SUMMARY OF CORRELATIONS AMONG SEASONAL WATER QUALITY, DISCHARGE, WEATHER, AND COVERAGE BY SUBMERSED AQUATIC VEGETATION IN THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND POTOMAC ESTUARY, 1983-96
________________________________________________________________
By VIRGINIA CARTER, NANCY B. RYBICKI, JURATE M. LANDWEHR, JUSTIN T. REEL, AND HENRY A. RUHL
 
 

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Open-File Report 98-657

Reston, Virginia
1998
 

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bruce Babbitt, Secretary
 
 

U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Charles G. Groat, Director
 
 


For additional information write to: Copies of this report can be purchased from:
Chief, Regional Hydrologic U.S. Geological Survey
Processes Project Branch of Information Services
U.S. Geological Survey Box 25286, Federal Center
MS 431 - National Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0286
Reston, Virginia 20192
CONTENTS

Abstract

Introduction

Materials and methods—development of correlations

Results of correlation analyses

References Cited

Appendix 1 Correlation tables by station and segment for the tidal PotomacRiver and Estuary, 1983-96

Appendix 2 Figures illustrating significant relationships among SAV, water quality parameters, weather parameters, and discharge in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary, 1983-96


For more information please contact Al Lombana alombana@usgs.gov
                                                            Project Description and Publications

Ecological Research in Wetlands and Submersed Aquatic Plants Home Page

US Department of the Interior
US Geological Survey
Please address questions and comments to alombana@usgs.gov