Self-Organization of Ecosystems in Marine Ponds Receiving Treated Sewage

摘要

These are the results of an experimental study of the marine ecosystems developing in six shallow ponds - three waste ponds receiving sea water mixed with sewage treatment effluent from the municipal plant of Morehead City, N.C., and three control ponds receiving sea water mixed with city tap water. After multiple seeding of many species, acclimation and self organization of ecological succession was studied 1968-1972. The ponds were microcosms with much of the essence of estuarine eutrophication.