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RECORD NUMBER: 225 OF 805

Main Title Eutrophication Model of the White River Basin above Beaver Reservoir in Northwest Arkansas.
Author Gearhear, Robert A. ;
CORP Author Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Water Resources Research Center.
Year Published 1973
Report Number PUB-15; DI-14-01-0001-1877; OWRR-B-012-ARK; 00555,; B-012-ARK(4)
Stock Number PB-224 811
Additional Subjects ( Water pollution ; Agricultural wastes) ; ( White River Basin ; Nutrients) ; ( Limnology ; Beaver reservoir) ; Plant growth ; Arkansas ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; Sampling ; Water quality ; Phytoplankton ; Algae ; Statistical data ; Mathematical models ; Tables(Data) ; Water influx ; Surface water runoff ; Urban areas ; Eutrophication
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NTIS  PB-224 811 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was threefold: (1) to determine the rate of nutrient accumulation in Beaver Reservoir, (2) to develop a eutrophication model to predict future eutrophication levels, and (3) to identify and isolate the major nutrient contributors of Beaver Reservoir. Stream and reservoir sampling networks were established and monitored for the various forms of soluble nitrogen and phosphorus. A nutrient budget for Beaver Reservoir was determined, and the rate of nutrient accumulation calculated from the nutrient inflow and outflow rates. The major nutrient contributors were based on the various types of runoff. These were ranked according to the amount contributed to total nutrient inflow. Overall algal growth rates for the six Beaver Reservoir sampling stations were developed from a reservoir model equation. Various parameters which influence algal growth were regressed to establish an overall rate equation. Other prediction equations were established for regression for nutrient loadings from major nutrient contributors.