Wood, Joseph D., Elliott, David, Garman, Greg, Hopler, David, Lee, William, McIninch, Stephen, Porter, Aaron J., Bukaveckas, Paul A., 2016, Autochthony, allochthony and the role of consumers in influencing the sensitivity of aquatic systems to nutrient enrichment: Food Webs, vol 7, p. 1-12
Aaron J Porter
Biography
Aaron Porter is a Hydrologist and Project Chief with the U.S. Geological Survey's Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center (VA-WV-WSC) in Richmond, VA. Aaron has been involved in a wide variety of USGS water-resources investigations since 2014. His primary focus has been on utilizing streamflow and continuous water-quality monitoring to improve our understanding of nutrient and sediment dynamics in, and loadings from, small urban watersheds. Aaron is currently the project chief for the Hampton Roads Regional Stormwater Monitoring Program, Salem Source-Water Monitoring, the VA-WV-WSC demonstation gage at Mechumps Creek, and the co-project chief for the Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Program. Aaron holds a M.S. in Environmenal Science (2011) from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) with a focus on microbial ecology in wetland environments, and a B.A. in English with a minor in Public and Urban Planning from Virginia Tech (2005).
Science and Products
Date published: September 30, 2016
Status: Active Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Network
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested into the implementation of Best Management Practices (BMPs), with the explicit goal of improving water quality. Earlier research has demonstrated that these implemented BMPs are effective at the plot-scale and the field-scale; however, less information is available to document the effectiveness of these BMPs at the watershed scale - precisely...
Contacts: John D Jastram
Date published: September 30, 2016
Status: Active Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program
In 2014, the U.S. Geological Survey partnered with the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) in cooperation with the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission to implement a water-quality monitoring program with the goals of (1) collecting high quality nutrient and sediment data representative of the Coastal Plain, (2) computing loads that can be compared to those developed for the...
Contacts: Aaron J Porter
Date published: May 26, 2020
Inputs and Selected Outputs Used to Assess Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Streamflow, Water-Chemistry, and Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of Selected Streams in Fairfax County, Virginia, 2007-2018
Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and suspended-sediment (SS) loads, in Fairfax County, Virginia streams have been calculated using monitoring data from five intensively monitored watersheds for the period from water year (October - September) 2008-2017. Nutrient and suspended-sediment loads were computed using a surrogate (multiple-linear regression) approach with lab ana
Year Published: 2020
Spatial and temporal patterns in streamflow, water chemistry, and aquatic macroinvertebrates of selected streams in Fairfax County, Virginia, 2007–18
Urbanization substantially alters the landscape in ways that can impact stream hydrology, water chemistry, and the health of aquatic communities. Stormwater best management practices (BMPs) are the primary tools used to mitigate the effects of urban stressors such as increased runoff, decreased baseflow, and increased nutrient and sediment...
Porter, Aaron J.; Webber, James S.; Witt, Jonathan W.; Jastram, John D.View Citation
Porter, A.J., Webber, J.S., Witt, J.W., and Jastram, J.D., 2020, Spatial and temporal patterns in streamflow, water chemistry, and aquatic macroinvertebrates of selected streams in Fairfax County, Virginia, 2007–18: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2020–5061, 106 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20205061.
Year Published: 2016
Hampton roads regional Water-Quality Monitoring Program
IntroductionHow much nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended solids are contributed by the highly urbanized areas of the Hampton Roads region in Virginia to Chesapeake Bay? The answer to this complex question has major implications for policy decisions, resource allocations, and efforts aimed at restoring clean waters to Chesapeake Bay and its...
Porter, Aaron J.; Jastram, John D.Attribution: Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center, Water Resources, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian
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Porter, A.J., and Jastram, J.D., 2016, Hampton roads regional Water-Quality Monitoring Program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2016–3095, 2 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20163095.
Pre-USGS Publications
Wood JD, Franklin RB, Garman G, McIninch S, Porter AJ, Bukaveckas PA. Exposure to the cyanotoxin microcystin arising from interspecific differences in feeding habits among fish and shellfish in the James River Estuary, Virginia. Environ Sci Technol. 2014 May 6;48(9):5194-202. doi: 10.1021/es403491k. Epub 2014 Apr 11. PMID: 24694322.
Porter, Aaron J, 2011, Microbial Community Function in Freshwater Wetland Soils: Using Extracellular Enzyme Analysis to Study the Effect of Moisture and Vegetation: Virginia Commonwealth University, Master Thesis, http://doi.org/10.25772/KMGV-ZR84
