Freshwater and Saline Loads of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen to Hood Canal and Lynch Cove, Western Washington

Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5106

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5106

Table 8. Freshwater and saline loads of dissolved inorganic nitrogen to upper and lower layers of Lynch Cove, western Washington, September and October 2004.

[Abbreviations: DIN, dissolved inorganic nitrogen]

	Freshwater DIN loading to upper layer (MT/month)
	Mean	Standard deviation	Percentage of total to surface layer
Direct atmospheric wet deposition	0.14	0.05	4
Subbasins
Surface streamflow	.9	.3	25
Ground water	1.7	.7	47
Shallow shoreline septic systems	.84	.35	23
Total	3.6	.84
	Saline DIN loading from lower layer (MT/month)
	Mean	Standard deviation
Estuarine transport between 33 and 47 m	132	93

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