National Capital Region Network 2009 Water Resources Monitoring Data Report: Water Chemistry, Nutrient Dynamics, and Surface Water Dynamics Vital Signs(English)

Series: English

Water chemistry is important to maintaining a healthy habitat for many aquatic organisms, wildlife, and humans. Water quality can provide insights into overall system productivity, shift species abundances and distributions, and alter nutrients cycles. Water quality parameters such as pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, and temperature are good measurements that provide an overview of wate