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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND CASE STUDIES: Evaluation of Coastal Ocean Discharges and Environmental Impacts in Southeast Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2011

Frederick Bloetscher ,
Daniel E. Meeroff  and
Jeanine D. Plummer
Frederick Bloetscher*
Affiliation:
Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering Department, Laboratory for Engineered Environmental Solutions, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Daniel E. Meeroff
Affiliation:
Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering Department, Laboratory for Engineered Environmental Solutions, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Jeanine D. Plummer
Affiliation:
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
*
Frederick Bloetscher, Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering Department, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431; (phone) 239-250-2423; (fax) 561-297-0493; (e-mail) [email protected]
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Abstract

This article outlines the current literature regarding anthropogenic inputs of nutrients and microorganisms into the coastal oceans. The concern about nutrients and microorganisms in coastal marine waters is that they may cause a shift in local populations of organisms and encourage invasive algae and coral diseases. The lack of baseline data on marine populations makes it difficult to determine the source of marine population shifts. This report focuses on the question of whether there is sufficient data to implicate coastal ocean outfall discharges of secondary treated wastewater effluent in southeast Florida as a causative agent in impacts to coastal communities. The literature does not appear to support evidence of population shifts from any particular source.

Environmental Practice 12:285–303 (2010)

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Environmental Practice , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 285 - 303
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