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Stability of Stream Communities Exposed to Underground Nuclear Tests on Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Stability of Stream Communities Exposed to Underground Nuclear Tests on Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska |
| Creator | Valdez, Richard Ames |
| Description | A major bioenvironmental effect of The United States Atomic Energy Commission's Underground Nuclear Testing Program on Amchitka Island, Alaska was the decimation of stream communities by drilling muds from the device emplacement holes. These muds reached two of these streams 4 months and 2 years before the Milrow and Cannikin tests, respectively. Recolonization of fishes and macroinvertebrates in these small streams (Clevenger and White Alice Creeks) began 1 month after spill abatement.... |
| Date | 1975-05-01T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1625 info:doi/10.26076/e16d-b117 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/etd/article/2624/viewcontent/ValdezRichard1975.pdf |
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| Source | All Graduate Theses and Dissertations |
| Publisher | DigitalCommons@USU |
| Subject | Life Sciences Other Life Sciences |
