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The Effect of High Flow Events on N:P Ratio within the Missisquoi and Winooski Tributaries

Research on the effect of high-flow events on N:P ratio in Missisquoi and Winooski tributaries from 2012-2015 using GIS. Exploration of N and P discharge, land use impact, and algal species related to nutrient ratios.

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The Effect of High Flow Events on N:P Ratio within the Missisquoi and Winooski Tributaries

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  1. The Effect of High Flow Events on N:P Ratio within the Missisquoi and Winooski Tributaries Amanda Keilty Chelsea Cole Daniel Wilkinson Robert Genter, Ph.D. and Saul Blocher

  2. Methods • TN and TP • ISCOs • 2012-2015 • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  3. “Urban” Watershed Agricultural Watershed

  4. Schindler’s Experiment: Lake 226 Leibig’s Law of the Minimum N + C P + N + C https://www.google.com/search?q=schindler%27s+canadian+lake&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=979&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6--b7kfPNAhWH9x4KHRjEDU4Q_AUIBigB#imgrc=j0_Wi2BRNaYNMM%3A

  5. Research Questions

  6. N & P with Discharge

  7. N:P with Discharge

  8. Research Questions

  9. N & P with Land Use

  10. N:P with Land Use

  11. Research Questions

  12. Fairchild, Lowe, & Richardson (1985) Anabaena sp. Epithemia adnate Rhopalodiagibba Achnanthidiumminutissima Gomphonematenellum Cocconeisplacentula Stigeoclonium tenue Naviculoids Anabaena is N-fixing; Epithemia and Rhopalodia have N-fixing endosymbiotic algae = Low N:P P N N+P

  13. Redfield Ratio, 16N: 1P molar

  14. Thank you

  15. Citations Fairchild, GW, RL Lowe, & WB Richardson. 1985. Algal periphyton growth on nutrient-diffusing substrates: An in-situ bioassay. Ecology 66(2): 465-472. University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab, 2007. Land Use/Land Cover for the Lake Champlain Basic, Circa 2001. Burlington, Vermont 3: 1-11. Vermont Center for Geographic Information, Inc., United States Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center, 2002. ElevationDEM_DEM24. Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2002: 1-6. Funding provided by NSF Grant EPS 1101317

  16. Just in Case

  17. Just in Case Part 2

  18. Our focus was simple “single peak” hydrograph events.

  19. Missisquoi Basin and Sub-basins

  20. Mad River Focus Area

  21. 4 Watersheds in the Winooski Basin

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