The Effects of Rainfall Runoff on Two Undeveloped Tropical Bays in St John, US Virgin Islands
Purcell TW. 1980. The Effects of Rainfall Runoff on Two Undeveloped Tropical Bays in St John, US Virgin Islands. Technical Report No. 5. Water Resources Research Center, Caribbean Research Institute, Colllege of the Virgin Islands. St. Thomas, USVI
Measured daily rainfall, runoff from Waterlemon Bay & Little Lameshure Bay, also measured salinity, temperature, clarity, nutrients (phosphate and nitrate) and plankton (genera of phytoplankton and zooplankton) of water in the bay. Measurements were taken through the year (December 1977 through November 1978). Two undeveloped bays in St. John, U.S.Virgin Islands have been sampled during a one year period. Rainfall and runoff have been measured for each of the watersheds and salinity, temperature, nutrient and plankton data have been collected for the bay waters. The runoff into the bay was calculated and its effects assessed in light of the ecological parameters measured.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Purcell, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 1980-06
- Publisher
- Water Resources Research Center, Caribbean Research Institute, Colllege of the Virgin Islands
- Units
- VIIS
- Keywords
- Aquatic Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Clarity (Water), Lameshur Bay, Nitrates (NO3), Phosphate (PO4), Plankton, Precipitation, Salinity, St. John, St. John, US Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, Water Temperature, Waterlemon Bay, Zooplankton