2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/22/2019 | 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | MONTANA CONSORTIUM FOR RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SYSTEMS (CREWS): APPLICATION TO WATER QUALITY ISSUES IN THE UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER | 151 ABC
MONTANA CONSORTIUM FOR RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SYSTEMS (CREWS): APPLICATION TO WATER QUALITY ISSUES IN THE UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER
The Montana Consortium for Research on Environmental Water Systems (CREWS) represents a multi-institutional and interdisciplinary program applying molecular, engineering, ecological, and social sciences to water quality issues associated with mining, agricultural, and energy extraction across Montana. As one of the focal systems, the Upper Clark Fork River (UCFR) is being monitored for biogeochemical and biological recovery from over a century of mining influences and contemporary nutrient enrichment, while addressing how rural human communities respond to changes in water quality using a community resilience framework. River monitoring reveals swings in dissolved organic carbon (16.9 to 1.9 mg/L) and nitrate-N (0.35 to 0.03 mg/L) between winter and summer, reflecting high metabolic demand during the growing season. Metal concentrations throughout the UCFR are in excess of standards for aquatic life, and are delivered through food webs in ways not yet characterized. CREWS is addressing the combined influences of gradients in enrichment and metal contamination that may coincide with directional changes in how human communities perceive and respond to water quality challenges.
- Pollution
- Nutrients
- Metals
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H. Maurice Valett
(), University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, maury.valett@umontana.edu;
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Benjamin Colman
(), University of Montana, ben.colman@umontana.edu;
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Wyatt Cross
(), Montana State University, wyatt.cross@montana.edu ;
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Juliana D'Andrilli
(), Montana State University, juliana@montana.edu;
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Michael DeGrandpre
(), University of Montana, michael.degrandpre@umontana.edu;
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Jerry Downey
(), Montana Tech, jdowney@mtech.edu;
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Robert O. Hall
(), Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, bob.hall@flbs.umt.edu;
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Elizabeth Metcalf
(), University of Montana, Elizabeth.metcalf@umontana.edu;
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Robert Payn
(), Montana State University, Montana Institute on Ecosystems, rpayn@montana.edu;
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Marc Peipoch
(), Stroud Water Research Center, mpeipoch@stroudcenter.org;
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