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Near-Field Effects of Once-Through Cooling Sys Operation on Hudson River Biota
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Issue date:	07/31/1977
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SUMMARY

1.1 INTRODUCTION

1.1.1 General Information 1.1.1.1 Geographic Location e

1.1.1.2 Ownership 1.1.1.3 Plant Electrical Output 1 1.1.3.1 Unit Type 1.1.1.3.2 Bated Output capabilities 1.1.1.3.3 Commercial Operation Dates 1.1.1.3.4 Historical' Summary of Net Generation 1.1.1.3.5 Planned Outage Schedule 1.2 COOLING WEER SYSTEM 1.2.1 General Plan 1.2.2 Intake System 1.2.2.1 Screening Syst ems 1.2.2.1.1 Intake Openings 1.2.2.1.2 Trash Racks Fixed Screens

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1.2.4.1 Description 1.2.4.2 Modes of Operation 1.2.5 Transport System from Cor'<nser to Outf all Structure 1.2.6 OutfA11 Structure 1.2.6.1 Deceeiption 1.2.6.2 Modes of Operation

1. 3 ' OPERATING DYNAMICS 1.3.1 Circulating Water Pump hlow Characteristics 1.3.2 Cooling water System velocities 1.3.2.1 Intake System Velocities 1.3.2.2 Plant Velocities 1.3.3 Heat Rejection 1-11

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1. 4.1 Debris Removed from Trash Racks 1.4.2 Screen Cleaning l 1.4.2.1 Fixed Scrtens 1.4.2.2 Traveling Screens 1.4.3 Debris Removal f rom condenser 1.4.4 control of Microbiological Fouling and l

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2.1.1 Topography l 2.1.1.1 River Cross-sections and Surf ace widths

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2.1. 3 . 3 .1 Long Term Average . ,

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2.1. 3. 3 . 3 Plant Ef fects - Near and Far Field l

2.1. 4 Zone of Withdrawal ,

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,2.1.4.2 Types of studies Used 2.1.4.2.1 Physical St'udies I.

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1.3.1 Species Comparisons

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1.3.3 SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSESSMElff

1. 3. 3.1 Distribution and Abundance

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10. 1 . 3 . 1 Standard Station Sampling

10. 1 . 3 . 2 Biological Characteristics

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10. 1 . 4 Discussion

10. 2 IMPINGEMEtc AT INDIAN POINT ,

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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 ItTTRODtfCTION

1. 1 General Informatien

1. 2 Regulatory Histore SECTION 2 MASTER RATIONALE 2.1 Discharge Plume treas and

2. 2 Determination of Inpact

2. 3 Pepresentative, Important Species Biotic Categories i

2. 4 Supplemental Decision Criteria SECTION 3 REPRESENTATIVE, IMPORTANT SPECIES i 3.1 FIS Rationale

3. 2 Approach to Impact Prediction !

' 3.3 Hydrothermal Analyses '

3. 3.1 Exclusion Areas

3. 0 Analysis of Biological Data l

3. 5 Neomysis americana 3.5.1 Lifa History Information 3.5.2 Thermal Tolerance Studiec

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3.6.1 Lif e History Inf orma tion

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' 3.6.3 Peproductive Studies 3.6.4 Plume-Transit S tudi es 3.7 Crancon, septomspi nona 3.7.1 Life History Information 3.7.2 Thermal Tolerance Studies

3. 8 Striped Bass 3.8.1 Life History Information 3.8.2 Thermal Tolerance Studies 3.8.2.1 Eggs 3.8.2.2 Larva e 3.8.2.3 Juveniles and Adults 3.8.3 Plume-Transit Studies

3. 9 White Perch 3.9.1 Life History Information 3.9.2 Thermal Tolerance Studies 3.9.2.1 Eggs 3.9.2.2 Larvae 3.9.2.3 Juveniles and Adults 3.10 Atlantic Tomcod 3.10.1 Life History Information 3.10.2 Tharmal Tolerance Studies 3.10.2.1 Eggs 3.10.2.2 Larvae 3.10.2.3 Juveniles and Adults 3.11 Atlantic Sturgeon 2

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3.15.2.1 Eggs 3.15.2.2 Larvae 3.15.2.3 Juveniles and Adults 3.16 Bay Anchovy ,

3.16.1 Life History Information 3.16.2 Thermal Tolerance Studies 3.16.2.1 Eqac and Larvae 3.16.2.2 Juveniles and Adults 3.17 White Catfish 3.17.1 Life History Information 3.17.2 Thermal Tolerance Studieu SECTION 4 FHYTOPLANKTON u.1 Decision Criteria 4.2 Introduction

