Understanding Maine's lakes and ponds : a guide for the volunteer monitoring program

Pearsall W. 1991. Understanding Maine's lakes and ponds : a guide for the volunteer monitoring program. National Park Service

Contents include: history and goals, history, goals, data collection & analysis, education, citizen-DEP communication, summary; water quality, causes of water quality decline, transparency (secchi disk), color, chlorophyll a, total phosphorus, trophic state indices, pH, alkalinity, conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, internal recycling; watersheds and ways to protect water quality, watersheds, erosion control, buffer strips, road maintenance and ditching, impervious surfaces, septic systems, soaps and cleaners, lawn & garden fertilization, other sources of phosphorus, laws to protect water quality; standard operating procedures, secchi disk (transparency), dissolved oxygen profile /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MAINE/

Type
Published Report
Authors
Pearsall, Webster
Date of Issue
1991
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
ACAD
Keywords
Alkalinity, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Erosion, Maine, pH, Phosphorus (P), trophic state, Water Color, Water Quality, Water Temperature, Water Transparency

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