Publication Citation

USGS Series Open-File Report
Report Number 82-152
Title Water quality of the tidal Potomac River and estuary hydrologic data report, 1980 water year
Edition -
Language ENGLISH
Author(s) Blanchard, Stephen; Coupe, R. H., Jr.; Woodward, J. C.
Year 1982
Originating office
USGS Library Call Number (200) R29o no.82-152
Physical description i, 335 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
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Abstract

This report contains data on the physical and chemical properties measured in the Tidal Potomac River and Estuary during the 1980 Water Year. Data were collected routinely at five stations, and periodically at 17 stations including three stations near the mouth of the Potomac River in Chesapeake Bay. Each of the five stations represent a cross section through which the transport of selected dissolved and suspended materials can be computed. The remaining stations represent locations at which data were collected for special synoptic studies such as salt water migration, and dissolved oxygen dynamics. Routinely, samples were analyzed for silica, nitrogen, phosphorus, chlorophyll-a, pheophytin, and suspended sediment. Additional samples were analyzed for organic carbon, calcium, manganese, magnesium, sodium, alkalinity, sulfate, iron, potassium, chloride, fluoride, seston, algal growth potential, adenosine triphosphate, nitrifying bacteria and dissolved-solids residue. In addition, solar radiation measurements and in-situ measurements of dissolved oxygen, specific conductance, pH, temperature, and Secchi disk transparency are reported. (USGS)