The Impact of Entrainment and Impingement on Fish Populations in the Hudson River Estuary. Volume I: Entrainment Impact Estimates for Six Fish Populations Inhabiting the Hudson River Estuary

摘要

The report is concerned with the estimation of the direct (or annual) entrainment impact of the power plants on populations of striped bass, white perch, Alosa spp. (blueback herring and alewife), American shad, Atlantic tomcod, and bay anchovy in the Hudson River. Entrainment impact results from the killing of fish eggs, larvae, and young juveniles that are contained in the cooling water cycled through a power plant. An 'Empirical Transport Model' is presented as the means of obtaining a conditional entrainment mortality rate.