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 Added: 01-Jan-2000
 Updated: 30-May-2002
 URL: http://www.oceansatlas.org/id/19578
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 Jacob Nganyi
 
 
 
 
San Onofre, California, USA, Pacific Ocean
        
Instead of building huge billion-dollar cooling towers, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are cooled with ocean water. A giant system of pipes takes in more than two million gallons of ocean water a minute. After being warmed to as much as 108 degrees, the water is sent back out to the sea.
 
This effluence has altered the movement of ocean waters in the area causing the destruction of over two hundred acres (59,000 kelp plants) of kelp forest. This, in turn, will have caused the displacement or death of thousands of individuals from numerous species. In total it is estimated that the kelp fish population in the area has declined by 80%.
 
 
 
 
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Effects of El Niño on local hydrography and growth of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, at Santa Catalina Island, California (USA). Effects of El Niño on local hydrography and growth of the giant kelp,...rnia (USA). Effects of El Niño on local hydrography and growth of the giant kelp, Macrocyst...  
Effects of kelp forest removal on associated fish assemblages in central California Effects of kelp forest removal on associated fish assemblages in cent... California Effects of kelp forest removal on associated fish assemblages in central Califo...  
El Niño effects on Southern California kelp forest communities. El Niño effects on Southern California kelp forest communities. El Niño effects on Southern California kelp forest communities. 
Fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forests off central California. Fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forests off cent...California. Fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forests off central Califo...  
The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California: A Community Profile The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California 
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