Mojave Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring streams and lakes protocol: 2011-2013 monitoring data
Moret GJ, Bailard JL, Patrick NA. 2015. Mojave Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring streams and lakes protocol: 2011-2013 monitoring data. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/MOJN/NRDS—2015/817. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Mojave Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring Program (MOJN I&M) is a National Park Service program that monitors ecological vital signs in eight parks located in Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona. The MOJN I&M Streams and Lakes protocol focuses on monitoring water quality and water quantity in headwater streams and sub-alpine lakes in Great Basin National Park (GRBA), located in eastern Nevada. Pilot testing of the protocol was completed in the summer of 2009, and the protocol was formally approved in 2012. This report presents Streams and Lakes protocol presents data collected in the 2011, 2012, and 2013 field seasons, and serves as the Annual Reports for those years. The report includes water quality and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblage data for GRBA streams, and water quality, water level, clarity, and ice-free period data for GRBA lakes. Stream discharge data will be published in a separate report, as the processing, analysis, and review of discharge records can delay their availability for reporting. The water quality in GRBA streams and lakes is generally excellent, with the measured water quality and chemistry parameters in compliance with regulatory limits. The benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages observed in the streams are consistent with healthy ecosystems. The first five years of monitoring have provided valuable baseline data on the health of the aquatic ecosystems in GRBA and provided information on how they respond to wet years and dry years. MOJN I&M will prepare synthesis reports incorporating these data following the publication of the stream discharge records and the 2014 annual report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Moret, Geoff; Bailard, Jennifer; Patrick, Nathan
- Date of Issue
- 2015-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GRBA , MOJN , NRSS
- Keywords
- Acid Neutralizing Capacity, benthic macroinvertebrate, Discharge, Dissolved Organic Carbon, Dissolved Oxygen, GRBA, Great Basin National Park, ice-out, ice-over, Ions, Lake Level, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Lakes, Mojave Desert Network, Monitoring, nitrate+nitrite, Nutrients, Perennial, pH, regulatory status, Secchi depth, specific conductance, Stream and Lake Report, Streams, Subalpine, Sulfate, Surface Water, Temperature, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, Water Quality, Water Quantity
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Algae