Effects of land-use change on nutrient discharges from the Patuxent River watershed

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-266

  Weller, Donald E ^a   Jordan, Thomas E ^a   Correll, David L ^a,b   Liu, Zhi Jun ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Univ of NC at Greensboro ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATERSHED;

MARYLAND; PATUXENT ESTUARY; PATUXENT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038045241     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02695965     Document Type: Article

References (73)

1. ALEXANDER, R. B., R. A. SMITH, AND G. E. SCHWARZ. 2000. Effect of stream channel size on the delivery of nitrogen to the Gulf of Mexico. Nature 403:758-761.
2. ALEXANDER, R. B., R. A. SMITH, G. E. SCHWARZ, S. D. PRESTON, J. W. BRAKEBILL, R. SPINIVASAN, AND P. A. PACHECO. 2001. Atmospheric nitrogen flux from the watersheds of major estuaries of the United States: An application of the SPARROW watershed model, p. 119-170. In R. A. Valigura, R. B. Alexander, M. S. Castro, T. P. Meyers, H. W. Paerl, P. E. Stacey, and R. E. Turner (eds.), Nutrient Loading in Coastal Water Bodies: An Atmospheric Perspective, Volume 57. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
3. BEAULAC, M. N. AND K. H. RECKHOW. 1982. An examination of land use - Nutrient export relationships. Water Resources Bulletin 18:1013-1022.
4. BICKNELL, B. R., J. C. IMHOFF, J. L. KITTLE, A. S. DONIGAN, AND R. C. JOHANSON. 1997. Hydrological simulation program FORTRAN (HSPF): User's manual for release 11. EPA-600/R-97-080. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia.
5. BOCKSTAEL, N. E. AND E. G. IRWIN. 2003. Public policy and the changing landscape. Estuaries 26:210-225.
6. BOESCH, D. F., R. B. BRINSFIELD, AND R. E. MAGNIEN. 2001. Chesapeake Bay eutrophication: Scientific understanding, ecosystem restoration, and challenges for agriculture. Journal of Environmental Quality 30:303-320.
7. BOYNTON, W. R., J. H. GARBER, R. SUMMERS, AND W. M. KEMP. 1995. Inputs, transformations, and transport of nitrogen and phosphorus in Chesapeake Bay and selected tributaries. Estuaries 18:285-314.
8. BREITBURG, D., D. L. LIPTON, AND T. E. JORDAN. 2003 From ecology to economics: Tracing human influence in the Patuxent River estuary and its watershed. Esturies 26:280-297.
9. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. 1990. Census of agriculture, 1987 on CD-ROM technical documentation. U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
10. CARPENTER, S., N. F. CARACO, D. L. CORRELL, R. W. HOWARTH, A. N. SHARPLEY, AND V. H. SMITH. 1998. Nonpoint pollution of surface waters with phosphorus and nitrogen. Ecological Applications 8:559-568.
11. CASTRO, M. S., C. T. DRISCOLL, T. E. JORDAN, W. G. REAY, W. R. BOYNTON, S. P. SEITZINGER, R. V. STYLES, AND J. E. CABLE. 2001. Contribution of atmospheric deposition to the total nitrogen loads to thirty-four estuaries on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, p. 77-105. In R. A. Valigura, R. B. Alexander, M. S. Castro, T. P. Meyers, H. W. Paerl, P. E. Stacey, and R. E. Turner (eds.), Nutrient Loading in Coastal Water Bodies: An Atmospheric Perspective, Volume 57. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
12. C-CAP. 1992. CoastWatch Change Analysis Project (C-CAP): Chesapeake Bay land cover classification data, 1984 and 1988-89. NODC Environmental Information Bulletin Number 92-3. National Oceanographic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
13. CORRELL, D. L. 1987. Nutrients in Chesapeake Bay, p. 298-320. In L. W. Hall, H. M. Austin, and S. K. Majumdar (eds.), Contaminant Problems and Management of Living Chesapeake Bay Resources. Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Easton, Pennsylvania.
