Sources
Thank you to all of the following websites from which I have drawn information to complete this project. Many of the organizations have programs in place to help spread awareness of the health of the Shenandoah River and to help preserve one of the nations most valuable water resources.
Ammonia Nitrogen. Tippecanoe Environmental Lake and Watershed Foundation. www.telwf.org/watertesting/ammonia.htm
The Effects of Urbanization of Water Quality: Phosphorous. U.S. Geological Survey. http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/urbanpho.html
Fish Tissue Mercury in 2005, South River, South Fork of The Shenandoah River, and the Shenandoah River. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. http://www.deq.state.va.us/fishtissue/documents/hg05fish.pdf
The Health of the Shenandoah River in Clark County. Friends of the Shenandoah River. March 2001. http://www.fosr.org/reports/CCreport.pdf
The Health of Virginia’s Waterways Begins in Your Backyard: The Problem. Department of Conservation and Recreation. www.dcr.state.va.us/waterways/the_problem/index.htm
The Health of Virginia’s Waterways Begins in Your Backyard: Types of NPS Pollution Department of Conservation and Recreation. www.dcr.state.va.us/waterways/the_problem/types_of_nps/p_type_of_nps.htm
Nitrogen- Ammonia in Water. Wilkes University Center for Environmental Quality Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. www.water-research.net/watershed/ammonia.htm
The Potomac-Shenandoah System. College of William and Mary. www.wm.edu/geology/virginia/rivers/potomac-shenandoah.html
Questions and Answers about Blue-Green Algae. http://www.liverpool.k12.ny.us/standards/lstandards/curriculum/sci/g6sci/bgalgae.html
Shenandoah River. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation. www.cbf.org/site/DocServer?docID=2423
South River Mercury TMDL. U.S. Geological Survey. http://va.water.usgs.gov/projects/south_river_hg.html
IMAGES
Nitrogen Cycle http://www.fishlore.com/Pictures/aquarium_nitrogen_cycle.jpg
Mercury Contamination Map http://www.newsleader.com/news/southriver/riverkeypointsmap.gif
Phosphorous Cycle http://www.accessscience.com/Figures/ResUpdates/2003/YB030535FG0040.gif
Potomac Water Basin Map http://www.wjcc.k12.va.us/jr/map.gif
Shenandoah River Map http://www.patc.net/images/snp_n.jpg
Shenandoah River Photo http://www.christendom.edu/images/shenandoah%20river.jpg
Water Cycle http://www.global-pollution.com/images/water/water-cycleTN.jpg
Water Picture http://static.flickr.com/21/34207376_b1bfa71ec2.jpg
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