Regional Integrated Lake-Watershed Acidification Study (RILWAS): Major findings for Adirondack and Blue Ridge Mountains

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5192113

Gherini, S A; Munson, R K ^[1]; Altwicker, E; Clesceri, N ^[2]; April, R ^[3]; Chen, C W ^[4]; Cronan, C S ^[5]; Driscoll, C T ^[6]; Johannes, A H ^[7]; Newton, R M

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1. Tetra Tech, Inc., Lafayette, CA (USA)
2. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (USA)
3. Colgate Univ., Hamilton, NY (USA)
4. Systech, Inc., New York, NY (USA)
5. Maine Univ., Orono, ME (USA)
6. Syracuse Univ., NY (USA)
7. Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (USA)

The primary objective of this investigation was to test the hydrologic and chemical theory developed during the Integrated Lake Watershed Acidification Study (ILWAS). A secondary objective was to assess the distribution of fish species among lakes of varying water quality. A total of 24 lake-watershed systems across the Adirondacks served as stuey sites over a period of two years. The US Forest Service's, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, with over 20 years of data, was used to test the ILWAS model on a Blue Ridge mountain stream. 122 refs., 123 figs., 46 tabs.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Tetra Tech, Inc., Lafayette, CA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI
• OSTI ID: 5192113
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EN-6641
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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