EPA Long-term Monitoring of Acid Sensitive Lakes: Long Term Monitoring of Water Chemistry at Branch and Bourn Ponds
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► dataset_eml_metadataproviderheader
- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
- Address:
705 Spear Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States of America
Phone: (802) 391-4135
Email: femc@uvm.edu
Website: www.uvm.edu/femc
► dataset_eml_abstractheader
Long term monitoring of chemistry in acid lakes in the Lye Brook Wilderness. In addition, limited baseline sampling of Lye Brook Meadows, Little Mud Pond, Bourn Brook, Lye Brook, Branch Pond Brook and Winhall River for water chemistry was undertaken in the 1990s. The goal is to determine the present biological and chemical characteristics of principal water bodies in and around Lye Brook Wilderness Area so that changes to air quality related values (AQRV) can be documented.
► dataset_eml_peopleheader
- Heather Pembrook: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- Steve Fiske: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- James Kellogg: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
- Steven Roy: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- Richard Langdon: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- Neil Kamman: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- Rebecca Harvey: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
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- -73.0316, 43.0934
- -73.0316, 43.0314
► dataset_eml_datatableheader
- dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Long Term Monitoring of Water Chemistry at Branch and Bourn Ponds
- dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 1981-04-30
- dataset_eml_datatableendate: 2014-10-23
- dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Measurements of chemical properties and components of Little Mud Pond, Bourn Brook, Lye Brook, Branch Pond Brook and Winhall River beginning in 1981.
- dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: Determine the present biological and chemical characteristics of principal water bodies in and around Lye Brook Wilderness Area so that changes to air quality related values (AQRV) can be documented.
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- dataset_eml_datatablecitation: VT Department of Environmental Conservation. 2020. Long Term Monitoring of Water Chemistry at Branch and Bourn Ponds. VT Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-monitoring-acid-sensitive-lakes/dataset/long-term-monitoring-water-chemistry-branch
- dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/long-term-monitoring-acid-sensitive-lakes/dataset/long-term-monitoring-water-chemistry-branch
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► dataset_eml_methodsheader
- dataset_eml_currentMethodsHeader
- Sampling in streams and lakes
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1982-03-01
- dataset_eml_methoddescription: Sampling in streams using dip method. Sampling in lakes using center flow method, using kemmerer bottle at 1m depth and 1m from bottom.
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1982-03-01
- Seasonal sampling
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1982-03-01
- dataset_eml_methoddescription: Spring, summer and fall sampling of lakes and streams.
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1982-03-01
- Measurements
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1982-03-01
- dataset_eml_methoddescription: Measurements include: field pH, Lab pH, gran alkalinity, specific conductance, calcium, magnesium, soldium, potassium, aluminum (both speciated organic and monmeric, and total dissolved), nitrate, sulfate, chloride.
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1982-03-01
- Secchi disk readings
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1982-03-01
- dataset_eml_methoddescription: Lakes sampled for secchi disk readings.
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1982-03-01
► dataset_eml_samplingheader
- dataset_eml_samplingCurrentEqupment
- Kemmerer
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1982-03-01
- dataset_eml_samplingdescription: Kemmerer
► dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsheader
- dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: Water bodies in and around Lye Brook Wilderness Area.
- dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: Towns of Manchester, Sunderland, and Winhall.