WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL
Project ID: NV4281
Title: Evaluation of Ecosystem Metabolism at Selected Sites in the Lower Truckee River Basin
Focus Categories: Ecology, Nutrients
Keywords: metabolism, ecosystem, TMDL's, dissolved oxygen
Start Date: 03/01/2001
End Date: 02/28/2002
Federal Funds: $19,836
Non-Federal Matching Funds: $39,833
Congressional District: Nevada 02
Principal Investigators:
Christian H. Fritsen
Associate Professor, University of California
Wallace Alan McKay
Associate Professor, Desert Research Institute
Abstract
Open system metabolism (also known as community, or ecosystem metabolism) studies will be performed at multiple sites within the lower Truckee River Basin. Changes in dissolved oxygen at the upper and lower boundaries of selected river reaches will be compared and integrated with data obtained from ongoing biomass and water quality monitoring programs. The by-product of the proposed study will be critical system-specific data for algal growth and productivity in a periphyton-dominated system for eventual inclusion in a water quality model.