Observations of the Behavior and Distribution of Fish in Relation to the Columbia River Navigation Channel and Channel Maintenance Activities

The role of environmental impact assessment in the sustainable artificial island development: A Qatar's Island case study

“…Studies conspicuously highlight the negative impacts of dredging works on fisheries during the shoreline and artificial island development phase (Carlson et al, 2001;Hastings and Popper, 2005;Nedwell et al, 2003). During various phases of dredging, the probability of sedimentation followed by turbidity becomes high (Bishop and Khan, 2002), which in turn disturbs oxygen level, the reproductive cycle of fish species, disrupts the photosynthesis process of benthic organisms, and diminishes nursery ground and feeding grounds of marine fish species (Erftemeijer et al, 2012;Erftemeijer and Robin Lewis, 2006).…”