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Water quality effects of hyporheic processing

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dc.date 2007-06-05T15:24:32Z
dc.date 2007-06-05T15:24:32Z
dc.date 2000
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:50:51Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:50:51Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1957/5123
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1957/5123
dc.description "PB2000-107420."
dc.description Water quality changes along hyporheic flow paths may have important effects on river water quality and aquatic habitat. Previous studies on the Williamette River, Oregon, showed that river water follows hyporheic flow paths through highly porous deposits created by river channel meandering. To determine water quality changes associated with hyporheic flow, we studied six bar deposits positioned between the river and closed lentic side-channel alcoves. At each site we measured water levels and water quality in river, hyporheic, and alcove water. At all sites we found hyporheic flow paths from the river through the bar deposits to the alcove surface water. At a majority of the sites hyporheic dissolved oxygen and ammonium decreased relative to river water, while hyporheic specific flow rates, hyporheic temperature decreased relative to river water, and there was little change in temperature at the other three sites. Hypoheic changes most affected receiving alcove water quality at sites with fast hyporheic flow rates. Strategies to promote ecosystem functions provided by hyporheic flow should focus on restoring natural hydrogeophmorphic river channel processes to create high porosity deposits conducive to hyporheic flow.
dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Corvallis, Or. : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory
dc.relation Reports and Publications -- Other Reports and Publications
dc.relation Explorer Site -- Oregon Explorer
dc.subject Thematic Classification -- Water and Air -- Water Quality
dc.subject Thematic Classification -- Habitats and Vegetation
dc.subject Thematic Classification -- Habitats and Vegetation -- Aquatic Habitats
dc.subject Thematic Classification -- Habitats and Vegetation -- Wetlands and Riparian Habitats -- Wetlands
dc.title Water quality effects of hyporheic processing
dc.type Technical Report


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