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Hydrologic and geochemical factors affecting the chemistry of small headwater streams in response to acidic deposition on Catoctin Mountain, north-central Maryland
Hydrologic and water-quality data were collected at a precipitation-collection station and from two small watersheds on Catoctin Mountain, north- central Maryland, as part of an investigation of episodic acidification and its effects on streamwater quality. Data were collected from June 1990 through December 1993. Descriptions of the water shed instrumentation, data-collection techniques, and labo
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Karen C. Rice, Owen P. Bricker
Hydrologic and water-quality data for two small watersheds on Catoctin Mountain, North-Central Maryland, 1987-93
Hydrologic and water-quality data were collected from a precipitation-collection station and from two small watersheds on Catoctin Mountain, north-central Maryland, as part of investigations of acidic deposition and episodic acidification, and their effects on streamwater quality. Detailed descriptions of the site instrumentation in the watersheds, field data-collection techniques, and laboratory
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Karen C. Rice, Margaret M. Kennedy, Christiana A. Carter, Robert T. Anderson, Owen P. Bricker
Water Resources Data, Virginia, Water Year 1995, Volume 1. Surface-Water Discharge and Surface-Water Quality Records
No abstract available.
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R.K. White, Donald C. Hayes, M.R. Eckenwiler, D.L. Belval, P.E. Herman
Seasonal cycles in streamwater quality on Catoctin Mountain, Maryland
In 1980, the U.S. Congress mandated the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) to study the effects of acidic precipitation (acid rain). In 1982, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was selected to be the lead Federal agency under NAPAP to monitor the composition of precipitation and its effects on the environment. In 1982, the USGS began to monitor precipitation and streamwater on C
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Karen C. Rice, Owen P. Bricker
The association of water chemistry variables and fish condition in streams of Shenandoah National Park (USA)
As part of the “Shenandoah National Park: Fish in Sensitive Habitats” (SNP:FISH) project, the blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) was utilized as an indicator species to assess the susceptibility of the ichthyofaunal community of Shenandoah National Park (USA) to acidification. Water chemistry (ANC, conductivity, pH, and concentrations of Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, Cl−, NO3−, SO42−, and SiO2) was sam
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T.E. Dennis, S.E. MacAvoy, M.B. Steg, A.J. Bulger
Measuring streamflow in Virginia
No abstract available.
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Roger M. Moberg, Karen C. Rice, Eugene D. Powell
Seasonal cycles of dissolved constituents in streamwater in two forested catchments in the mid-Atlantic region of the eastern U.S.A.
Streamwater discharge and chemistry of two small catchments on Catoctin Mountain in north-central Maryland have been monitored since 1982. Repetitive seasonal cycles in stream-water chemistry have been observed each year, along with seasonal cycles in the volume of stream discharge and in groundwater levels. The hypothesis that the observed streamwater chemical cycles are related to seasonal chang
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Karen C. Rice, Owen P. Bricker
Acid Rain
Although acid rain is fading as a political issue in the United States and funds for research in this area have largely disappeared, the acidity of rain in the Eastern United States has not changed significantly over the last decade, and it continues to be a serious environmental problem. Acid deposition (commonly called acid rain) is a term applied to all forms of atmospheric deposition of acidic
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Owen P. Bricker, Karen C. Rice
Low cost limestone treatment of acid sensitive trout streams in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia
The method of single point, single application liming has been studied as a means of mitigating anthropogenic acid in trout streams in Virginia. Three critically acid sensitive streams were dosed with a total of five applications of limestone sand and monitored before, during and after the treatments to assess changes in water chemistry and biota. Limestone treatments of 8 to 50 tons (particle siz
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D.M. Downey, C.R. French, M. Odom
Comparison of episodic acidification of Mid-Atlantic Upland and Coastal Plain streams
Episodic acidification was examined in five mid-Atlantic watersheds representing three physiographic provinces: Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, and Blue Ridge. Each of the watersheds receives a similar loading of atmospheric pollutants (SO42− and NO3−) and is underlain by different bedrock type. The purpose of this research was to quantify and compare the episodic variability in storm flow chemis
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Anne K. O'Brien, Karen C. Rice, Margaret M. Kennedy, Owen P. Bricker