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Thermal pollution is a
temperature change in natural water bodies caused by human influence. The temperature change be upwards or downwards. In the Northern Hemisphere, a common cause of thermal
pollution is the use of water as a
coolant, especially in
power plants. Water used as a coolant is returned to the natural environment at a higher temperature. Increases in water temperature can impact on aquatic ecosystem organisms by (a) decreasing
oxygen supply, (b) killing fish juveniles which are vulnerable to small increases in temperature, and (c) affecting
ecosystem composition. In the Southern Hemisphere, thermal pollution is commonly caused by the release of very cold water from the base of reservoirs, with severe affects on fish (particularly eggs and larvae), macroinvertebrates and river productivity.
Ecological effects — warm water
Warm water typically decreases the level of dissolved oxygen in the water. The decrease in levels of
dissolved oxygen can harm aquatic animals such as fish, amphibians and copepods. Thermal pollution may also increase the
metabolic rate of aquatic animals, as
enzyme activity, resulting in these organisms consuming more food in a shorter time than if their environment were not changed. An increased metabolic rate may result in food source shortages, causing a sharp decrease in a population. Changes in the environment may also result in a migration of organisms to another, more suitable environment, and to in-migration of organisms that normally only live in warmer waters elsewhere. This leads to competition for fewer resources; the more adapted organisms moving in may have an advantage over organisms that are not used to the warmer temperatures. As a result one has the problem of compromising
food chains of the old and new environments. Biodiversity can be decreased as a result.
It is known that temperature changes of even one to two degrees
Celsius can cause significant changes in organism metabolism and other adverse cellular biology effects. Principal adverse changes can include rendering cell walls less permeable to necessary
osmosis, coagulation of cell proteins, and alteration of
enzyme metabolism. These cellular level effects can adversely affect death and
reproduction.
Primary producers are affected by warm water because higher water temperature increases plant growth rates, resulting in a shorter lifespan and species overpopulation. This can cause an algae bloom which reduces the oxygen levels in the water. The higher plant density leads to an increased plant
respiration rate because the reduced light intensity decreases photosynthesis. This is similar to the eutrophication that occurs when watercourses are polluted with Leaching agricultural inorganic fertilizers.
A large increase in temperature can lead to the denaturing of life-supporting enzymes by breaking down Hydrogen bond- and
disulphide bonds within the quaternary structure of the enzymes. Decreased enzyme activity in aquatic organisms can cause problems such as the inability to break down
lipids, which leads to malnutrition.
In limited cases, warm water has little deleterious effect and may even lead to improved function of the receiving aquatic ecosystem. This phenomenon is seen especially in seasonal waters and is known as thermal enrichment. An extreme case is derived from the aggregational habits of the manatee, which often uses power plant discharge sites during winter. Projections suggest that manatee populations would decline upon the removal of these discharges.
The added heat lowers the dissolved oxygen content and may cause serious problems for the plants and animals living there. In extreme cases, major fish kills can result. Warm water may also increase the metabolic rate of aquatic animals, as enzyme activity, meaning that these organisms will consume more food in a shorter time than if their environment was not changed.
Ecological effects — cold water
Releases of unnaturally cold water from reservoirs can dramatically change the fish and macroinvertebrate fauna of rivers, and reduce river productivity. In Australia, where many rivers have warmer temperature regimes, native fish species have been eliminated, and macroinvertebrate faunas drastically altered and impoverished, from large stretches of rivers due to cold water thermal pollution.
Computer modeling of thermal pollution
In the 1970s there was considerable activity from scientists in
quantifying effects of thermal pollution.
Hydrologists, physicists,
meteorologists, and[computer scientists combined their skills in one of the
first
interdisciplinary pursuits of the modern
environmental science era.First came the application of [gaussian function dispersal
modeling that forecasts how a thermal [plume (hydrodynamics)
|plume is formed from a thermal [point source (pollution) and predicts the distribution of aquatic temperatures.The ultimate model was developed by the [United States
Environmental Protection Agency|U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency introducing the statistical variationsin meteorology to predict the resulting plume from a thermal
outfall.
