Sewage Disposal at Point Barrow, Alaska.

• Main Authors: Boyd,William L., Klubek,Brian P., Boyd,Josephine W.
• Other Authors: COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS DEPT OF MICROBIOLOGY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: Water Pollution and Control; (*SANITARY ENGINEERING; *ARCTIC REGIONS); ECOLOGY; BACTERIA; METABOLISM; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER POLLUTION; ALASKA; LIMNOLOGY; POINT BARROW(ALASKA); SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; *SEWAGE DISPOSAL; INDICATOR SPECIES; LAGOONS(PONDS); Arctic; Lagoon Point; Salt Lagoon; Barrow; Point Barrow; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0740235; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0740235

A study of the Middle Salt Lagoon, Point Barrow, Alaska, the sewage depository of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, was initiated. Microbial analyses were carried out on runoff, lagoon water, and bottom sediments throughout the summer. The lagoon as an incomplete ecosystem is discussed, and the...