Fractionation and control of iron in channelized and swamp drainage streams in North Carolina / by Darrell Stowe Vodopich.
| Author/creator | Vodopich, Darrell S. author. |
| Other author | O'Rear, Charles W., degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of Biology. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Production | 1975. |
| Description | 56 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm |
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| Summary | A channelized stream and swamp drainage stream in eastern North Carolina were investigated as to their capacity to transport I and fractionate iron. Several water quality parameters were considered with special attention given to organic matter as a control. Between May and September 1974, measurements of dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, conductivity, flow, organic carbon, and iron, including organically complexed iron, were made and correlated. The two stream systems were found to fractionate and discharge iron differently both qualitatively and quantitatively. The mean total iron concentration of the swamp and channelized streams were 2.06 and 1.46 mg/l respectively. The swamp was consistently higher in both the percentage of total iron dissolved and the percentage of organically complexed iron dissolved. The organically complexed iron concentration of the swamp and channelized streams was an average of 2.7% and 2.1% of the total iron respectively. In both streams over 90% of the organically complexed iron was dissolved. All of the water quality parameters were significantly correlated to the variance in at least one of the iron fractions. Suspended particulate matter was repeatedly indicated, to be a major influence on fractionation. The major role of organic matter was shown to be the production of a reducing environment rather than a significant binder of iron. |
| Local note | Joyner-"Presented to the faculty of the Department of Biology .... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Biology." |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Department of Biology |
| General note | Advisor: Charles W. O'Rear |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 1975 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-56). |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |
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