Identification of acid volatile sulfides as a predictor of sediment oxygen demand and comparison of the degree of pyritization between Weeks Bay, AL and Old Tampa Bay, FL

<p>Weeks Bay, AL is a governmentally protected reserve near Mobile Bay, AL, while Old Tampa Bay, FL is an urbanized estuary, located along the western coast of Florida. Estuary health is important to local economies and the health of local marine life, with an emphasis on low levels of eutroph...

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Main Author:	Anderson, Erin Leigh
Other Authors:	Jeff Hatten
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Language:	en
Published:	MSSTATE 2013
Subjects:	Geosciences
Online Access:	http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-06262013-104911/

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spelling	ndltd-MSSTATE-oai-library.msstate.edu-etd-06262013-1049112015-03-17T15:54:59Z Identification of acid volatile sulfides as a predictor of sediment oxygen demand and comparison of the degree of pyritization between Weeks Bay, AL and Old Tampa Bay, FL Anderson, Erin Leigh Geosciences <p>Weeks Bay, AL is a governmentally protected reserve near Mobile Bay, AL, while Old Tampa Bay, FL is an urbanized estuary, located along the western coast of Florida. Estuary health is important to local economies and the health of local marine life, with an emphasis on low levels of eutrophication. Sediment oxygen demand (SOD) is usually measured to qualify the environmental health of estuaries, but SOD is timeconsuming and expensive. Average acid volatile monosulfides (AVS) concentrations were found to accurately predict SOD variances. The Degree of Pyritization (DOP) is a measure of long-term sediment oxidation conditions, which indicates normal estuary state. Despite the urban land use practices of these two bays, the DOP of each bay is similar.</p> Jeff Hatten Karen McNeal John Mylroie MSSTATE 2013-07-30 text application/pdf http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-06262013-104911/ http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-06262013-104911/ en restricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, Dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, Dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, Dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, Dissertation, or project report.
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spellingShingle	Geosciences Anderson, Erin Leigh Identification of acid volatile sulfides as a predictor of sediment oxygen demand and comparison of the degree of pyritization between Weeks Bay, AL and Old Tampa Bay, FL
description	<p>Weeks Bay, AL is a governmentally protected reserve near Mobile Bay, AL, while Old Tampa Bay, FL is an urbanized estuary, located along the western coast of Florida. Estuary health is important to local economies and the health of local marine life, with an emphasis on low levels of eutrophication. Sediment oxygen demand (SOD) is usually measured to qualify the environmental health of estuaries, but SOD is timeconsuming and expensive. Average acid volatile monosulfides (AVS) concentrations were found to accurately predict SOD variances. The Degree of Pyritization (DOP) is a measure of long-term sediment oxidation conditions, which indicates normal estuary state. Despite the urban land use practices of these two bays, the DOP of each bay is similar.</p>
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title	Identification of acid volatile sulfides as a predictor of sediment oxygen demand and comparison of the degree of pyritization between Weeks Bay, AL and Old Tampa Bay, FL
title_short	Identification of acid volatile sulfides as a predictor of sediment oxygen demand and comparison of the degree of pyritization between Weeks Bay, AL and Old Tampa Bay, FL
title_full	Identification of acid volatile sulfides as a predictor of sediment oxygen demand and comparison of the degree of pyritization between Weeks Bay, AL and Old Tampa Bay, FL
title_fullStr	Identification of acid volatile sulfides as a predictor of sediment oxygen demand and comparison of the degree of pyritization between Weeks Bay, AL and Old Tampa Bay, FL
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title_sort	identification of acid volatile sulfides as a predictor of sediment oxygen demand and comparison of the degree of pyritization between weeks bay, al and old tampa bay, fl
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Identification of acid volatile sulfides as a predictor of sediment oxygen demand and comparison of the degree of pyritization between Weeks Bay, AL and Old Tampa Bay, FL

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