Documentation of Data Collection in Currituck Sound, North Carolina and Virginia, 2006-2007

Open-File Report 2008-1147
Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources
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Abstract

During 2006 and 2007, scientists from Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina Estuarine Research Reserve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey collected hydrologic and water-quality data at nine sites in and around Currituck Sound. Hydrologic and water-quality data were collected at five tributary sites--the Northwest River near Moyock, Tull Creek near Currituck, and Intracoastal Waterway near Coinjock in North Carolina, and the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal near Princess Anne, and the North Landing River near Creeds in Virginia. In addition, data were collected at one site at the mouth of Currituck Sound (Currituck Sound at Point Harbor, North Carolina). Only water-quality data were collected at three sites in Currituck Sound and Back Bay-Currituck Sound near Jarvisburg, and Upper Currituck Sound near Corolla in North Carolina, and Back Bay near Back Bay in Virginia. The hydrologic data included water elevation and velocity, and discharge. The water-quality data included discrete samples and continuous measurements of water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and chlorophyll a. The hydrologic and water-quality data collected for this study were quality assured by the U.S. Geological Survey and stored in the National Water Information System database. The data collected for this project are being used to develop an unsteady multidimensional hydrodynamic and water-quality model of Currituck Sound by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The purpose of this model is to provide the basis for planning and the development of best-management practices and restoration projects for Currituck Sound and its tributaries.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Documentation of data collection in Currituck Sound, North Carolina and Virginia, 2006-2007
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2008-1147
DOI 10.3133/ofr20081147
Year Published 2008
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description iv, 11 p.
Country United States
State North Carolina, Virginia
Other Geospatial Currituck Sound
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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