Floating Tire Breakwaters And Ecology Of Coves In An Oklahoma Reservoir
The influence of floating tire breakwaters on the ecology of coves was studied in Lake Carl Blackwell, a 1400-ha reservoir in north-central Oklahoma. Breakwaters, consisting of a single row of 18-tire modules, were installed across the mouths of 2 coves (8.5 and 9.8 ha). Wind, wave height, water temperature, transparency, suspended solids, turbidity, and sedimentation rate were measured during one 7-month period at windward and leeward sites in 2 experimental and 2 control coves. Populations of fish and benthic invertebrates were monitored in experimental and control coves for 2 years...
