collaboration in lake water quality monitoring bob r. pohlad carolyn l. thomas
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- Collaboration in Lake Water Quality Monitoring Bob R. Pohlad Carolyn L. Thomas
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- Smith Mountain Lake, VA Photo By: Bob Pohlad
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- EREN Ecologists and Students and Citizen Scientists
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- Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program Sponsoring Organizations Smith Mountain Lake Association Ferrum College Appalachian Power Company Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Western Virginia Water Authority Bedford, Franklin & Pittsylvania Counties Tri County Lake Administrative Commission
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- Annual Reports Since 1987
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- Involvement Levels Basic Turbidity with Secchi Disk readings and temperature Intermediate Algal and Bacterial Sampling Advanced Chemical Analysis for Trophic State Index Total Phosphorus Chlorophyll-a Secchi Depth
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- Involvement Levels Basic Temperature and Turbidity with Secchi Disk readings
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- Involvement Levels Intermediate Algal Population Sampling
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- Involvement Levels Intermediate Bacterial Population Sampling
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- Involvement Levels Advanced - Trophic Status A.Trophic State Index (TSI) 1.Total Phosphorus 2.Chlorophyll-a 3.Secchi Depth
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- Involvement Levels Advanced - Trophic Status B. Depth Profile 1.Dissolved Oxygen 2.Temperature 3.pH?
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- Volunteer Monitoring Sampling Equipment for Chlorophyll-a
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- Integrated Water Sampling Technique Chlorophyll-a
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- Chlorophyll-a Analysis
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- In Situ Troll Probe and Rugged Reader - Dissolved Oxygen
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- Phosphorus and Nitrogen Analysis LACHAT
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- Webpage and Facebook Project website: http://www.ferrum.edu/academics/schools/n atural_sciences_math/projects/sml_water_qualit y/index.html http://www.ferrum.edu/academics/schools/n atural_sciences_math/projects/sml_water_qualit y/index.html Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/smlwqp
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- Lets get it Clear! Water (from a recent DCR Bumper Sticker)
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- Smith Mountain Lake, VA Photo By: Bob Pohlad Questions?