Nutrient Sources and Analysis of Nutrient Water-Quality Data, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1972-90

摘要

The purposes of this report are to (1) quantify nutrient sources to the ACF Riverbasin and (2) present graphical and statistical analyses describing regional variations in the presence, distribution, and transport of nutrients in surface and ground waters of the ACF River basin. This evaluation is intended to provide a historical description of nutrient water-quality conditions in the ACF River basin, help guide the intensive sampling phase of the ACF NAWQA study with respect to nutrients, and provide regional interpretation of nutrient distribution in the ACF for the national synthesis on nutrients. This evaluation is based on available and accessible nutrient data collected from the ACF River basin during 1972-90 water years.