The Environmental Evaluation Work Group Fiscal Year 1979 Studies of the Winter Navigation Demonstration Program. Effects of Ship-Induced Waves in an Ice Environment on the St. Marys River Ecosystem

• Main Authors: Poe, T. P., Edsall, T. A., Hiltunen, J. K.
• Other Authors: FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI GREAT LAKES FISHERY LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: Ecology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ECOSYSTEMS; *ICE; *WATER WAVES; *WATER TRAFFIC; HABITATS; SURGES; CHANNELS(WATERWAYS); FISHES; MICHIGAN; ONTARIO; WINTER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SHIPS; RIVERS; *SAINT MARYS RIVER(MICHIGAN); *RIVER ICE; St. Marys River; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA203543; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA203543

A study was conducted at selected sites in the St. Marys River to provide a base of information for evaluating the effects of ship-induced, under- ice surge waves, created by vessel passage in the adjacent ice-covered navigation channel on fish, fish-food organisms, and fish habitat at those sites....