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USE OF GEOSPATIAL DATA TO PREDICT DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS OF COAL MINING IN AN APPALACHIAN WATESHED
Citation:
JOHNSON, B. R., A. HAAS, AND K. M. FRITZ. USE OF GEOSPATIAL DATA TO PREDICT DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS OF COAL MINING IN AN APPALACHIAN WATESHED. Presented at Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists, Berkeley Springs, WV, April 04 - 05, 2007.
Impact/Purpose:
The goal of this research is to develop methods and indicators that are useful for evaluating the condition of aquatic communities, for assessing the restoration of aquatic communities in response to mitigation and best management practices, and for determining the exposure of aquatic communities to different classes of stressors (i.e., pesticides, sedimentation, habitat alteration).
Description:
Our objective was to use physicochemistry collected throughout a partially mined watershed to quantify downstream influence of headwater streams using exploratory geostatistical tools. Study area was the Buckhorn Creek watershed located in the Central Appalachian ecoregion of eastern Kentucky.