Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Mercury and Dissolved Organic Carbon in Soil Water and Stream Water: Soil Water Data

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    To measure levels of trace mercury (Hg) and organic carbon dissolved in soil water and stream water in three sites on the western side of Mount Mansfield. Additional objectives include: to determine which soil horizon contains more Hg, to determine if Hg concentrations are positively correlated with DOC and color, and whether total Hg dissolved in streams is more closely related to total Hg dissolved in O soil water that B soil water. The results will allow us to learn more about the transport of Hg from forest watersheds to streams and lakes in Vermont.

People

  • Tim Scherbatskoy: Content Provider

  • Jamie Shanley: Content Provider

  • Andrea Donlon: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • conductivity, dissolved organic carbon, mercury, soil chemistry, soil ph,

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates
    • -72.84008333, 44.50585
    • -72.82748333, 44.50585
    • -72.82748333, 44.52761667
    • -72.84008333, 44.52761667
    • -72.84008333, 44.50585

Data Table

  • Title: Soil Water Data
  • Start Date: 1997-07-04
  • End Date: 1997-07-17
  • Description: Measure of soil pH, conductivity and various ion concentrations

  • Purpose: To measure levels of trace mercury (Hg) and organic carbon dissolved in soil water and stream water in three sites on the western side of Mount Mansfield.

  • Condensed Title: Z0037_SoilWater

  • Object Name: VMC.37.217

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Andrea Donlon. 1997. Soil Water Data. University of Vermont. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/mercury-dissolved-organic-carbon-soil-water/dataset/soil-water-data

  • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/mercury-dissolved-organic-carbon-soil-water/dataset/soil-water-data

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: Absrbnc
    • Label: Peak absorbance
    • Description: Peak absorbance
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Ag107
    • Label: Ag107
    • Description: Silver conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Al27
    • Label: Al27
    • Description: Aluminum conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Antecedent
    • Label: Antecedent dry period
    • Description: Antecedent dry period
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    Attribute Name: As75
    • Label: As75
    • Description: Arsenic conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Ba137
    • Label: Ba137
    • Description: Barium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Be9
    • Label: Be9
    • Description: Beryllium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Ca
    • Label: Ca
    • Description: Calcium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Cd111
    • Label: Cd111
    • Description: Cadmium conc
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Ce140
    • Label: Ce140
    • Description: cerium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Cl
    • Label: Cl
    • Description: Chloride conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Co59
    • Label: Co59
    • Description: Cobalt conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Color
    • Label: Color
    • Description: Color
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Conductivity
    • Label: Conductivity
    • Description: Conductivity
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Cr53
    • Label: Cr53
    Attribute Name: Cu65
    • Label: Cu65
    • Description: Copper conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Date
    • Label: Date
    Attribute Name: DOC
    • Label: DOC
    • Description: Dissolved organic carbon
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Filter
    • Label: Filter state
    • Description: Filer state
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Hg
    • Label: Hg
    • Description: Mercury conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: In115
    • Label: In115
    • Description: Indium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: K
    • Label: K
    • Description: Potassium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: La139
    • Label: La139
    • Description: Lanthanum conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Li7
    • Label: Li7
    • Description: Lithium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Mg
    • Label: Mg
    • Description: Magnesium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Mg26
    • Label: Mg26
    • Description: Magnesium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Mn55
    • Label: Mn55
    Attribute Name: Mo95
    • Label: Mo95
    • Description: Molybdenum
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Na
    • Label: Na
    • Description: Sodium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Nd146
    • Label: Nd146
    • Description: Neodymium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: NH4-N
    • Label: NH4-N
    • Description: Ammonium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Ni60
    • Label: Ni60
    • Description: Nickel conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: NO3-N
    • Label: NO3-N
    • Description: Nitrate conc
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Pb208
    • Label: Pb208
    • Description: Lead conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: pH
    • Label: pH
    • Description: pH
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: PKID
    • Label: PKID
    Attribute Name: Rb85
    • Label: Rb85
    • Description: Rubidium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: SampleID
    • Label: SampleID
    • Description: Sample ID
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: SampleNum
    • Label: SampleNum
    • Description: Sample number
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ordinal
    Attribute Name: Sb121
    • Label: Sb121
    • Description: Antimony conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Section
    • Label: Stream Section
    • Description: Stream section
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: ordinal
    Attribute Name: Si
    • Label: Si
    • Description: Silicon conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Site
    • Label: Site
    • Description: Site
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Sm147
    • Label: Sm147
    • Description: Samarium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: SO4-S
    • Label: SO4-S
    • Description: Sulfate conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Sr88
    • Label: Sr88
    • Description: Strontium conc
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Stream
    • Label: Stream
    • Description: Stream
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Tag1
    • Label: Tag1
    • Description: Sample information 1
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Tag2
    • Label: Tag2
    • Description: Sample information 2
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Throughfall
    • Label: Throughfall
    • Description: Throughfall
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Ti47
    • Label: Ti47
    • Description: Titanium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Time
    • Label: Sample Time
    • Description: Sample time
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: hh:mm:ss
    Attribute Name: Tl205
    • Label: Tl205
    • Description: Titanium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: V51
    • Label: V51
    • Description: Vanadium conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Volume
    • Label: Sample Volume
    • Description: Sample volume
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: interval
    Attribute Name: W182
    • Label: W182
    • Description: Tungsten conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Wvelgth
    • Label: Peak wavelength
    • Description: Peak wavelength
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Zn66
    • Label: Zn66
    • Description: Zinc conc.
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Collection date
    • Label: Collection date
    • Description: Collection date
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: MM/DD/YY
    • Number Type: -1

Methods

  • Past Methods (no longer in use)
    • Stream sample sites and measurements
      • Started: 1997-04-12
        Ended: 1997-11-02
      • Method Description: Stream sample sites -- Nettle Brook at 1620 and 1720' elevations and Stream 10 on CCC road at 2560'. Soil water and stream water samples collected after 5 storms. Twelve soil water collectors distributed in three areas (two at the O horizone and two at the B horizone per area). Stream samples collected near soil water collectors. Soil and stream water measurements include: total Hg, pH, conductivity, DOC and color, major ions (Ca, K, Mg, Na, Cl, NH4, NO3, SO4, and PO4.

Sampling Equipment

  • Current Equipment
    • Fiberglass Wick Sampler
      • Sampling Description: Fiberglass Wick Sampler- samples water and solutes moving through the unsaturated layers in soil by using fiberglass wicks to collect water by capillary action.

    • Lysimeter
      • Sampling Description: Zero-tension Lysimeter- collects solution that moves downward through the soil by force of gravity, often through micropores.

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: Stream 10 (Browns River drainage, on the CCC road), drains a 7.4 ha mixed conifer and hardwoods catchment



  • Site Description: West slope of Mount Mansfield in the Nettle Brook (Stevensville Brook drainage); the stream drains an 11 ha mixed hardwoods catchment