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Watershed-Scale Agricultural Land-Use Impact On Instream Physicochemical Parameters, William Dillahunty, Indrajeet Chaubey, Marty Matlock Jan 2003

Watershed-Scale Agricultural Land-Use Impact On Instream Physicochemical Parameters, William Dillahunty, Indrajeet Chaubey, Marty Matlock

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is often the result of runoff losses from agricultural or urban areas. Even though the watershed approach to controlling NPS pollution is identified as the most efficient approach, data linking watershed scale land use and specific water quality implications are very limited. The objective of this study was to quantify the impact of agricultural land use on stream physico-chemical properties. The upper reach of Flint Creek was monitored at two sampling points draining an agricultural land. At each of these points, continuous measurement of stream characteristics such as temperature, dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration, depth, pH, and …


Winter And Spring Water Quality Of The Big Creek Watershed, Craighead County, Arkansas: Nutrients, Habitat, And Macroinvertebrates, Alan D. Christian, Jennifer L. Bouldin, Nate A. Bickford, Samuel B. Mccord, Aboubakar Sako, Jerry L. Farris, Lynn Kanieski, Ashley Mcbride Jan 2003

Winter And Spring Water Quality Of The Big Creek Watershed, Craighead County, Arkansas: Nutrients, Habitat, And Macroinvertebrates, Alan D. Christian, Jennifer L. Bouldin, Nate A. Bickford, Samuel B. Mccord, Aboubakar Sako, Jerry L. Farris, Lynn Kanieski, Ashley Mcbride

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The objective of this study was to assess the water quality of the Big Creek watershed during the winter and spring of 2002 by analyzing water physical, chemical variables, aquatic macro-invertebrates, and habitat. The Big Creek watershed, arising on Crowley's Ridge in northeast Arkansas, is a small deltaic watershed and is an area of intense cultivation. Four stations, Big Creek Upper (BCU), Mud Creek (MC),Lost Creek (LC), and Big Creek Lower (BCL) were established for this study from Big Creek, Mud Creek and Lost Creek. Water samples were collected on a weekly basis for 10 weeks from January 2002 through …