Start Date
4-1973 8:00 AM
Description
In order to study the influence of an artificial habitat of discarded automobile tires upon the biomass in and around it, three sites were selected in the Banana River of which two will contain small groups of tires and one will not. Over a given period, the populations in and around the tires will be compared with those which existed initially or prevail on the natural site.
Preliminary observations indicate that adequate numbers may be present in the lower trophic levels but that there are perhaps inadequate populations of upper level carnivores which it appears can be increased by an artificial habitat.
Evaluation of an Artificial Estuarine Habitat -Initial Stage
In order to study the influence of an artificial habitat of discarded automobile tires upon the biomass in and around it, three sites were selected in the Banana River of which two will contain small groups of tires and one will not. Over a given period, the populations in and around the tires will be compared with those which existed initially or prevail on the natural site.
Preliminary observations indicate that adequate numbers may be present in the lower trophic levels but that there are perhaps inadequate populations of upper level carnivores which it appears can be increased by an artificial habitat.
Comments
Ocean Sciences And Applications
Session Chairman: Hon. Randolph Hodges , Executive Director, Florida Department of Natural Resources, Tallahassee
Session Organizer: Raymond L. Norman, Unmanned Launch Operations, NASA, KSC
Special Advisor: Dr. Kerry B. Clark, Assistant Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
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