceanography , environmental chemistry , geology , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry
Evidence indicates that resuspension of oxidizable bottom sediments in a tidal waterway caused significant reductions in the dissolved oxygen (D.O.) concentration of the water. During dredging, D.O. was reduced between 16–83% below normal.
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