Lake Champlain in Transition: From Research Toward Restoration

Title Page......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
ABSTRACT......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
AIR POLLUTANTS IN THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN 
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THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN AIRSHED......Page 25
AIR RESOURCE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE......Page 26
REFERENCES......Page 30
INTRODUCTION......Page 32
METHODS......Page 33
RESULTS......Page 35
CONCLUSIONS......Page 44
REFERENCES......Page 45
INTRODUCTION......Page 47
LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND ITS BASIN......Page 48
HYDROLOGIC INPUTS, OUTPUTS, AND STORAGE......Page 51
HISTORICAL LAKE LEVELS......Page 61
THE FLOOD OF 1993......Page 67
THE FLOOD OF 1998......Page 70
SUMMARY......Page 71
REFERENCES......Page 72
INTRODUCTION......Page 74
CHARACTERISTICS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN......Page 75
MODELING STRATEGIES......Page 77
ONE-LAYER, ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS......Page 79
TWO-LAYER, ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS......Page 80
TWO-LAYER, TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELS......Page 85
REFERENCES......Page 90
INTRODUCTION......Page 91
DATA COLLECTION......Page 96
RESULTS......Page 97
COMPARISON WITH FIRST-ORDER SIMULATIONS......Page 101
DISCUSSION......Page 108
REFERENCES......Page 110
INTRODUCTION......Page 112
VALCOUR ISLAND STUDY SITE......Page 113
SEDIMENTARY FURROWS......Page 115
OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS......Page 116
DISCUSSION......Page 129
CONCLUSIONS......Page 134
REFERENCES......Page 135
INTRODUCTION......Page 137
SEDIMENT PHOSPHORUS SURVEY......Page 138
MASS BALANCE MODELING STUDY......Page 143
SUMMARY......Page 156
REFERENCES......Page 158
INTRODUCTION......Page 159
METHODS......Page 160
RESULTS......Page 165
DISCUSSION......Page 172
REFERENCES......Page 176
INTRODUCTION......Page 178
CORN SIDEDRESSING WITH PIG SLURRY- NUTRIENT EFFICIENCY AND ACCUMULATION......Page 180
CEREAL GRAIN AND GRASS SUB-CANOPY BANDING AND TOPDRESSING WITH PIG SLURRY......Page 183
RUNOFF QUALITY......Page 184
WATERSHED PERSPECTIVE......Page 187
REFERENCES......Page 190
ABSTRACT......Page 192
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW......Page 193
CASE STUDY: OUTER MALLETTS BAY......Page 196
REFERENCES......Page 210
ABSTRACT......Page 213
METHODS......Page 214
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 219
CONCLUSIONS......Page 226
REFERENCES......Page 227
INTRODUCTION......Page 229
METHODS......Page 231
RESULTS......Page 234
MERCURY INPUT-OUTPUT BUDGETS......Page 240
TERRESTRIAL PROCESSES......Page 242
AQUATIC PROCESSES......Page 244
CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF HG CYCLING IN THE BASIN......Page 246
MERCURY AND HUMAN HEALTH......Page 247
REFERENCES......Page 248
INTRODUCTION......Page 252
MATERIALS AND METHODS......Page 254
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 257
REFERENCES......Page 270
INTRODUCTION......Page 273
METHODOLOGY......Page 274
RESULTS......Page 276
DISCUSSION......Page 280
REFERENCES......Page 289
ABSTRACT......Page 291
INTRODUCTION......Page 292
MATERIALS AND METHODS......Page 293
RESULTS......Page 295
DISCUSSION......Page 296
REFERENCES......Page 297
ABSTRACT......Page 299
INTRODUCTION......Page 300
METHODS......Page 301
RESULTS......Page 303
DISCUSSION......Page 305
REFERENCES......Page 307
INTRODUCTION......Page 311
METHODS......Page 312
RESULTS......Page 314
DISCUSSION......Page 319
REFERENCES......Page 320
INTRODUCTION......Page 321
CHAMPLAIN BASIN EDUCATION INITIATIVE......Page 322
"PLACE-BASED" ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS LINK1NG UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT UVM STUDENTS WITH AREA MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND UTILIZING THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN AS AN INTEGRATING THEME IN SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND MATHEMATICS......Page 323
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT UVM SUMMER COURSES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN BURLINGTON FOCUSING ON THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN, LINKED WITH ACADEMIC SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH IN BURLINGTON......Page 325
SUMMARY......Page 327
REFERENCES......Page 328
INTRODUCTION......Page 329
REFERENCES......Page 336
INTRODUCTION......Page 337
MODELING THE COSTS OF PHOSPHORUS CONTROL......Page 338
REFINING AND UPDATING THE COSTS OF PHOSPHORUS CONTROL......Page 341
MEASURING THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF IMPROVED WATER QUALITY......Page 344
MODELING THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PLAN IMPLEMENTATION......Page 346
UNDERSTANDING THE PERCEIVED ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF PLAN IMPLEMENTATION......Page 351
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH......Page 354
CONCLUSION......Page 355
REFERENCES......Page 358
ABSTRACT......Page 359
BACKGROUND......Page 360
LESSONS LEARNED......Page 362
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: NEW CHALLENGES......Page 368
APPENDIX: LCBP COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS......Page 370
REFERENCES......Page 373
INTRODUCTION......Page 374
NUMERIC PHOSPHORUS CRITERIA......Page 376
WATER, CHLORIDE, AND PHOSPHORUS LOADS......Page 379
MASS BALANCE MODEL......Page 382
LOAD REDUCTION STRATEGY......Page 384
DISCUSSION......Page 387
REFERENCES......Page 388
List of Contributors......Page 391