14. CORRELL, D. L., T. E. JORDAN, AND D. E. WELLER. 1999a. Effects of interannual variation in precipitation on stream discharge from Rhode River subwatersheds. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 35:73-82.
15. CORRELL, D. L., T. E. JORDAN, AND D. E. WELLER. 1999b. Effects of precipitation and air temperature on nitrogen discharges from Rhode River watersheds. Water Air and Soil Pollution 115:547-575.
16. CORRELL, D. L., T. E. JORDAN, AND D. E. WELLER. 1999c. Effects of precipitation and air temperature on phosphorus fluxes from Rhode River watersheds. Journal of Environmental Quality 28:144-154.
17. CORRELL, D. L., T. E. JORDAN, AND D. E. WELLER. 1999d. Precipitation effects on sediment and associated nutrient discharges from Rhode River watersheds. Journal of Environmental Quality 28:1897-1907.
18. CORRELL, D. L., T. E. JORDAN, AND D. E. WELLER. 1999e. Transport of nitrogen and phosphorus from Rhode River watersheds during storm events. Water Resources Research 35:2513-2521.
19. CORRELL, D. L. AND D. E. WELLER. 1997. Nitrogen input-output budgets for forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, p. 431-442. In J. E. Baker (ed.), Atmospheric Deposition of Contaminants to the Great Lakes and Coastal Waters. SETAC Press, Inc., Pensacola, Florida.
20. COSTANZA, R., A. VOINOV, R. BOUMANS, T. MAXWELL, F. VILLA, L. WAINGER, AND H. VOINOV. 2002. Integrated ecologic economic modeling of the Patuxent River watershed, Maryland. Ecological Monographs 73:203-231.
21. D'ELIA, C. F., W. R. BOYNTON, AND J. G. SANDERS. 2003. A watershed perspective on nutrient enrichment, science, and policy in the Patuxent River, Maryland: 1960-2000. Estuaries 26:171-185.
22. DEWALD, T., R. HORN, R. GREENSPUN, P. TAYLOR, L. MANNING, AND A. MONTALBANO. 1985. STORET reach retrieval documentation. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
23. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY-ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (EPA-EMAP). 1994. Chesapeake Bay watershed pilot project EPA/620/R94/020. U.S. EPA-EMAP, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
24. FRINK, C. R. 1991. Estimating nutrient exports to estuaries. Journal of Environmental Quality 20:717-724.
25. HAGY, J. D., W. R. BOYNTON, AND L. P. SANFORD. 2000. Estimation of net physical transport and hydraulic residence times for a Coastal Plain estuary using box models. Estuaries 23:328-340.
26. HARMAN, H. H. 1976. Modern Factor Analysis. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
27. JONES, K. B., A. C. NEALE, M. S. NASH, R. D. VAN REMORTEL, J. D. WICKHAM, K. H. RIITERS, AND R. V. O'NEILL. 2001. Predicting nutrient and sediment loadings to streams from landscape metrics: A multiple watershed study from the United States Mid-Atlantic region. Landscape Ecology 16:301-312.
28. JORDAN, T. E., D. L. CORRELL, J. MIKLAS, AND D. E. WELLER. 1991a. Long-term trends in estuarine nutrients and chlorophyll, and short-term effects of variation in watershed discharge. Marine Ecology Progress Series 75:121-132.
29. JORDAN, T. E., D. L. CORRELL, J. MIKLAS, AND D. E. WELLER. 1991b. Nutrient dynamics at the interface of a watershed and estuary. Limnology and Oceanography 36:251-267.
30. JORDAN, T. E., D. L. CORRELL, AND D. E. WELLER. 1993. Nutrient interception by a riparian forest receiving inputs from adjacent cropland. Journal of Environmental Quality 22:467-473.
31. JORDAN, T. J., D. L. CORRELL, AND D. E. WELLER. 1997a. Effects of agriculture on discharges of nutrients from coastal plain watersheds of Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Environmental Quality 26:836-848.