4. 3 Community Structure

4. 4 Laboratory Studies

4. 5 Rationale ,

SECTIOb 5 MICROZOOPLANKTON 5.1 Decision Criteria

5. 2 Introduction

5. 3 Community structure

5. 4 Abundance and Distribution

5. 5 Thermal Tolerance Studies

5. 6 Rationale SECTION 6 HABITAT FORMERS SECTION 7 SHELLFISH /MACROINVERTEER AT ES 7.1 recision Criteria

7. 2 Macrozooplankton 7.2.1 Introduction 7.2.2 Community Composition 7.2.3 Abundance and Distribution 7.2.4 Thermal Tolerance Studies

7. 3 Rationale

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8.1 Decision Criteria

8. 2 Introduction

8. 3 Ichthyoplankton 8.4 Juveniles and Adults

8. 5 Pationale SECTION 9 OTHER VERTEBRATE WILDLIFE SECTION 10 HYDFOTHERM AL ANALYSES .

10.1 Plant Operating Charactdristico 10.1.1 Cooling Water System 10.1.2 Transit Time and Tweverature Rise 10.1.2.1 Transit Time

10. 1.2.2 Condenser Temperature Rise 10.1.2. 3 System Temperature risc

10. 1.3 Heat Reicetion Rates 10.1.4 Recircula tion 10.2 Thermal Survey Program 10.2.1 Plant Operating Conditiona

10. 2. 2 Thermal Plume Characteristics 10.2.3 Plume Configuration 10.3 State Thermal Criteria Compliance 10.4 Plume Variation with Operating Conditions 10.4.1 Scale-up Procedure 10.4.2 Thermal Plume Magnitudes 10.5 Interaction of Lovett and Indian Point Plumes SECTION 11 COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR CLOSED-CYCLE COOLI NG AT THE INDIAN POINT GENERATING STATION l

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1.12 Plume Data References 1.12.1 Sources SECTION 2 PHYTOPLANKTON 2.1 Laboratory Procedures

2. 2 Photosynthetic and Chlorophyll a i Measurements I

2. 3 Temperature Pesults 2.4 Phytoplankton Species composition

2. 5 Energy Inputs into iludson River SECTION 3 MICRCIOOPLANKTON 3.1 Field Studies ,

3. 2 Community structure ,

3. 3 Analysis of variance

3. 4 Laboratory Tolerance Studies SECTION 4 MACROZOOPLANKTON/MACPODENTilOS 4.1 Macrozooplankton Thermal Tolerance 4.2 Macrozooplankton Latent Mortality ,

4. 3 Gammarun Cold Shock

4. 4 Gammarus Reproductive Studies

4. 5 Gammarus Plume Transit Studies 4.6 Macrozooplankton Field Studies 4.7 Denthos Field Studies

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_Pnea 1 INTRODUCTICN 1.1-1 1.1 Purpose of Repert 1.1-1 1.2 Scope of Peport 1.2-1

2. SUKHARY 2.1 1 2.1 Striped Bass 2.1-1 2.2 White Perch 2.2-1 23 Atlantic Temcod 2 3-1 2.4 Alewife 2.u-1 25 White Catfish 2.5-1 2.6 Spottail Shiner 2.6-1 2.7 Cammarus spp. 2.7-1 2.8 Neomysis americana 7.9-1 2.9 Crangen seotemapinosa 2 9-1 2.10 Chaeborus spp. 2.10-1 2.11 Other Representative Importait Species C .1 11-1

. 3 DESCRIPTION OF FACILITY 30-1 4 COLLECTION AND RANDLING OF TEST ORGANISMS D.1-1 4 .1 Fish Eggs and Larvae u.1-1 l

4.1.1 Striped Bass h.1-3 l 4.1-3 4.1.2 White Perch 4,14 i 4.1 3 Atlantic Temced 4.1 4 3 4.1.4 Alewife 4.15 White Catfish u .1 h 4 . * .6 Spottsil Shiner 4.1-5 4 .1.T Other Species '4 .1 - 6 4.2 Juvenile and Adult Fish 4.2-1 f 43

'tebrates 4 3-1 5 ENTRAINMERT SIM'JLATION STUDIES 5 1-1 ,

~5 51 Methods and Materials 5 1-2 k 51.1 Experimental Proceduc es 9.1-2 5 1.2 Analytical Procedures 5 1-6 5.2 Results and Discussien 5 2-1 5 2.1 Striped Bass 5.2-1 5.2.2 White Perch 5.2-9 523 Atlantic Temeed 5.2-14 5.2.4 Alewife 5 2-19 5.2 5 White Catfish 5 2-25 5.2.6 Spottail Shiner 5.2-26 l

