Impact/Purpose:

Water quality assessment

Description:

Stream monitoring study of a 24 Western Corn Belt Plains streams designed to assess any correlation of nutrient loads and the level of dissolved oxygen in wadeable streams and any subsequent affect on aquatic life. Study currently being conducted under a cooperative agreement between USEPA Region 7 and the Central Plains Center for Bioassessment located at the University of Kansas in cooperation with the Office of Water nutrient criteria program and ORD=s Research Methods Initiative (RMI).

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