Researchers To Study Effect of Floods on Estuaries

摘要

The sediment discharge in northwestern U.S. rivers appears to be increasing, scientists say, and researchers at Oregon State University (OSU; Corvallis) are wondering how this might effect coastal estuaries during winter flood events.A team of OSU researchers will use a $620,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the sediment deposits and the effects, and to document thernrecovery of the benthic communities — communities of organisms that live in and on the bottom of the ocean floor.