NSWC/WOL/TR 76-161 



CONTENTS 



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I INTRODUCTION 3 



II POSSIBLE MONITORING TECHNIQUES 4 



2.1 BIOLOGICAL 4 



2.2 CHEMICAL 9 



2.3 PHYSICAL 11 



III EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM - MAY 1976 11 



3.1 INTRODUCTION 11 



3.2 SHOT 1 12 



3.3 SHOT 2 14 



3.4 SHOT 3 16 



3.5 SHOT 4 16 



3.6 SHOT 5 25 



IV CONCLUSIONS 25 



4.1 TIME AND COSTS OF MONITORING 25 



4.2 RECOMMENDATIONS 27 



TABLES 



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2.1 Criteria for Damage to Fish 8 



3.1 May 1976 Experimental Program 13 



3.2 Shot 2 Dip Net Records 15 



3.3 Shot 3 Dip Net Records 17 



3.4 Shot 3 Bottom Trawl Records 18 



3.5 Shot 3 Comparison of Results 18 



3.6 Shot 3 Sequence of Events 19 



3.7 Shot 4 Water Sample Records 21 



3.8 Shot 4 First Surface Trawl Records 21 



3.9 Shot 4 Dip Net Records 22 



3.10 Shot 4 Second Surface Trawl Records 23 



3.11 Shot 4 Comparison of Results 23 



3.12 Shot 4 Sequence of Events 24 



4.1 Biological Monitoring 26 



4.2 Chemical Monitoring 28 



