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Excessive soil phosphorus levels in eastern North Carolina: temporal and spatial distributions and relationships to agriculture and other land uses

Cahoon, L.B., and S.H. Ensign. 2004. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 69:111–125.

Application of digital bathymetry data in an analysis of flushing times of two large estuaries

Ensign, S.H., J.N. Halls, and M.A. Mallin. 2004. Computers and Geosciences 30(5):501–511.

Riparian forest restoration: why each site needs an ecological prescription

Sweeney, B.W., and S.J. Czapka. 2004. Forest Ecology and Management 192:361–373.

Isotopic (¹³C) analysis of dissolved organic carbon in stream water samples using an elemental analyzer coupled to a stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer

Gandhi, H., T.N. Wiegner, P.H. Ostrom, L.A. Kaplan, N.E. Ostrom. 2004. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 18:903–906.

Assessment of TOC analytical accuracy

L.A. Kaplan. 2004. American Water Works Association, Denver, Colorado.

Co-monitoring bacterial and dinoflagellates communities by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) and SSU rDNA sequencing during a dinoflagellates bloom

Kan, J., and F. Chen. 2004. Acta Oceanologia Sinica 23:483–492.

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Featured Initiatives and Partnerships

WikiWatershed® web tools offer watershed data visualization, geospatial analysis capabilities, and science-based predictions of human impacts on stormwater runoff and water quality.

The Water Quality mobile app is a water-monitoring data-collection and learning tool designed for use by educators and their students, citizen scientists, and researchers.

EnviroDIY™ is a community where members ask and answer questions and network within interest groups to develop do-it-yourself environmental science and monitoring devices.

The Society for Freshwater Science Taxonomic Certification Program ensures skilled persons are providing aquatic invertebrate identifications in North America.

The Leaf Pack Network® is an international network of teachers, students, and citizen monitors using a simple experiment to determine the health of their local streams.

The Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds provides free technical assistance to Pennsylvania-based watershed and conservation organizations.