Cave water quality monitoring for Wind Cave National Park: 2021 data report
Rosse AT. 2022. Cave water quality monitoring for Wind Cave National Park: 2021 data report. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/WICA/NRDS—2022/1374. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2295296
The Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network (NGPN) began monitoring cave water quality in Wind Cave National Park (WICA) in 2021. This report summarizes the first sampling period for grab samples for physical constituents, nutrients, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The sampling was conducted at Calcite and What The Hell cave lakes within the Wind Cave system on September 9, 2021. For details, see DataStore - Project - (Code: 2259815) (nps.gov).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Rosse, Anine
- Date of Issue
- 2022-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2295296
- Units
- NGPN , NRSS , WICA
- Keywords
- cave, monitor, monitoring report, water quality
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Subsurface Geologic Processes | Cave/Karst Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry