Assessment of total nitrogen and total phosphorus in selected surface water of the National Park Service Northern Colorado Plateau Network, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, from 1972 through 2007
Scientific Investigations Report
2012-5043
Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service
By: Juliane B. Brown and David P. Thoma
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Abstract
Nutrients are a nationally recognized concern for water quality of streams, rivers, groundwater, and water bodies. Nutrient impairment is documented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a primary cause of degradation in lakes and reservoirs, and nutrients are related to organic enrichment and oxygen depletion, which is an important cause of degradation in streams. Recently (2011), an effort to develop State-based numeric nutrient criteria has resulted in renewed emphasis on nutrients in surface water throughout the Nation. In response to this renewed emphasis and to investigate nutrient water quality for Northern Colorado Plateau Network streams, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, assessed total nitrogen and total phosphorus concentration data for 93 sites in or near 14 National Park units for the time period 1972 through 2007.
Suggested Citation
Brown, J., Thoma, D.P., 2012, Assessment of total nitrogen and total phosphorus in selected surface water of the National Park Service Northern Colorado Plateau Network, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, from 1972 through 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5043, x, 112 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20125043.
ISSN: 2328-0328 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Assessment of total nitrogen and total phosphorus in selected surface water of the National Park Service Northern Colorado Plateau Network, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, from 1972 through 2007 |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2012-5043 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20125043 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Colorado Water Science Center |
| Description | x, 112 p. |
| Time Range Start | 1972-01-01 |
| Time Range End | 2007-12-31 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona;Colorado;Idaho;New Mexico;Utah;Wyoming |
| Other Geospatial | Northern Colorado Plateau |
| Scale | 200000 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |