Nutrients in Somes Sound and the Associated Watershed, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Doering PH and Roman CT. 1994. Nutrients in Somes Sound and the Associated Watershed, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Technical Report NPS/NAROSS/NRTR-94-22. United States. National Park Service. Office of Scientific Studies. Boston, Massachusetts
'The purpose of this study was to collect baseline water quality information on the Sound and the freshwater brooks flowing into the Sound.' From Summary, 'Seven surveys, encompassing Spring, Summer and Fall, were conducted between 1991 and 1992. Each survey included sampling of surface water brooks (totalling 16) entering the Sound and 10-12 stations throughout the Sound. For brooks and the Somesville Pollution Control Facility, volume discharge, dissolved inorganic nutrient concentrations (ammonia, nitrate + nitrite, phosphate, silicate) and pH were determined. Within the Sound, vertical surface to bottom profiles of temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen were obtained. Water samples for dissolved inorganic nutrients (as for freshwater) were collected at 3-4 depths throughout the water column profile, with chlorophyll obtained from the surface.' /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/SOMES SOUND/
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Doering, Peter; Roman, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1994-05
- Publisher
- United States. National Park Service. Office of Scientific Studies
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Ammonia (NH3), Biomass, Chlorophyll, Denning Brook, Discharge, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Hadlock Brook, Kitteredge Brook, Man of War Brook, Mount Desert Island, Nitrogen (N), Nutrients, pH, Phosphate (PO4), Phosphorus (P), Phytoplankton, Richardson Brook, Salinity, Sargent Brook, Somes Pond Drainage, Somes Sound, Volume, Water Quality, Water Temperature