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6. UPPER THERMAL TOLERANCE STUDIES 6.1-1 6.1 Methods and Materials 6.1-2 6.1.1 Expericental Drocedures 6.1-2 6.1.2 Analytical Procedures 6.1-5 I

j1 6.2 Resulta and Discussion 6.2-1 6.2.1 Striped Bass 6.2-2 6.2.2 Wnite Perch 6.2-7 6.2 3 Atlantic Tomcod 6.2-10 6.2.4 Alewife 6.2-16 6.2.5 White Catrish 6.2-19 6.2.6 Spottail Shiner 6.2-23 6.2.7 Other Hudson River Fishes 6.2-29 6.2.8 Invertebrates 6.2-32

7. I.0WER THERMAL TOLF.3ANCE STUDIES 7.1-1 7 .1 Methods and Materials 7 1-1 7.2 Results and Discussion 7 2-1

8. STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURES CN HATCHING SUCCESS OF FISH 0003 8.1-1 8.1 Methods and Materials 8.1-1 8.1.1 Experimental Procedures 8.1-1 8.1.2 Analytical Procedures B.1-3 8.2 Results and Discussion 8.2-1 B.2.1 Striped Bass 8.2-1 8.2.2 White Perch 8.2-1 8.2.3 Atlantic Tomcod 8.2-6 8.2.4 Alewife 8.2-6 9 STUDIES ON THE D "0TS OF ELEVATED TEMPERATURES -

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10.2.7 Other Hudson River Fishes 10.2-22 GLOSSARY R EFERENCES

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1. INTRODUCTION 1-1

2. PHYTOPLANKTON 2-1

2.1 INTRODUCTION

2-1 2.2 INTAKE-DISCHARGE STUDIES 2-1 23 THERMAL 10LERANCE STUDIES 2-5 2.4 MULTIPLANT IMPACT 2-6 25 CONCLUSIONS 2-9

3. AQUATIC lJs,RTEBRATES 3-1 31 INTRODUCTION 3-1 32 INTAKE-DISC 3ARGE STUDIES 3-1 33 LABORATORY THERMAL TOLERANCE STUDIES 3-3 3 3.1 Microzooplankton 3-3 3.3.2 Hacrotooplankton 34 333 Thermal Entrainment Mortality Predictions 34 3.h MULTIPLANT IMPACT 3-6

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3-1 3.1 32 TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR EARLY DEVELOPMENT 3-4 3.2.1 Eggs 3-4 3 2.2 Larvae and Early Juveniles 3-6 3-7 33 UPPER THERMAL TOLERANCE LIMITS 3-7 ~

331 Incipient Lethal Temperatures 332 Thermal Tolerance to Short-Term Exposure 3-10 333 Thermal Tolerance to Entrainment Exposures--Laboratory Studies 3-11 334 Thermal Tolerance to Entrainment 3-15 Exposures--Field Studies 3-16 3.4 TDiPE3ATURE AS A FACTOR DETERMINING BEHAVIOR 3 4.1 Temperature Avoidance--Laboratory Studies 3 3.4.2 Temperature Preference--Laboratory Studies 3-17 343 Temperature Avoidance and Preference--

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Field Studies 4-11 4.5 LOWER THERMAL TOLERANCE LIMITS 4-12

5. ATLANTIC TOMCOD 5-1 5.1 LIFE HISTORY

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5-1 5.2 UPPER THERMAL ICLERANCE LIMITS 5-3 5.3 TEMPERATURE AS A FACTOR DETERMININO BEHAVIOR 5-5 5.4 OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS 5-5

6. ALEWIFE 6-1 6.1 LIFE HISTORY

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6-1 6.2 TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR EARLY DEVELOPMENT 6-3 6.3 UPPER THERMAL TOLERANCE LIMITS 6-4 6.3.1 Incipient Lethr.1 %mperatures 6-4 6.3.2 Critical Thermal L ima 6-5 6 3.3 Thermal Tolerance to Entrainment Exposures--Laboratory Studies 6-6 6.4 TEMPERATURE AS A FACTOR DETERMININO BEHAVIOR 6-7 6.4.1 Temperature Avoidance 6-7 6.4.2 Temperature Preference 6-8 6.5 LOWER THERMAL TOLERANCE LIMITS 6-8 M

