Hydrologic landscapes on the Delmarva Peninsula - Part 2: Estimates of base-flow nitrogen load to Chesapeake Bay

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 779-791

  Joseph Bachman, L ^a   Phillips, Patrick J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape analysis; Surface water hydrology; Water quality; Watershed analysis

Indexed keywords

BASE FLOW NITROGEN LOAD; HYDROLOGIC LANDSCAPES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NITROGEN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0030209459     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1996.tb03475.x     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Bachman, L. J., 1984a. Nitrate in the Columbia Aquifer, Central Delmarva Peninsula, Maryland. U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 84-4322, 51 pp.
2. Bachman, L. J., 1984b.The Columbia Aquifer of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Part 1 - Hydrogeology. Maryland Geological Survey Report of Investigation 40, Baltimore, Maryland, 40 pp.
3. Bachman, L. J., 1994. Hydrologic Control of Dissolved Aluminum in the Baseflow of Streams on the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware and Maryland, U.S.A. Ph.D. Dissertation, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 107 pp.
4. Carpenter, D. H., 1983. Characteristics of Streamflow in Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey Report of Investigations 35, Baltimore, Maryland, 237 pp.
5. Cohn, T. A., L. L. DeLong, E. J. Gilroy, R. M. Hirsch, and D. K. Wells, 1987. Estimating Constituent Loads. Water Resources Research 25:937-942.
6. Cohn, T. A., D. L. Caulder, E. J. Gilroy, L. D. Zynjuk, and R. M. Summers, 1992. The Validity of a Simple Statistical Model for Estimating Fluvial Constituent Loads: An Empirical Study Involving Nutrient Loads Entering Chesapeake Bay. Water Resources Research 28:2353-2363.
7. Colby, B. R., 1963. Fluvial Sediments - A Summary of Source, Transportation, Deposition, and Measurements of Sediment Discharge. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1181-A, 47 pp.
8. Conover, W. C., 1980. Practical Nonparametric Statistics. John Wiley, New York, New York, 493 pp.
9. Cushing, E.M., I. H. Kantrowitz, and K. R. Taylor, 1973. Water Resources of the Delmarva Peninsula. U.S. Geol. Surv. Professional Paper 822, 58 pp.
10. Denver, J. M. 1986, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of the Unconfined Aquifer in West-Central and Southwestern Delaware. Rep. Invest. 41, Delaware Geol. Surv., Newark, Delaware, 100 pp.
11. Fishman, M. J. and L. C. Freidman (Editors), 1985. Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Substances in Water and Fluvial Sediments. U. S. Geological Survey Open File Report 85-493, 709 pp.
12. Friedman, L. C. and D.E. Erdmann, 1982. Quality Assurance Practices for the Chemical and Biological Analyses of Water and Fluvial Sediments. U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Book 5, Chapter A6, 181 pp.
13. Gilroy E. J., R. M. Hirsch, and T. A. Cohn, 1990. Mean Square Error of Regression-Based Constituent Transport Estimates. Water Resources Research 26:2069-2077.
14. Hamilton, P. A., J. M. Denver, P. J. Phillips and R. J. Shedlock, 1993. Water-Quality Assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia - Effect of Agricultural Activities on Nitrate and Inorganic Constituents in the Surficial Aquifer. U. S. Geological Survey Open File Report 93-40, 87 pp.
15. James, R. W., J. F. Hornlein, R. H. Simmons, and B. F. Strain, 1991. Water-Resources Data, Maryland and Delaware, Water Year 1991 - Volume 1. Surface-Water Data, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report MD-DE-91-1,449 pp.
16. Kaufman, P. R., A. T. Herlihy, M. E. Mitch, and J. J. Messer, 1991. Stream Chemistry in the Eastern United States - 1. Synoptic Survey Design, Acid-Base Status, and Regional Patterns. Water Resources Research 27:611-627.
17. Norusis, M. J., 1983. SPSSX Introductory Statistics Guide. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, New York, 276 pp.
18. Norusis, M. J., 1985. SPSSX Advanced Statistics Guide. McGraw-Hill Book Company New York, New York, 505 pp.
19. Owens, J. P. and C. S. Denny, 1979, Upper Cenozoic Deposits of the Central Delmarva Peninsula. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1067-A, 28 pp.
20. Owens, J. P., M. M. Hess, C. S. Denny, and E. J. Dwornik, 1983. Postdepositional Alteration of Surface and Near-Surface Minerals in Selected Coastal Plain Formations of the Middle Atlantic States. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1067-F, 45 pp.
21. Pettyjohn, W. A. and R. Henning, 1979. Preliminary Estimate of Ground-Water Recharge Rates, Related Streamflow and Water Quality in Ohio. Ohio State University, Water Resources Center, Project Completion Report 522, 323 pp.
22. Phillips, P. J. and R. J. Shedlock, 1993. Hydrology and Chemistry of Ground Water and Seasonal Ponds in the Atlantic Coastal Plain in Delaware, U.S.A. Journal of Hydrology 141:157-178.
23. Phillips, P. J. and L. J. Bachman, 1996. Hydrologic Landscapes on the Delmarva Peninsula - Part 1: Drainage Basin Type and Base-Flow Chemistry. Water Resources Bulletin 32(4):767-778.
24. Porterfield, George, 1977. Computation of Fluvial Sediment Discharge. U. S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations Book 3, Chapt. C3, 66 pp.
25. Richards, R. P., 1989. Evaluation of Some Approaches to Estimating Non-Point Pollutant Loads for Unmonitored Areas. Water Resources Bulletin 25:891-916.
26. Riggs, H. C., 1972. Low Flow Investigations. U.S. Geological Survey, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations Book 4, Chapter B1.
27. Robertson, F. N., 1979. Evaluation of Nitrate in Ground Water of the Delaware Coastal Plain. Ground Water 17:328-337.
28. SAS Institute, Inc., 1989. SAS Language and Procedures: Version 6, First Edition. SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, 638 pp.
29. SPSS, Inc., 1986. SPSSX User's Guide, Second Edition. SPSS, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 988 pp.
30. Shedlock, R. J., P. A. Hamilton, J. M. Denver, and P. J. Phillips, 1993. Multiscale Approach to Regional Ground-Water Quality Assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula. In: Regional Ground Water Quality, W. M. Alley, (Editor). Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, New York, pp. 563-587.
31. Simmons, R. H. and D. H. Carpenter, 1978. Technique for Estimating Magnitude and Frequency of Floods in Delaware. U. S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations 78-93, 69 pp.
32. Stevens, S. S., 1946. On the Theory of Scales of Measurement. Science 103:677-680.
33. Taylor, J. K., 1988. Quality Assurance of Chemical Measurements. Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, Michigan, 328 pp.
34. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1988. Chemical Characteristics of Streams in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States (National Stream Survey Phase I) - Volume 1: Population Descriptions and Physico-Chemical Relationships. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA/600/3-88/021a, 397 pp.
35. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1992. Progress Report of the Baywide Nutrient Reduction Reevaluation. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 68 pp.
36. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1988. Nutrient Dynamics in the Choptank River Watershed: A Comparative Analysis of Subwatershed Exports. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Annapolis, Maryland, 63 pp.
37. U. S. Geological Survey, 1977. National Handbook of Recommended Methods of Water Data Acquisition, Chapter 5, Chemical and Physical Quality of Water and Sediment. U.S. Geological Survey Office of Water Data Coordination, Reston Virginia, 196 pp.