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Influence of Catchment Characteristics on Stream Nitrogen Transport to the Hood Canal
Osborne, S.N.; Brett , M.T.; Richey, J.E.;
Steinberg, P.D.; Newton, J. A.; and Hannafious, D.
Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen ProgramUniversity of Washington
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Outline• General Watershed
Characteristics-Hydrology-Land Cover
• Study Objectives-Estimate freshwater N loads (possible cause of Hood Canal hypoxia)
• Results-Seasonal variation in N loads/concentrations-Land cover effects on load/concentrations-Discharge effects on load/concentrations
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• Drainage Basin Area– Hood Canal
Watershed (2119 km2)– Individual Catchments
(35)• (0.05 to 628 km2)
• Slope – Individual Catchments
• (2.6 to 30.3 degrees)
Watershed Characteristics
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Surface Water Contribution from Hood Canal Streams
Skokomish ~ 35.7%
Dosewallips ~ 11.4%
Lake Cushman ~ *10%
Hamma Hamma ~ 10%
Duckabush ~ 8.1%
Big Quilcene ~ 7.7%
Tahuya ~ 3.6%
All Other Sites ~ 23.9%
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Annual Precipitation
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Surface Water Hydrology
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Land Cover• 14 Categories
• Dominant LC Types
Hood Canal Watershed:– Mature Conifer
(48.2%)
– Deciduous/Mixed(10.9%)
– Young Conifer(8.3%)
– Sub-Alpine Forest
(5.5%)
Watershed Characteristics
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• Estimate total freshwater nitrogen loading to Hood Canal
• Identify seasonal trends in surface water nutrient concentrations and loading
• Examine the effect of catchment characteristics on nutrient transport (i.e. land cover, soil type, drainage basin area, slope, and discharge)
• Compile a dataset that can be used to develop and calibrate a watershed biogeochemical model
Study Objectives
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1) Analytes (Monthly Sampling and Storm Event Sampling): • Dissolved Nutrients (ORP, NO3-N, NO2-N, NH4-N, and SiO4-
Si) • Dissolved Organic Carbon & Total Dissolved Nitrogen• Particulate Organic Carbon & Total Particulate Nitrogen• Total Phosphorus• Total Suspended Solids
2) Data Management & QA/QC
3) GIS Analysis• Watershed and Individual Catchment Characteristics
» Land Cover, Soil Type, Drainage Basin Area, Slope
4) Field Discharge Measurements and Hydrologic Modeling
5) Statistical Analysis of Data
Methods
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HCDOPMonthly Sampling
Program
• 38 Sampling Locations
• ~80% of surface water discharge to Hood Canal
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ResultsNitrogen Load from Hood Canal Streams
• 2005: 935 metric tons TN (Dry year)Total Dissolved Nitrogen (760 mt/yr) Particulate Nitrogen (175 mt/yr)
(DIN ~ 75% of TDN = 570 metric tons)
TDN Composition
Nitrate-N (68±19%) DON (24±16%)
Ammonium-N (7±11%) Nitrite-N (0.3±0.2%)
• 1990-2004 Averages Discharges with 2005 Nutrient Data1250200 metric tons TN
(750 130 metric tons DIN)
• USGS Preliminary Assessment/Prediction 421 ± 162 metric tons (DIN)
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2005 Nitrogen Loading and Speciation Hood Canal Streams
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2005 Nitrogen Concentrations and Speciation for Hood Canal Streams
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Seasonality of Nitrogen Loads and Concentrations
– Peaks of loading and flow-weighted concentrations occur during rainy months
– Dry January/February 2005 resulted in lower loading and concentrations
– Nitrate is dominant fraction of TDN during months of low biological uptake (winter & fall), DON is dominant fraction of TDN during months of high biological uptake (summer).
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2005 Seasonal Cycle of Nitrogen Transport and Speciation in Hood
Canal Streams
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NO2-N 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
NH4-N 13 11 11 11 7 8 18 9 19 16 17 16
PN 21 6 13 16 18 20 7 1 2 5 20 49
DON 30 14 57 75 46 57 43 34 48 29 24 57
NO3-N 76 75 88 47 36 28 43 43 48 63 110 118
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL
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Seasonal Cycle of Nitrogen Loads from Rivers/Streams to Hood Canal (2005)
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Loading Rates of Hood Canal Streams are Discharge Dominated
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Land Cover Effects on TDN Concentrations
y = 0.01x + 0.12
R2 = 0.39
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% Mature Coniferous Forest
-Deciduous Mixed Forest Cover Type: Red alder (Alnus rubra), a nitrogen fixer, is a major species.
-Low to medium density residential areas (with septic systems) are included Deciduous Mixed Forest type at this resolution
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Influence of Deciduous/Mixed & Mature Conifer Forests on Nutrient
Concentrations• Nutrient Rich: TDN > 600 mg/L• Nutrient Poor: TDN < 150 mg/L
% DMF
% MCF Sites Identified
Nutrient Rich Streams (n=4)
30 18 Tarboo, Seabeck, Devereaux, Little Quilcene
Nutrient Poor Streams (n=11)
7 57 Dosewallips, Duckabush, Big Quilcene, Fulton, Waketickeh, Jorsted, Miller, Skokomish R.,
Unnamed Drainage, and Twanoh
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Deciduous Mixed Forest
Mature Conifer Forest
Rainwater reference
Rainwater reference
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• 8 of the 12 streams identified as nutrient poor are located on the west shore of Hood Canal.
West shore streams have:• Larger average watershed areas (49.4 km2 vs. 5.7
km2),• Headwaters in Olympic National Park• Higher average discharges (1.9 vs. 0.3 m3/s)• Greater average slopes (19.9 vs. 6.5 degrees)• Lower average nitrogen concentrations and
greater loads
Other Characteristics of Nutrient Poor Streams
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- Sample streams every 2 – 4 hours during 2 – 4 day storm events
- Estimate discharge effects on nutrient concentrations
- Refine N loading estimates
Next Step: Estimating Storm Event Effects on Nutrient Concentrations
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100%
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100% ~800%
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100% ~800%
~150%
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100% ~800%
~150% <50%
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1) Land cover (vegetation and land use) influences stream nutrient transport.
-Catchments dominated by Mature Conifer Forest retained nitrogen more efficiently.
-Catchments dominated by Mixed Deciduous Forest had higher nitrogen concentrations.
-Catchments dominated by Open Forest Regrowth had higher particulate nitrogen concentrations.
Conclusions
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2) Larger rivers with headwaters in Olympic National Park (predominantly mature conifer forest) were typically associated lower N concentrations, but larger N loads
3) In stream nitrogen concentrations were generally low (<1 mg/L) and nitrate was the dominant fraction of TDN.
4) Stream nitrogen concentrations patterns are strongly seasonal.
5) Total surface freshwater N load is higher than initial estimates.
Conclusions cont.
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