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8. SPOTTAIL SHINER 8-1 8.1 LIFE HISTORY

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11. WEAKFISH 11-1 11.1 LIFE HISTORY

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11-1 11.2 TEMPE9ATURE AS A FACIOR DETERMINING BE"AVIOR 12-1

12. OPOSSUM SHRIMP 12-1 12.1 LIFE HISTORY

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Title Page 1 ENVIRCNMENTAL Qt/ESTIONS RECARDING OPERATION OF INDI AN POINT UNIT 2 WITH ONCE-TilROUGli COOLING AND RESPONSE THROUGH APPLICANT'S ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM 1.1 2 THE HUDSON RIVER AS A RESOURCE SYSTEM 2.1 3 ENERGY BUDGET OF THE LOWER llUDSON RIVER 3.1 4 INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES OF ltUDSON RIVER ESTUARY 4.1 5 THE FISH COMMUNITY OF TiiE llUDSON RIVER ESTUARY 5.1 6 VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED FISil SPECIES DURING FIRST YEAR ,

l OF LIFE TO POWER PLANTS IN HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY 6.1 7 THE STRIPED BASS POPULATION OF THE HUDSON RIVER 7.1 l

8 ENTRAINMENT OF STRIPED BASS 8.1 9 STRIPED BASS IMPINGEMENT 9.1 l

10 COMPENSATION IN STRIPED BASS POPULATIONS 10.1 l

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! EQUATION 11.1 12 IMPACT ON STRIPED BASS BASED ON REAL-TIME LIFE-CYCLE f 12.1 l

SIMULATION MODEL 13 MITIGATION OF STRIPE 0 BASS LOSSES 13.1 14 EVALUATION OF POWER PLANT IMPACr ON OTHER FISH SPECIES 14.1 15

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE EAg1 IABI 1 INTRODUCTION 1-I-1 l

! 2 REVISIONS RELATING TO THE EQUILIBRIUM REDUCTION I EQUATION AND NEW BIOLOGICAL DATA I. Introdt.ction 2-I-1 j

! II. The Equilibrium Reduction Equation Method of 2-II-1 Impact Estimation l III. Energy Budget of the Lower Hudson River 2-III-1 l

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l VII. Estimates of Impact on White Perch, Atlantic 2-VII-1 Tomcod and American Shad I

VIII. New Data on Adult Striped Bass and Revision of

! 2-VIII-1 Analyses of Growth and Fluctuations in Abundance

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. 3 ANALYSES OF 1974 AND 1975 DATA AND APPLICATION OF A REAL-l TIME LIFE CYCLE MODEL OF **iE HUDSON RlVER STRIFED BASS l POPULATION I. Introduction 3-I 'i II. Scope'of Study 3-TI-1 l

III. Description of Model 3-111-1 IV. Model Input Parameters 3-IV-1 V. Modeling of Compensation in the Hudson River 3-V-1 j Striped Bass Population j

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1. 2 Regulatory History SECTION 2 MASTER RATIONALE 2.1 Discharge Plume Areas and

2. 2 Determination of impact Fepresentative, Important Species

2. 3 Diotic Categories

2. 4 Supplemental Decision criteria i

SECTION 3 R EPR FS E!7TATIVE , I!4PORTANT SPECIES

' 3.1 RIS Rationale

3. 2 Approach to Impact Prediction i 3. 3 Hydrothermal Analyses 3.3.1 Exclusion Areas 3.4 Analysis of Diological Data

, 3. 5 Naomysin americana

3. 5.1 Life History Information 3.5,2

3. 6 Thermal Tolerance Studies Gamma run spp.

J. 6.1 Lif e History Information

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3.6.3 Thermal Tolerance Studies

' Peproductive Studies 3.6.4 Plume-Transit studies

3. 7 Crannon neptemnpinona 3.7.1 Lif e History Inf ormation 3.7.2 Thermal Tolerance Studies

3. 8 Striped Bann 3.8.1 Life History Information

3. 8. 2 Thermal Tolerance Studies

3. 8. 2.1 Eggs

3. 8. 2. 2 Larvae 3.8.2.3 Juveniles and Adults 3.8.3 Plume-Transit Studies

3. 9 White Perch 3.9.1 Life History Information 3.9.2 Thermal Tolerance Studies 3.9.2.1 Eggs 3.9.2.2 Larvae 3.9.2.3 Juveniles and Adults 3.10 Atlantic Tomcod 3.10.1 Life History Information 3.10.2 Thermal Tolerance Studies 3.10.2.1 Eggs 3.10.2.2 Larvae 3.10.2.3 Juveniles and Adulta 3.11 Atlan&.ic Sturgeon 2

