project purposeconceptual design of cage culture facilitypublic need for the project and benefits to community |
goals and objectives of the proposed actionsocial and economic benefits of the proposed actioncage culture operational parameter |
description of the lake watershedtributary flows and hydraulic retention timemorphometric characteristics and biotic habitat |
water chemistrynutrientstrophic state |
existing conditionsheat budgetstratification and mixing |
hydrodynamic motionssources of natural variation in lake water temperaturesimpacts of the proposed action |
existing conditionsTp and Srp concentrationsprofiles of phosphorus concentration with depthphytoplanktonprojected changes in phosphorus load and concentration |
annual succession of the phytoplankton communitychlorophyll A measurementsphytoplankton species composition and biovolumemacrophytestotal phosphrus budget |
potential effect on water claritypotential impacts on dissolved oxygen depletionchanges to phytoplankton abundance and chlorophyll concentrations |
potential impact on macrophyte developmentmitigating measuresunavoidable impacts |
existing conditionsbathymetryhand core samples analysisbiological investigations in the littoral zone |
potential physical impactspotential chemical impactspotential biotic impactsmitigating measures
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deep water fish community surveylittoral zone fish community surveydistribution of fish in lakeeffect on fish density |
spawning/nursery habitat and migration patternsimpacts of the proposed actionmitigating measuresunavoidable impacts |
lakeshore habitaturban/residential habitatwildlife surveys |
impacts of the proposed actionmitigating measuresunavoidable impacts |
aestheticsexisting visual resources along lake |
impacts of the proposed actionvisual impact analysis methodology |
no action alternativealternative fish farming technologies |
alternative facility locationalternative cage culture design |