Using high-frequency sampling to detect effects of atmospheric pollutants on stream chemistry
We combined information from long-term (weekly over many years) and short-term (high-frequency during rainfall and snowmelt events) stream water sampling efforts to understand how atmospheric deposition affects stream chemistry. Water samples were collected at the Sleepers River Research Watershed, VT, a temperate upland forest site that receives elevated atmospheric deposition of pollutants such as nitrogen (N) and mercury (Hg). Our use of high-frequency sampling documents responses of nutrients and mercury in streamflow to atmospheric deposition inputs to the watershed.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 2009 |
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Title | Using high-frequency sampling to detect effects of atmospheric pollutants on stream chemistry |
Authors | Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, Elizabeth W. Boyer |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
Index ID | 70176164 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |