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Paul V Bolstad Wayne T Swank 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》1997,33(3):519-533
ABSTRACT: Water quality variables were sampled over 109 weeks along Coweeta Creek, a fifth-order stream located in the Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina. The purpose of this study was to observe any changes in water quality, over a range of flow conditions, with concomitant downstream changes in the mix of landuses. Variables sampled include pH, HCO32?, conductivity, NO3??-N, NH4+-N, PO43?-P, C1?-, Na, K, Ca2+, Mg2+, SO42?, 5iO2, turbidity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, total and fecal coliform, and focal streptococcus. Landcover/landuse was interpreted from 1:20,000 aerial photographs and entered in a GIS, along with information on total and paved road length, building location and density, catchment boundaries, hydrography, and slope. Linear regressions were performed to relate basin and near-stream landscape variables to water quality. Consistent, cumulative, downstream changes in water quality variables were observed along Coweeta Creek, concomitant with downstream, human-caused changes in landuse. Furthermore, larger downstream changes in water quality variables were observed during stormflow when compared to baseflow, suggesting cumulative impacts due to landscape alteration under study conditions were much greater during storm events. Although most water quality regulations, legislation, and sampling are promulgated for baseflow conditions, this work indicates they should also consider the cumulative impacts of physical, chemical, and biological water quality during stormflow. 相似文献
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Thomas H. Epps Daniel R. Hitchcock Anand D. Jayakaran Drake R. Loflin Thomas M. Williams Devendra M. Amatya 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2013,49(1):76-89
Epps, Thomas H., Daniel R. Hitchcock, Anand D. Jayakaran, Drake R. Loflin, Thomas M. Williams, and Devendra M. Amatya, 2012. Characterization of Storm Flow Dynamics of Headwater Streams in the South Carolina Lower Coastal Plain. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 1‐14. DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12000 Abstract: Hydrologic monitoring was conducted in two first‐order lower coastal plain watersheds in South Carolina, United States, a region with increasing growth and land use change. Storm events over a three‐year period were analyzed for direct runoff coefficients (ROC) and the total storm response (TSR) as percent rainfall. ROC calculations utilized an empirical hydrograph separation method that partitioned total streamflow into sustained base flow and direct runoff components. ROC ratios ranged from 0 to 0.32 on the Upper Debidue Creek (UDC) watershed and 0 to 0.57 on Watershed 80 (WS80); TSR results ranged from 0 to 0.93 at UDC and 0.01 to 0.74 at WS80. Variability in event runoff generation was attributed to seasonal trends in water table elevation fluctuation as regulated by evapotranspiration. Groundwater elevation breakpoints for each watershed were identified based on antecedent water table elevation, streamflow, ROCs, and TSRs. These thresholds represent the groundwater elevation above which event runoff generation increased sharply in response to rainfall. For effective coastal land use decision making, baseline watershed hydrology must be understood to serve as a benchmark for management goals, based on both seasonal and event‐based surface and groundwater interactions. 相似文献
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Marc Naguib 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1997,40(6):385-393
Male territorial song birds are usually spaced far apart and most often hear conspecific song after it has been degraded
by propagation through the environment. Their ability to use the degradation of songs to assess the distance of a singing
rival without approaching (called ranging) presumably increases the efficiency of defending a territory. In order to assess
degradation in a song the receiver needs to compare the characteristics of the received song to its characteristics at the
source or at different distances. Earlier experiments on ranging in species with song repertoires have suggested that prior
familiarity with the particular song type is necessary for ranging. Here I show that male Carolina wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus) can use either temporal or spectral characteristics for ranging song types which they were unlikely to have heard previously.
Playbacks consisting of only one song prevented subjects' close-range experience with the loudspeaker, and flights beyond
the loudspeaker provided direct evidence for over-assessment of distance when songs were degraded. Because ranging of songs
was not affected by the degree of familiarity with the song type, this experiment provides no evidence that song repertoires
hinder ranging in Carolina wrens, as suggested by Morton's ranging hypothesis. Instead, at least approximate ranging of songs
is evidently possible by assessment of degradation in general features of a species' songs.
Received: 9 August 1996 / Accepted after revision: 15 February 1997 相似文献
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Ashlee E. Walker Robert E. Holman Ross B. Leidy 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2000,36(1):67-74
ABSTRACT: Studies were conducted to analyze the presence of 11 pesticide residues in 12 surface waters in the Piedmont and coastal plain regions of North Carolina. Samples were assayed using enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). All ELISA results of one part per billion (ppb, μg/L) or greater were confirmed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GCIMS). ELISA detection limits were approximately an order of magnitude higher than GCJMS methods. Of the 5,035 analytical results from 742 surface water samples, atrazine was detected in approximately 45 percent of the samples, five of which were at or above the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 3‐ppb. Metolachlor was detected in 64 percent of the samples. Aldicarb, 2,4‐D, chlorpyrifos, and chlorothalonil were also detected, and each was found in less than 12 percent of the samples. The remaining pesticides, including carbaryl, acetochior, methomyl, carbofuran, and alachlor, were not detected during the study period. 相似文献
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ABSTRACT: Under the riparian doctrine of eastern states, transfers of water to nonriparian lands and, thus, to different river basins, are only possible if the natural flow theory has been modified to allow for reasonable use. Even this adaptation is too nebulous to provide water managers and water users with certainty regarding water transfers. To provide a more precise mechanism for allocating water, 14 eastern states have adopted some form of administrative permitting process. Of these, five states statutorily allow for interbasin transfers of water. Thus far, no states have successfully issued permits for interbasin water transfers but Georgia and South Carolina are positioned to do so. Whether the permitting process will deter court action may rest on the ability of affected parties to negotiate an equitable agreement. 相似文献
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The state of North Carolina's Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) conducts routine water quality monitoring
throughout the state to assess the health of aquatic systems. The current study reports the results of a retrospective (1990–2000)
ecological risk assessment of six heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, and zinc) in 17 North Carolina basins
that was conducted to estimate the risk of heavy metal toxicity to freshwater organisms and assess the sufficiency of NCDENR's
monitoring data to identify water-quality-related ecological threats. Acute and chronic ecotoxicological thresholds (ETs)
were calculated for each metal based upon the 10th percentile of species sensitivity distributions and were normalized for
water hardness. Statewide probabilities (expressed as percentages) of a random sample exceeding acute or chronic ETs among
the six metals ranged from 0.01% to 12.19% and 0.76% to 21.21%, respectively, with copper having the highest and arsenic and
mercury the lowest risk. Basin-specific probabilities varied significantly depending upon water hardness and presumably watershed
development. Although the majority of specific sites where data were collected were at low risk for metal toxicity, some specific
sites had a high probability of toxic events associated with one or more metals. Analytical detection limits for metals were
frequently higher than estimated chronic ET, limiting the ability to assess the risk of chronic toxicity in soft-water basins.
Results suggest risk-based criteria may be useful for assessing and validating the sufficiency of monitoring programs and
prioritizing management goals. 相似文献
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Do female black-capped chickadees prefer high-ranking males as extra-pair partners? 总被引:14,自引:0,他引:14
Ken Otter Laurene Ratcliffe Denise Michaud Peter T. Boag 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(1):25-36
Previous studies have shown that some female black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) solicit copulations from males that rank higher in winter flocks than their social mates, and extra-pair paternity in nests
occurs commonly enough to be considered a potential female mating tactic. This study uses blood samples collected in 1992–1995
from 58 families of black-capped chickadees to test whether females with extra-pair offspring have chosen extra-pair sires
higher in social rank than their mates. Paternity was assessed with multilocus DNA fingerprinting in 1992–1994 nests and with
microsatellite and single-locus minisatellite DNA typing in 1995 nests. Seventeen of 58 nests (29.3%) contained young genetically
mismatched with their social father. In 11 of 15 cases where the identity of the extra-pair male was known, the extra-pair
male was dominant to the social father. Using data from 29 nests located in 1994 and 1995 for which we had the most data on
relative ranks of males, high-ranking males had greater realized reproductive success than low-ranking males as a result of
extra-pair fertilizations. There was no significant difference between the number of nests containing extra-pair young of
females mated to low-ranked versus high-ranked males. Two nests in 1995 contained young either genetically mismatched with
both social parents (intraspecific brood parasitism) or, in one nest, genetically mismatched with the social mother but not
the social father (quasi-parasitism). The implications of female strategies acquiring genetic benefits through extra-pair
copulations are discussed.
