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Main Title Evaluation of low order stream quality in central Iowa /
Author Arthur, J. W. ; Roush, T. ; Thompson, J. A. ; Walbridge, C. T. ; Puglisi, F. A.
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Author Title of a Work
Arthur, John W.
CORP Author National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab., Duluth, MN. Mid-Continent Ecology Div.
Publisher Mid-Continent Ecology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory] ; [Distributed by National Technical Information Service],
Year Published 1997
Report Number EPA/600/R-97/009
Stock Number PB97-196398
OCLC Number 38742667
Subjects Stream ecology--Iowa
Additional Subjects Aquatic habitats ; Biological communities ; Watersheds ; Toxicity ; Bottom sediments ; Fish populations ; Invertebrates ; Water chemistry ; Water quality ; Aquatic plants ; Drainage ; Physical properties ; Sampling ; Bioassay ; Correlation ; Land use ; Agricultural runoff ; Central Region ; Environmental stress
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=30003J3R.PDF
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EHAD  EPA/600-R-97-009 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 05/08/1998
EHBD  EPA/600/R-97/009 CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI 03/02/2007
EJBD  EPA 600-R-97-009 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 05/07/2013
EKCD  EPA/600/R-97/009 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 10/30/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-R-97-009 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-R-97-009 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 04/25/1998
ELDD  EPA/600/R-97/009 CCTE/GLTED Library/Duluth,MN 07/31/1998
ESAD  EPA 600-R-97-009 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB97-196398 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ix, 36 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
This research describes procedures and results obtained to evaluate the baseline (existing) watershed quality in the low order streams in a tri-county area in central Iowa. The five streams evaluated were located in the Upper Skunk River Basin. Field work was conducted over a three-year period from 1992 to 1994, and sampling conducted at 12 locations. The field procedures used physical (habitat), chemical (surface and sediment pore water quality), toxicological (daphid and algal bioassays), and biological (macroinvertebrates and fish) techniques. Habitat quality was the highest in the larger drainages. Non-farm streamside vegetative buffers were greater at the larger drainage sites. Significant associations were found among the macroinvertebrate community indices, surface and sediment pore water quality and drainage area. Correlations were also found between habitat quality and the biological community indices. Based on our measurements, lowest watershed quality was present in the upper drainage reaches. This study found that elevated concentrations of sediments and nutrients were associated with degraded biological communities found in low order agricultural streams.
Notes
"PB97-196398." "EPA/600/R-97/009." "June 1997."