If this occurs, and marine biota are removed from the environment, erosion can occur, or increase, especially in regions prone to wave action and tidal resuspension ( Bernal P ., and P . M . Holligan 1992 ).
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Among the issues that will be examined are noise, odor and especially the question of resuspension _ that is, whether the dredging process stirs up so many PCBs from the river bottom that the river becomes more polluted than it was before.
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In addition to the direct blockage of light to the plant, benthic macroalgae have low carbon / nitrogen content, causing their decomposition to stimulate bacterial activity, leading to sediment resuspension, an increase in water turbidity, and the further attenuation of light.
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Among the issues that will be examined are noise, odor, effect on river traffic, and especially the question of resuspension _ that is, whether the dredging process itself is stirring up PCBs from the river bottom mud and thereby causing the river to be recontaminated.
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Whitman said in a statement that questions related to resuspension, along with other details about the work, would be addressed in the final project plan, but that they would be explored in a public process simultaneous with the design phase, and would therefore not slow down the project.
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Ned Sullivan, president of Scenic Hudson and one of those meeting on Tuesday with agency officials, said the agency wanted to set specific standards regarding the rate of progress and what was called resuspension _ that is, how much the dredging stirred up chemicals from the bottom of the river.
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"In areas where resuspension occurs _ with tidal activity, and any storm or wind-induced mixing of the water column _ clams and other sensitive bivalve species will be strongly affected by the increased sediment load, " said Marie-Claude Archambault, an oceanography graduate student at Dalhousie University.