32. JORDAN, T. J., D. L. CORRELL, AND D. E. WELLER. 1997b. Non-point source discharges of nutrients from Piedmont watersheds of Chesapeake Bay. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 33:631-645.
33. JORDAN, T. J., D. L. CORRELL, AND D. E. WELLER. 1997C. Relating nutrient discharges from watersheds to land use and stream-flow variability. Water Resources Research 33:2579-2590.
34. JORDAN, T. E., D. L. CORRELL, AND D. E. WELLER. 2000. Matta-woman creek watershed nutrient and sediment dynamics: Final contract report to Charles County, Maryland. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland.
35. JORDAN, T. E., J. W. PIERCE, AND D. L. CORRELL. 1986. Flux of particulate matter in the tidal marshes and subtidal shallows of the Rhode River estuary. Estuaries 9:310-319.
36. JORDAN, T. E. AND D. E. WELLER. 1996. Human contributions to terrestrial nitrogen flux. Bioscience 46:655-664.
37. JORDAN, T. E., D. E. WELLER, AND D. L. CORRELL. 2003. Sources of nutrient inputs to the Patuxent River estuary. Estuaries 26:226-243.
38. KELLOGG, R. L., M. S. MAIZEL, AND D. W. GROSS. 1992. Agricultural chemical use and ground water quality: Where are the potential problem areas? U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
39. LANGLAND, M. J., P. L. LIETMAN, AND S. HOFFMAN. 1995. Synthesis of nutrient and sediment data for watersheds within the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania.
40. LINKER, L. C., G. W. SHENK, R. L. DENNIS, AND J. S. SWEENEY. 1999. Cross-media models of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and airshed. Chesapeake Bay Program Office, Annapolis, Maryland.
41. LIU, Z.-J., D. E. WELLER, D. L. CORRELL, AND T. E. JORDAN. 2000. Effects of land cover and geology on stream chemistry in watersheds of Chesapeake Bay. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 36:1349-1366.
42. LIZGARRA, J. S. 1999. Nutrient and sediment concentrations, trends, and loads from five subwatersheds in the Patuxent River basin, Maryland, 1986-1996. U.S. Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland.
43. LUNG, W. 1992. A water quality model for the Patuxent estuary. School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
44. LUNG, W. S. AND S. BAI. 2003. A water quality model for the Patuxent estuary: Current conditions and predictions under changing land-use scenarios. Estuaries 26:267-280.
45. MARYLAND OFFICE OF PLANNING (MOP). 1991. Land use/land cover information for Maryland. Maryland Office of Planning, Baltimore, Maryland.
46. MARYLAND OFFICE OF PLANNING (MOP). 1993. Nonpoint source assessment and accounting system: Final report for the FFY '91 Section 319 grant. Maryland Office of Planning, Baltimore, Maryland.
47. MARYLAND OFFICE OF PLANNING (MOP). 1995. Development and application of the nonpoint source assessment and accounting system: Final report for the FFY '92 Section 319 grant.
48. MARYLAND OFFICE OF PLANNING (MOP). 2000. Methods used to estimate 1997-2020 land use change. Maryland Office of Planning, Baltimore, Maryland.
49. MEENTEMEYER, V. AND E. O. BOX. 1987. Scale effects in landscape studies, p. 15-36. In M. G. Turner (ed.), Landscape Heterogeneity and Disturbance, Volume 64. Springer-Verlag, New York.
50. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE. 1995. Soil survey geographic (SSURGO) database: Data use information. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
51. NIXON, S. W. 1995. Coastal marine eutrophication: A definition, social causes, and future consequences. Ophelia 41:199-219.
52. NIZEYIMANA, E., G. W. PETERSEN, M. C. ANDERSON, B. M. EVANS, J. M. HAMLETT, AND G. M. BAUMER. 1996. Statewide GIS/Census data assessment of nitrogen loadings from septic systems in Pennsylvania. Journal of Environmental Quality 25:346-354.
53. OFFICER, C. B., R. B. BIGGS, J. L. TAFT, L. E. CRONIN, M. A. TYLER, AND W. R. BOYNTON. 1984. Chesapeake Bay anoxia: Origin, development, and significance. Science 223:22-27.
