Understanding long-term water quality trends in a developing watershed
Presentation Abstract
The Bear Creek watershed was first settled by white pioneers in the late 19th century, following millennia of Native American settlement.The watershed was logged, homesteaded, farmed, and grazed through the early half of the 20th century. King County began monitoring water quality data in Bear Creek in the late 1970s and much of the development of the watershed occurred from the 1970s to late 1980s. Today, Bear Creek suffers from elevated temperatures, depressed dissolved oxygen, bacteria levels exceeding state standards, and a flashy hydrologic regime. This presentation will summarize the long-term trends in water quality in Bear Creek and will hypothesize the underlying drivers of the observed trends.
Session Title
Posters: Monitoring: Species & Habitats
Conference Track
SSE18: Posters
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE18-90
Start Date
5-4-2018 11:30 AM
End Date
5-4-2018 1:30 PM
Type of Presentation
Poster
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events); posters
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Watershed ecology--Washington (State)--King County; Watershed management--Washington (State)--King County; Water quality measurement--Washington (State)--King County
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); King County (Wash.)
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Text
Language
English
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Understanding long-term water quality trends in a developing watershed
The Bear Creek watershed was first settled by white pioneers in the late 19th century, following millennia of Native American settlement.The watershed was logged, homesteaded, farmed, and grazed through the early half of the 20th century. King County began monitoring water quality data in Bear Creek in the late 1970s and much of the development of the watershed occurred from the 1970s to late 1980s. Today, Bear Creek suffers from elevated temperatures, depressed dissolved oxygen, bacteria levels exceeding state standards, and a flashy hydrologic regime. This presentation will summarize the long-term trends in water quality in Bear Creek and will hypothesize the underlying drivers of the observed trends.
