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This dataset consists of 262 variables which describe various known and suspected point and non-point sources of contaminants and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Contaminant data was summarized to the NHDPlus Version 2.1 catchment level (1:100K). Contaminant data summarized span a time range of 2001 to 2016 and include regulated facilities, pesticides, manure and biosolids application data, mercury deposition, animal feeding applications, septic systems, landfills, and land use and land cover. These data are presented in a comma separated file, which includes all variables summarized and the NHDPlus Version 2.1 FEATUREID field (also known as COMID). The FEATUREID field...
Categories: Data,
Data Release - Revised;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Aquatic Biology,
Chesapeake Bay,
Chesapeake Bay Basin,
Delaware,
Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR),
Legacy and emerging contaminants were measured in streams and rivers in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia of the Chesapeake Bay watershed between 2005 and 2013. Passive sampling devices, SPMDs and POCIS, were used to sample these waterbodies, providing a time-integrated concentration of contaminants that are potentially bioavailable to native fishes. This data set is a compilation of data from eight separate studies, all focused on determining the potential exposure of organic chemicals to fish which may be responsible for instances of fish kills and intersex that were observed in these waterbodies.
This data release contains a boosted regression tree (BRT) model (written in the R programming language), and the input and output data from that model that were used to relate base flow nitrate concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to catchment characteristics. The input data consists of two types of information: 1) surface water nitrate concentrations collected by the USGS and partnering agencies in the Chesapeake Bay watershed between 1970 and 2013 and 2) potential predictor variables that included nitrogen sources, catchment characteristics, soil and groundwater chemistry, soil drainage and composition, and aquifer geology. The results from the BRT model were used to identify ten significant predictors...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Chesapeake Bay Basin,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
nutrient content (water),
surface water quality
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