Water Quality Trends and Geochemical Mass Balance

by Peters, N. E.; Bricker, O. P.; Kennedy, M. M.

• ISBN13: 9780471978688
• ISBN10: 047197868X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-29
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Water is, perhaps, the single most important substance on earth. It forms the basis for life as we know it. Organisms, including human beings, can only survive if there is an adequate supply of water available. In addition, the water must be of the proper quality to support life. The living world has evolved and adjusted over hundreds of millions of years to the variation in the natural distribution and chemical composition of water at the earth's surface. Water Quality Trends and Geochemical Mass Balance provides an overview of the tracking of water quality changes, through both trend analysis and geochemical mass balances. This volume will serve to extend our understanding of those processes and encourage innovative applications of these data analysis techniques for the study of environmental systems. Also, one should not discount the continuing need for quality environmental monitoring data to provide the basic building blocks used for the trend and mass balance assessments presented herein.

Author Biography

N. E. Peters is the editor of Water Quality Trends and Geochemical Mass Balance, published by Wiley.

O. P. Bricker is the editor of Water Quality Trends and Geochemical Mass Balance, published by Wiley.

M. M. Kennedy is the editor of Water Quality Trends and Geochemical Mass Balance, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
N.E. Peters
O.P. Bricker
M.M. Kennedy
SECTION I--WATER QUALITY TRENDS
Review of Methods for the Detection and Estimation of Trends with Emphasis on Water Quality Applications	3	(24)
S.R. Esterby
Trends in the Chemistry of Precipitation and Surface Water in a National Network of Small Watersheds	27	(32)
B.T. Aufenbach
R.P. Hooper
O.P. Bricker
Water Quality Trends at an Upland Site in Wales, UK, 1983-1993	59	(22)
A.J. Robson
C. Neal
Trends in Stream and River Temperature	81	(22)
B.W. Webb
Heavy Metals in the Hydrological Cycle: Trends and Explanation	103	(36)
I.D.L. Foster
S.M. Charlesworth
Trends in Nutrients	139	(32)
A.L. Heathwaite
P.J Johnes
N.E. Peters
Trends in Eutrophication Research and Control	171	(20)
W. Rast
J.A. Thornton
Pathogenic Agents in Freshwater Resources	191	(20)
E.E. Geldreich
Trends in Groundwater Quality	211	(24)
J.C. Lofits
SECTION II--GEOCHEMICAL MASS BALANCE
Atmospheric Deposition to Watersheds in Complex Terrain	235	(10)
G.M. Lovett
J.J. Bowser
E.S. Edgerton
Comparison of Methods for Calculating Annual Solute Exports from Six Forested Appalachian Watersheds	245	(16)
B. R. Swistock
P. J. Edwards
F. Wood
D. R. DeWalle
Application of the Geographical Information Systems Approach to Watershed Mass Balance Studies	261	(24)
P. L. Richards
L. R. Kump
Chemical Modelling on the Bare Rock or Forested Watershed Scale	285	(24)
R. L. Bassett
Use of Geochemical Mass Balance Modelling to Evaluate the Role of Weathering in Determining Stream Chemistry in Five Mid-Atlantic Watersheds on Different Lithologies	309	(26)
A. K. O'Brien
K. C. Rice
O. P. Bricker
M. M. Kennedy
R. Todd Anderson
Chemical Mass Balance and Rates of Mineral Weathering in a High-Elevation Catchment, West Glacier Lake, Wyoming	335	(20)
J. B. Finley
J. I. Drever
The Use of Mass Balance Investigations in the Study of the Biogeochemical Cycle of Sulfur	355	(18)
H. E. Evans
P. J. Dillon
L. A. Molot
Nitrogen Fluxes in a High Elevation Colorado Rocky Mountain Basin	373	(18)
J. S. Baron
D. H. Campbell
Sulfur and Nitrogen Budgets for Five Forested Appalachian Plateau Basins	391	(16)
C. L. Dow
D. R. DeWalle
Index	407