54. ORTH, R. J. AND K. A. MOORE. 1983. Chesapeake Bay: An unprecedented decline in submerged aquatic vegetation. Science 222:51-54.
55. PETERSON, B. J., W. M. WOLLHEIM, P. J. MULHOLLAND, J. R. WEBSTER, J. L. MEYER, J. L. TANK, E. MARTI, W. B. BOWDEN, H. M. VALETT, A. E. HERSHEY, W. M. MCDOWELL, W. K. DODDS, S. K. HAMILTON, S. GREGORY, AND D. D. MORALL. 2000. Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams. Science 292:86-90.
56. PRESTON, S. D. AND J. W. BRAKEBILL. 1999. Application of spatially referenced regression modeling for evaluation of the total nitrogen loading in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4054. U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado.
57. RABALAIS, N. N., R. E. TURNER, AND W. J. WISEMAN. 2001. Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Environmental Quality 30:320-329.
58. SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 1999. SAS/STAT User's Guide, Version 8. SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, North Carolina.
59. SEITZINGER, S. P., R. V. STYLES, E. W. BOYER, R. B. ALEXANDER, G. BILLEN, R. W. HOWARTH, B. MAYER, AND N. VAN BREEMAN. 2002. Nitrogen retention in rivers: Model development and application to watersheds in the Eastern U.S.A. Biogeochemistry 57/58:199-237.
60. SMITH, R. A., G. E. SCHWARZ, AND R. B. ALEXANDER. 1997. Regional interpretation of water-quality monitoring data. Water Resources Research 33:2781-2798.
61. SPRAGUE, L. A., M. J. LANGLAND, S. E. YOCHUM, R. E. EDWARDS, J. D. BLOMQUIST, S. W. PHILIPS, G. W. SHENK, AND S. D. PRESTON. 2000. Factors affecting nutrient trends in major rivers of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4218. U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado.
62. SRINIVASAN, R., J. G. ARNOLD, R. S. MUTTIAH, C. WALKER, AND P. T. DYKE. 1993. Hydrologic unit model for United States (HUMUS), p. 454-462. In S. Yang (ed.), Proceedings of Advances in Hydro-science and Engineering, Volume 30. University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.
63. TASSONE, J., D. M. WELLER, R. E. HALL, AND N. M. EDWARDS. 1998. Smart growth options for Maryland's tributary strategies. Maryland Office of Planning, Baltimore, Maryland.
64. TURNER, M. G. 1989. Landscape ecology: The effect of pattern on process. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 20:171-197.
65. TURNER, R. E. AND N. N. RABALAIS. 1991. Changes in Mississippi River water quality this century - Implications for coastal food webs. Bioscience 41:140-147.
66. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 1999. Land use change in the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
67. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2001. National land cover characterization project. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
68. VOGELMANN, J. E., T. SOHL, AND S. M. HOWARD. 1998a. Regional characterization of land cover using multiple sources of data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 64:45-67.
69. VOGELMANN, J. E., T. SOHL, S. M. HOWARD, AND D. M. SHAW. 1998b. Regional land cover characterization using Landsat Thematic Mapper data and ancillary data sources. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 51:415-428.
70. VOINOV, A. A., H. VOINOV, AND R. COSTANZA. 1999. Surface water flow in landscape models: 2. Patuxent watershed case study. Ecological Modelling 119:211-230.
71. WELLER, D. E., D. L. CORRELL, T. E. JORDAN, AND J. M. COFFEE. 1996. Scale-dependent success in quantifying cropland from satellite-based land cover data. Bulletin of the Ecological Society America 77:474.
72. WELLER, D. M. AND N. EDWARDS. 2001. Maryland's changing land use: Past, present, and future. Maryland Department of Planning, Baltimore, Maryland.
73. WERNICK, B. G., K. E. COOK, AND H. SCHREIER. 1998. Land use and stream water nitrate-N dynamics in an urban-rural fringe watershed. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 34:639-650.