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The spatial and temporal variability of nitrate in streams of the Bull Run Watershed, Oregon

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  • An 18-year record of nitrate (NO₃), orthophosphate, total nitrogen and total phosphorus in four streams of the Bull Run watershed, Oregon, was examined to determine its precision and time resolution. Of these four species, only NO₃ was found to be known to a sufficient level of detail for modeling and inference purposes. The precision of precipitation NO₃ and total nitrogen measurements at the Bull Run was found to be inadequately determined and much poorer than the precision of corresponding stream chemistry data. An autoregressive time-series multiple-regression model was developed to predict stream NO₃ load (kg/ha/day) based on 14-day cumulative stream discharge, the current day's, previous day's and cumulative 7-day precipitation, the 14-day average maximum air temperature and a storm hysteresis factor. Coefficients of determination ranged from 0.66 to 0.75. The model was found to be of limited use in inference about watershed processes due to the coarse time resolution of the data (1 to 3 week sampling intervals). Although the 47 independent variables considered were known at much finer time scales (30 minutes to 1 day), this was insufficient to offset the problem of long sampling intervals and strengthen the inference capability. Complete description of the nutrient record would require sampling intervals of less than one day during periods of rapid change. Peak NO₃ concentration and load events were found to be unrelated to suspended sediment concentration or the magnitude of snow melt. Stream NO₃ showed a weak inverse relationship with precipitation NO₃ or total nitrogen content. Where light and other non-nutrient factors are present in abundance, streams of the Bull Run watershed were found to be predominantly phosphorus limited, although nitrogen-limited conditions occur in 1 to 37 percent of the days sampled, depending on sub-basin.
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