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Title: HYDROLOGY, WATER CHEMISTRY, AND ECOLOGY OF HEADWATER STREAMS IN THE UPPER BIG WALNUT CREEK WATERSHED, OHIO

Author
item King, Kevin
item Smiley, Peter - Rocky
item Fischer, Eric
item Fausey, Norman

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/25/2006
Publication Date: 5/3/2006
Citation: King, K.W., Smiley, P.C., Fischer, E.N., Fausey, N.R. 2006. Hydrology, water chemistry, and ecology of headwater streams in the Upper Big Walnut Creek Watershed, Ohio. ARS Conservation Effects Assessment Project-Watershed Assessment Studies Annual Meeting, Ames, Iowa, May 3-5, 2006. Abstract.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Sediment, nutrient, and pesticide losses from agricultural cropland is a major focus of the voluntary conservation practices funded by the 2002 Farm Bill. There has been much emphasis on implementing conservation practices in headwater watersheds to protect downstream source water supplies within the Upper Big Walnut Creek and other agricultural watersheds in Ohio. The objectives of our research are to quantify the hydrological, chemical, and ecological impacts of nutrient management (NRCS conservation practice 590) and pest management (NRCS conservation practice 595) on headwater drainage ditches and streams. One pair of ditches and one pair of streams were selected and instrumented with flumes and automated samplers. We will outline the watershed experiment that we designed to test the influence of nutrient and pest management on these small watersheds. Also, we will present one year (2005) of hydrology, water chemistry, and ecology data.