References
- Michael Hogan, Leda C. Patmore and Harry Seidman, Statistics Prediction of Dynamic Thermal Equilibrium Temperatures using Standard Meteorological Data Bases, United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development EPA-660/2-73-003, August, 1973
- E.L. Thackston and F.L. Parker, Effect of Geography Location on Cooling pond Requirements Vanderbilt University, for Water Quality Office, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Project no. 16130 FDQ, March 1971
-
- Edward A. Laws, Aquatic Pollution: An Introductory Text, John Wiley and Sons (2000) ISBN 0-471-34875-9
Thermal pollution is a temperature change in natural water bodies caused by human influence. The temperature change be upwards or downwards. In the Northern Hemisphere, a common cause of
thermal pollution is the use of water as a coolant, especially in
power plants. Water used as a coolant is returned to the natural environment at a higher temperature. Increases in water temperature can impact on aquatic ecosystem organisms by (a) decreasing oxygen supply, (b) killing fish juveniles which are vulnerable to small increases in temperature, and (c) affecting ecosystem composition. In the Southern Hemisphere, thermal pollution is commonly caused by the release of very cold water from the base of reservoirs, with severe affects on fish (particularly eggs and larvae), macroinvertebrates and river productivity.
Ecological effects — warm water
Warm water typically decreases the level of dissolved oxygen in the water. The decrease in levels of
dissolved oxygen can harm aquatic animals such as fish,
amphibians and
copepods. Thermal pollution may also increase the
metabolic rate of aquatic animals, as
enzyme activity, resulting in these organisms consuming more food in a shorter time than if their environment were not changed. An increased metabolic rate may result in food source shortages, causing a sharp decrease in a population. Changes in the environment may also result in a migration of organisms to another, more suitable environment, and to in-migration of organisms that normally only live in warmer waters elsewhere. This leads to competition for fewer resources; the more adapted organisms moving in may have an advantage over organisms that are not used to the warmer temperatures. As a result one has the problem of compromising
food chains of the old and new environments. Biodiversity can be decreased as a result.
It is known that temperature changes of even one to two degrees
Celsius can cause significant changes in organism metabolism and other adverse
cellular biology effects. Principal adverse changes can include rendering cell walls less permeable to necessary osmosis, coagulation of cell
proteins, and alteration of
enzyme metabolism. These cellular level effects can adversely affect
death and
reproduction.
Primary producers are affected by warm water because higher water temperature increases plant growth rates, resulting in a shorter lifespan and species overpopulation. This can cause an algae bloom which reduces the oxygen levels in the water. The higher plant density leads to an increased plant respiration rate because the reduced light intensity decreases
photosynthesis. This is similar to the
eutrophication that occurs when watercourses are polluted with Leaching agricultural inorganic fertilizers.
A large increase in temperature can lead to the denaturing of life-supporting enzymes by breaking down
Hydrogen bond- and
disulphide bonds within the quaternary structure of the enzymes. Decreased enzyme activity in aquatic organisms can cause problems such as the inability to break down lipids, which leads to
malnutrition.
In limited cases, warm water has little deleterious effect and may even lead to improved function of the receiving aquatic ecosystem. This phenomenon is seen especially in seasonal waters and is known as thermal enrichment. An extreme case is derived from the aggregational habits of the
manatee, which often uses power plant discharge sites during winter. Projections suggest that manatee populations would decline upon the removal of these discharges.
The added heat lowers the dissolved oxygen content and may cause serious problems for the plants and animals living there. In extreme cases, major fish kills can result. Warm water may also increase the metabolic rate of aquatic animals, as enzyme activity, meaning that these organisms will consume more food in a shorter time than if their environment was not changed.
Ecological effects — cold water
Releases of unnaturally cold water from reservoirs can dramatically change the fish and macroinvertebrate fauna of rivers, and reduce river productivity. In Australia, where many rivers have warmer temperature regimes, native fish species have been eliminated, and macroinvertebrate faunas drastically altered and impoverished, from large stretches of rivers due to cold water thermal pollution.
Computer modeling of thermal pollution
In the 1970s there was considerable activity from scientists in
quantifying effects of thermal pollution.
Hydrologists, physicists,
meteorologists, and[computer scientists combined their skills in one of the
first
interdisciplinary pursuits of the modernenvironmental science era.First came the application of [gaussian function dispersal
modeling that forecasts how a thermal [plume (hydrodynamics)
|plume is formed from a thermal [point source (pollution) and predicts the distribution of aquatic temperatures.The ultimate model was developed by the [United States
Environmental Protection Agency|U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency introducing the statistical variationsin meteorology to predict the resulting plume from a thermal
outfall.
References
- Michael Hogan, Leda C. Patmore and Harry Seidman, Statistics Prediction of Dynamic Thermal Equilibrium Temperatures using Standard Meteorological Data Bases, United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development EPA-660/2-73-003, August, 1973
- E.L. Thackston and F.L. Parker, Effect of Geography Location on Cooling pond Requirements Vanderbilt University, for Water Quality Office, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Project no. 16130 FDQ, March 1971
-
- Edward A. Laws, Aquatic Pollution: An Introductory Text, John Wiley and Sons (2000) ISBN 0-471-34875-9
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