An Investigation of the Boardman River Biota in Response to Temporary Drought Conditions
Subject
Traverse City Light and Power; Biota; Boardman River; July 13, 1981; Temporary Drought Conditions; Brown Bridge Dam; benthic invertebrate fauna; Garfield Road Bridge; Scharman Road Bridge; Michigan Department of Natural Resources; Benthic; Colonization; aquatic invertebrates; small fishes; desiccationAbstract
On May 22, 1981, the Brown Bridge Dam spillway gates were
accidently closed and remained closed for approximately 1.5
hours. This closure stopped the discharge at Brown Bridge and
lowered the downstream river level, exposing portions of the
stream bottom to the air. This investigation was done to determine
the effects of this temporary "drought" condition on the
river's benthic invertebrate fauna, with special consideration
of fish food items.
Description
Partial OCR done. 9 pages total.