High-frequency observations reveal acute chloride pulses and chloride legacy effects in an urbanizing watershed impacted by road salting
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Abstract
<p>In watersheds impacted by urban growth and road salt usage, increasing stream chloride (Cl<sup>-</sup>) concentrations are well-documented. Peaks in stream Cl<sup>-</sup> concentrations that exceed chronic and/or acute water quality guidelines are typical in the winter salting season when Cl<sup>-</sup> (from Cl<sup>-</sup>-based de-icers) is flushed from the landscape but are not easily measured with grab samples. In some cases, chronic Cl<sup>-</sup> conditions persist into the summer growing season due to a build-up of Cl<sup>-</sup> in the subsurface. Estimating the proportion of Cl<sup>-</sup> loads transported in the salting and non-salting seasons is of interest for tracking the relative role of subsurface Cl<sup>-</sup> pools to the annual load, as well as the influence of runoff events on loads across the two periods. In this study, we made use of a 6-year record of high-frequency stream Cl<sup>-</sup> concentrations from an urbanizing watershed in southern Ontario, Canada. High-frequency measurements revealed that the acute and chronic water quality guidelines for Cl<sup>-</sup> were exceeded for 7 and 97 % of the study period, respectively. Salting season Cl<sup>-</sup> loads were 2 to 5 times higher than in the non-salting season, but surprisingly, inter-event periods contributed 21 to 56 % of the annual load across years. The results of this study illustrate the utility of high-frequency sensors for identifying water quality extremes that negatively impact aquatic ecosystems, identifying Cl<sup>-</sup> transport pathways, and tracking the build-up of legacy Cl<sup>-</sup> in the subsurface.</p>
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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