Water quality and processes affecting dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Blackwater River, Canaan Valley, West Virginia

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The water quality and environmental processes affecting dissolved oxygen were determined for the Blackwater River in Canaan Valley, West Virginia. Canaan Valley is oval-shaped (14 miles by 5 miles) and is located in the Allegheny Mountains at an average elevation of 3,200 feet above sea level. Tourism, population, and real estate development have increased in the past two decades. Most streams in Canaan Valley are a dilute calcium magnesium bicarbonate-type water. Streamwater typicaly was soft and low in alkalinity and dissolved solids. Maximum values for specific conductance, hardness, alkalinity, and dissolved solids occurred during low-flow periods when streamflow was at or near baseflow. Dissolved oxygen concentrations are most sensitive to processes affecting the rate of reaeration. The reaeration is affected by solubility (atmospheric pressure, water temperature, humidity, and cloud cover) and processes that determine stream turbulence (stream depth, width, velocity, and roughness). In the headwaters, photosynthetic dissolved oxygen production by benthic algae can result in supersaturated dissolved oxygen concentrations. In beaver pools, dissolved oxygen consumption from sediment oxygen demand and carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand can result in dissolved oxygen deficits.
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Title Water quality and processes affecting dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Blackwater River, Canaan Valley, West Virginia
Publication Date  Date   1996
Topic Category:  geoscientificInformation
Keywords:
Publication Keywords
Water-Resources Investigations Report
thesaurus name >
Title USGS Publications Warehouse
revision  Date   2018-06-21
Theme keywords (theme):
Sea Level
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Title Realm > Critical Zone
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 20:20:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
River
Stream
Headwater
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Hydrologic Feature
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 20:20:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Averaging
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Title Method > Information Processing
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 20:20:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Water
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 20:20:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Specific Conductance
Streamflow
Pressure
Water Temperature
Humidity
Cloud Cover
Width
Velocity
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 20:20:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Oxygen
Dissolved Oxygen
Magnesium
Dissolved Solid
Carbonaceous
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Chemical
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 20:20:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Water Quality
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Property (Other)
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 20:20:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Benthic
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 20:20:54 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Valley
Mountain
Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 20:20:54 UTC 2018
Resource language:  eng
Resource extent
Extent description
Blackwater River
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -58.89406999999995
eastBoundLongitude  -58.884069999999944
northBoundLatitude  6.270320000000031
southBoundLatitude  6.260320000000031
Resource extent
Extent description
Allegheny Mountains
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -143.49999999999994
eastBoundLongitude  -142.49999999999994
northBoundLatitude  -76.83332999999999
southBoundLatitude  -77.83332999999999
Resource extent
Extent description
Canaan Valley, West Virginia
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -79.43552999999999
eastBoundLongitude  -79.39553
northBoundLatitude  39.10291000000003
southBoundLatitude  39.062910000000024
Resource extent
Extent description
West Virginia
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -82.70361664099997
eastBoundLongitude  -78.52361664099996
northBoundLatitude  40.73241493700007
southBoundLatitude  36.552414937000066
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Metadata data stamp:  2018-06-04T20:04:09Z
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Metadata contact - author
individual Name M.C. Waldron
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Metadata contact - author
individual Name J.B. Wiley
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organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey ; Branch of Information Services [distributor],
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