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Water Quality In Southeastern Minnesota Streams: Observations Along A Gradient Of Land Use And Geology, Nels H. Troelstrup Jr., James A. Perry
Water Quality In Southeastern Minnesota Streams: Observations Along A Gradient Of Land Use And Geology, Nels H. Troelstrup Jr., James A. Perry
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
ABSTRACT-Surface water quality in southeastern Minnesota's driftless area exhibits subregional and local spatial patterns which are highly correlated with subsurface geology and land-use practices. Some variables appear to respond on subregional or watershed scales. Nitrate, specific conductance, alkalinity, and surface water atrazine concentrations were lower in streams originating from the Prairie Du Chien or Jordan sandstone ~quifers of easte:n Fillmore and Houston Counties than those originating from the Galena limestone aquifer m west-central Fillmore County. In addition, the numbers of pollution intolerant and functionally specialized invertebrates in the benthic community were higher in the eastern streams. Gross primary production on …