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3.15.2.1 Eggs 3.15.2.2 Larvae 3.15.2.3 Juveniles and Adults i 3.16 Bay Anchovy 3.16.1 Life History Information 3.16.2 Thermal Tolerance Studies

- 3.16.2.1 Eqqs and Larvae 3.16.2.2 Juveniles and Adults 3.17 White Catfish 3.17.1 Life History Information 3.17.2- Tt;ermal Tolerance Studies SECTIOt? 4 THYTOPLANKTON 4.1 Decision Criteria

4. 2 Introduction

4. 3 Community Structure

4. 4 I,aboratory Studies 4.5 Fationale SECTION 5 MICROZOOPLANKTON 5.1 Decision Criteria

5. 2 Introduction

5. 3 Community Structure

5. 4 Abundance and Distribution

5. 5 Thermal Tolerance Studies

5. 6 Bationale SECTION 6 HABITAT FOPHERS SECTION 7 SHELLFISH /MACROINVEDTEEP A7 ES 7.1 Decision Criteria

7. 2 Macrozooplankton 7.2.1 Introduction 7.2.2 Community composition 7.2.3 Abundance and Distribution 7.2.4 Thermal Tolerance Studies 7.3 Rationale

7. 4 - Benthos 7.4.1 Introduction 7.4.2 Study Area 3

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8. 3 Ichthyoplankt.n

8. 4 Juveniles and Adults

8. 5 Pationale !

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10.1 Plant Operating Characteristics 10.1.1 Cooling Water System

10. 1. 2 Transit Time and Temperature Rise

10. 1. 2. 1 Transit Time

10. 1. 2.2 Condenser Temperature Rise

10. 1.2.3 System Temperature rise 10.1.3 Ileat Rejectier Rates

10. 1.4 Pecirculation 10.2 Thermal Survey Program -

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10. 2. 2 Thermal Plume Characteristics 10.2.3 Plume Configuration 10.3 State Thermal Criteria Compliance 10.4 Plume Variation with Operating Conditions 10.4.1 Scale-up Procedure 10.4.2 Thermal Plume Magnitudes 10.5 Interaction of Lovett and Indian Point Plumes SECTION 11 COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR CLOSED-CYCLE COOLI NG AT Tile INDIAN POINT GENERATING STATION l

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1. 2 Plant Operating characteristics 1.2.1 Cooling Water System 1.2.2 Condenser and System Temperature Rise

1. 3 Time - Temperature Profiles

1. 4 Chlorine

1. 5 Other C.iemical

1. 6 Dissolved Oxygen

! 1. 7 liydrologic Information 1.7.1 Flow 1.7.1.1 Freshwater Input 1.7.1.2 Tidal Flow 1.7.2 Currents 1.7.3 Stratification

1. 8 Ambient Temperature of Receiving Water

1. 9 Pecirculation 1.10 Intake and Peceiving Water Features 1.10.1 Topography 1.10.2 Dottom Contours Near Intake and Discharge 1.10.3 Characterization cf Dottom Sediments s 1.11 Outfall Configuration and Operation 1.12 Plume Data References 1.12.1 Sources SECTION 2 PilYTCPLANKTOW 2.1 Labora, tory Procedures

2. 2 Photosynthetic and Chlorophyll a Measurements 2.3 Temperature Pesults 2.4 Phytoplankton Species Composition

2. 5 Energy Inputs into iludson River SECTION 3 MICBCIDOPLANKTON 3.1 Field Studies

3. 2 Community Structure

3. 3 Analysis of variance

3. 4 Laboratory Tolerance Studies SECTION 4 MACRO 2OOPLANKTON/MACROBENTilOS 4.1 Macrozooplankton Therrial Tolerance 4.2 Macrozooplankton Latent Mortality

4. 3 Gammarus cold Shock

4. 4 ,Gammarus Reproductive Studies

4. 5 Gammarus Plume Transit Studies

4. 6 Macrozooplankton Field Studies 4.7 Bentbos Field Studies 4.8 Sediment Analysis 1

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4. 9 Sediment - Temperature studies SECTION 5 FIsil 5.1 Ichthyoplankton Methods 3.1.1 Field Collections 5.1. 2 Laboratory Methods

5. 2 Standard Station Fisheries Methods 5.2.1 Deach seine sampling 5.2.2 surface Trawl Sampling 5.2.3 Pottom Trawl samtling 5.2.4 Labolatory Methods 2

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