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Stream Chemistry of Ranch Brook and West Branch: Ranch Brook Stream Chemistry

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  • 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

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    These data are stream solute samples collected as part of the Mt. Mansfield paired-watershed study, cooperatively supported by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative. Additional details on the watershed study are available in Wemple, B. C., J. Shanley, J. Denner, D. Ross, and K. Mills. 2007. "Hydrology and water quality in two mountain basins of the northeastern US: assessing baseline conditions and effects of ski area development." Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6700.

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  • Jon Denner: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Jamie Shanley: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Donald Ross: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Beverley Wemple: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

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  • human disturbance, water chemistry, water quality, watersheds,

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    • dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Ranch Brook Stream Chemistry
    • dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2001-03-29
    • dataset_eml_datatableendate: 2003-08-10
    • dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Measurements of calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, iron, manganese, and aluminum concentrations in Ranch Brook and West Branch streams

    • dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: To monitor the health of Ranch Brook and West Branch streams in relation to recreational use of Mt. Mansfield

    • dateset_eml_datatableshortname: Z0165_RanchbrookStreamChem

    • dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.165.178

    • dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
    • dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Beverley Wemple. 2003. Ranch Brook Stream Chemistry. University of Vermont. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/stream-chemistry-ranch-brook-west-branch/dataset/ranch-brook-stream-chemistry

    • dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/stream-chemistry-ranch-brook-west-branch/dataset/ranch-brook-stream-chemistry

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          • dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: Ranch Brook
        • dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinitioncode: WB
          • dataset_eml_attributelistcodedefinition: West Branch
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: Na
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Na
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      • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.001
      • Unit: milligramsPerLiter
      • dataset_eml_attributelistnumbertype: real
      dataset_eml_attributelistname: Al
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Al
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      • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.001
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: Ca
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      • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.01
      • Unit: milligramsPerLiter
      • dataset_eml_attributelistnumbertype: real
      dataset_eml_attributelistname: Cu
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Cu
      • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Copper concentration
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: Fe
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Fe
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: K
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: K
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: Mn
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Mn
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: P
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: P
      • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Phosphorous concentration
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      • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ratio
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      • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.001
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: Si
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Si
      • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Silicon concentration
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: Zn
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Zn
      • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Zinc concentration
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      • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ratio
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      dataset_eml_attributelistname: Chloride
      • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Chloride
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        • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Water quality analyses were conducted using standard methods in laboratories at the University of Vermont. Major anion concentrations were measured on a Dionex 600DX model ion chromatograph (Dionex Corp., Sunnyvale, CA) with an AS14A anion column. Major cation and silicon concentrations were measured on a Perkin-Elmer Optima 3000DV Inductively-Coupled Plasma Optical Emissions Spectrometer (Perkin-Elmer, Norwalk, CT).


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    • dataset_eml_samplingCurrentEqupment
      • Flow-activated water sampling
        • dataset_eml_samplingdescription: Flow-activated water sampling using Teledyne ISCO automated samplers began in March 2001 at the gauging stations the Ranch Brook and West Branch watersheds, tributaries of the Little River in Stowe, Vermont. The intake nozzle is a standard ISCO strainer, approximately 20 cm long with multiple holes. It is elevated approximately 0.3 m above the stream bed and approximately 1 m from a vertical retaining wall, oriented downstream, and located in a riffle where suspended sediment is generally though

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    • dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: The study area includes the West Branch (11.7 km2) and Ranch Brook (9.6 km2) watersheds on the eastern slope of Mt Mansfield, in Stowe, Vermont. The basins are adjacent and similar in size, shape, aspect and drainage patterns. Elevation ranges from 415 to 1340 min the West Branch basin and from 335 to 1173 m in the Ranch Brook basin. Additional details on the paired-watershed study design are provided in Wemple et al. 2007.

    • dataset_eml_siteCharacteristicsMinAlt: 740 meter

    • dataset_eml_siteCharacteristicsMaxAlt: 810 meter