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Characteristics of Bacteria and Water Quality along the Buffalo National River 2017-2018

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Publication Date
Start Date
2017-05-15
End Date
2019-02-05

Citation

Hoffpauir, N.M., Baudoin, B.A., and Jenkins, J.A., 2022, Characteristics of Bacteria and Water Quality along the Buffalo National River 2017-2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OVL2CJ.

Summary

A National Park Service Partnership Program project was conducted in 2017 - 2019 on water quality parameters up-stream and downstream of a confined animal feeding operation on a Buffalo National River tributary (Big Creek). Monthly, over a period of 20 months, patterns of nutrients in water (nitrogen and phosphorus), periphyton (chlorophyll a and algal assemblages), and bacterial responses (viable bacterial densities, total bacterial counts, and live bacterial metabolic activity) were measured at six sites along Buffalo National River. Heterotrophic bacteria were concentrated from the water samples. The metabolic activity of heterotrophic bacteria was determined by fluorescent staining of enzyme (esterase) activity then analysis by [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jill A Jenkins
Process Contact :
Jill A Jenkins
Originator :
Nina (Contractor) M Hoffpauir, Brooke A Baudoin, Jill A Jenkins
Metadata Contact :
Jill A Jenkins
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Jenkins108825CAFO9,8,20_09172020b.xml
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View 		23.05 KB application/fgdc+xml
Bacterial_Counts.csv 8.3 KB text/csv
Bacterial_Metabolic_Activity.csv 39.94 KB text/csv
DataReleaseChemicalsAndBacteria.csv 11.18 KB text/csv

Purpose

Data were collected to better understand the quality of the water in the Buffalo National River, especially in light of the presence of a confined animal feeding operation on a tributary since 2013. Nutrient and periphyton data and bacteria in the river were compared better understand the microbial ecology of the Buffalo National River.

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