Power plants: effects of chlorination on estuarine primary production.
Steam electric stations may reduce primary production of cooling water by 91 percent as a result of chlorine applications for control of fouling organisms. Bacterial densities and concentrations of chlorophyll a are also reduced. Slight stimulation of production may occur in the absence of chlorination. Based on the available supply of "new" water, we calculate a maximum loss of primary production of 6.6 percent for the adjacent tidal segment of the Patuxent River.
D001419:Bacteria; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002452:Cell Count; D002713:Chlorine; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000032:analysis; D004560:Electricity; D008396:Maryland; D010788:Photosynthesis; D013227:Steam; D014871:Water Microbiology
D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D013227:Steam; D002734:Chlorophyll; D002713:Chlorine