Received: 7 July 1997 / Accepted after revision: 14 March 1998 相似文献
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Jessica J. Tipton Louis J. Guillette Jr Susan Lovelace Benjamin B. Parrott Thomas R. Rainwater Jessica L. Reiner 《环境科学学报(英文版)》2017,29(11):24-30
Environmental contamination resulting from the production or release of harmful chemicals can lead to negative consequences for wildlife and human health. Perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs) were historically produced as protective coatings for many household items and currently persist in the environment, wildlife, and humans. PFAAs have been linked to immune suppression, endocrine disruption, and developmental toxicity in wildlife and laboratory studies. This study examines the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, as an important indicator of ecosystem contamination and a potential pathway for PFAA exposure in humans. Alligator meat harvested in the 2015 South Carolina (SC) public hunt season and prepared for human consumption was collected and analyzed for PFAAs to determine meat concentrations and relationships with animal body size (total length), sex, and location of harvest. Of the 15 PFAAs analyzed, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was found in all alligator meat samples and at the highest concentrations (median 6.73 ng/g). No relationship was found between PFAA concentrations and total length or sex. Concentrations of one or all compounds varied significantly across sampling locations, with alligators harvested in the Middle Coastal hunt unit having the highest PFOS concentrations (median 16.0 ng/g; p = 0.0001). Alligators harvested specifically from Berkley County, SC (located in the Middle Coastal hunt unit) had the highest PFOS concentrations and the greatest number of PFAAs detected (p < 0.0001). The site-specific nature of PFAA concentrations in alligator meat observed in this study suggests a source of PFAA contamination in Berkley County, SC. 相似文献
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Johnny Boggs Ge Sun David Jones Steven G. McNulty 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2013,49(1):132-150
Boggs, Johnny, Ge Sun, David Jones, and Steven G. McNulty, 2012. Effect of Soils on Water Quantity and Quality in Piedmont Forested Headwater Watersheds of North Carolina. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 1‐19. DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12001 Abstract: Water quantity and quality data were compared from six headwater watersheds on two distinct soil formations, Carolina Slate Belt (CSB) and Triassic Basins (TB). CSB soils are generally thicker, less erodible, and contain less clay content than soils found in TB. TB generated significantly more discharge/precipitation ratio than CSB (0.33 vs. 0.24) in the 2009 dormant season. In the 2009 growing season, TB generated significantly less discharge/precipitation ratio than CSB (0.02 vs. 0.07). Over the entire monitoring period, differences in discharge/precipitation ratios between CSB and TB were not significantly different (0.17 vs. 0.20, respectively). Storm‐flow rates were significantly higher in TB than CSB in both dormant and growing season. Benthic macroinvertebrate biotic index scores were excellent for all streams. Nutrient concentrations and exports in CSB and TB were within background levels for forests. Low‐stream nitrate and ammonium concentrations and exports suggested that both CSB and TB were nitrogen limited. Soils appear to have had a significant influence on seasonal and storm‐flow generation, but not on long‐term total water yield and water quality under forested conditions. This study indicated that watersheds on TB soils might be more prone to storm‐flow generation than on CSB soils when converted from forest to urban. Future urban growth in the area should consider differences in baseline hydrology and effects of landuse change on water quantity and quality. 相似文献
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Biodiversity Conservation in Local Planning 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
JAMES R. MILLER†† MARTHA GROOM† GEORGE R. HESS‡ TODDI STEELMAN‡ DAVID L. STOKES† JAN THOMPSON§ TROY BOWMAN§ LAURA FRICKE BRANDON KING‡ RYAN MARQUARDT§ 《Conservation biology》2009,23(1):53-63
Abstract: Local land-use policy is increasingly being recognized as fundamental to biodiversity conservation in the United States. Many planners and conservation scientists have called for broader use of planning and regulatory tools to support the conservation of biodiversity at local scales. Yet little is known about the pervasiveness of these practices. We conducted an on-line survey of county, municipal, and tribal planning directors (n = 116 ) in 3 geographic regions of the United States: metropolitan Seattle, Washington; metropolitan Des Moines, Iowa; and the Research Triangle, North Carolina. Our objectives were to gauge the extent to which local planning departments address biodiversity conservation and to identify factors that facilitate or hinder conservation actions in local planning. We found that biodiversity conservation was seldom a major consideration in these departments. Staff time was mainly devoted to development mandates and little time was spent on biodiversity conservation. Regulations requiring conservation actions that might benefit biodiversity were uncommon, with the exception of rules governing water quality in all 3 regions and the protection of threatened and endangered species in the Seattle region. Planning tools that could enhance habitat conservation were used infrequently. Collaboration across jurisdictions was widespread, but rarely focused on conservation. Departments with a conservation specialist on staff tended to be associated with higher levels of conservation actions. Jurisdictions in the Seattle region also reported higher levels of conservation action, largely driven by state and federal mandates. Increased funding was most frequently cited as a factor that would facilitate greater consideration of biodiversity in local planning. There are numerous opportunities for conservation biologists to play a role in improving conservation planning at local scales. 相似文献