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Longitudinal Streamflow in Headwater Streams on Prospect Hill Tract at Harvard Forest 2003
Elizabeth
Colburn
Kate
Musgrove
Researcher
2023
English
We have initiated long-term monitoring of streamflow in headwater streams on the Prospect Hill Tract at the Harvard Forest. In addition, we have periodically recorded summer flow conditions longitudinally along the length of headwaters within Harvard Forest to obtain information about spatial heterogeneity of flow and of availability of aquatic habitat within these headwaters. In summer of 2003, we recorded streamflow each week at 20-m intervals along the length of two tributaries of Nelson Brook, Tributary A, from Route 32 to its outlet from the Black Gum Swamp, and Tributary B, from its junction with Tributary A to its origin in wetlands north of Prospect Hill Road.
hydrology
salamanders
stream ecology
streamflow
water quality
LTER controlled vocabulary
disturbance
LTER core area
Harvard Forest
HFR
LTER
USA
HFR default
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https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf034
Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest). Coordinates based on WGS84 datum.
-72.20
-72.17
+42.55
+42.53
280
420
meter
2003
2003
complete
Information Manager
Harvard Forest
324 North Main Street
Petersham
MA
01366
USA
(978) 724-3302
hf-im@lists.fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Forest
324 North Main Street
Petersham
MA
01366
USA
(978) 724-3302
(978) 724-3595
https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu
Stream mapping
Each stream channel is flagged at 20-m intervals. 0 represents the most downstream point on the study stream; successive numbers represent 20-m distances upstream from the 0 point to the seasonal head of flow.
Streamflow
Weekly monitoring of streamflow in a subset of the streams in summer, 2003, involved recording flow characteristics in each 20-m reach (e.g., continuous flow, flow interspersed with stagnant water, pools interspersed with waterless stretches, dry channel).
In fall 2004 stream gages were installed in three tributaries, Nelson Brook A and E (BGA and BGE) and Bigelow Brook west (PHA). In fall 2007 these gages were instrumented for continuous measurement of water level and temperature (see HF070).
Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research
Harvard Forest
324 North Main Street
Petersham
MA
01366
USA
(978) 724-3302
(978) 724-3595
https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu
https://ror.org/059cpzx98
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The Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program examines ecological dynamics in the New England region resulting from natural disturbances, environmental change, and human impacts.
National Science Foundation LTER grants: DEB-8811764, DEB-9411975, DEB-0080592, DEB-0620443, DEB-1237491, DEB-1832210.
hf034-01-streamflow.csv
streamflow data
hf034-01-streamflow.csv
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https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p03/hf034/hf034-01-streamflow.csv
stream
study stream and sampling location
BGA
main tributary of Nelson Brook, originating in Black Gum Swamp
BGB
west tributary of Nelson Brook, originating in wetland north of Prospect Hill road and flowing below road to join tributary A
flag
location along stream length, identified by the flag number at upper end of study reach, representing a 20-meter stretch of stream (e.g., flag # 640 represents the reach from 620 m to 640 m) above the 0 point on the stream
number
20
whole
NA
missing value
bridged
whether the stream flows below the surface, as in through a culvert or in subsurface scree pile
0
open to the surface, free-flowing
1
bridged
jun.3
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
NA
no data
jun.9
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
2
continuous, stagnant water
3
pools interspersed with areas of wet channel
NA
no data
jun.16
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
2
continuous, stagnant water
3
pools interspersed with areas of wet channel
5
no standing water, wet channel
6
no pools, dry channel
7
channel obscured by vegetation or debris, not visible
jun.30
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
2
continuous, stagnant water
3
pools interspersed with areas of wet channel
5
no standing water, wet channel
6
no pools, dry channel
7
channel obscured by vegetation or debris, not visible
jul.8
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
2
continuous, stagnant water
3
pools interspersed with areas of wet channel
4
pools interspersed with areas of dry channel
5
no standing water, wet channel
6
no pools, dry channel
7
channel obscured by vegetation or debris, not visible
jul.16
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
2
continuous, stagnant water
3
pools interspersed with areas of wet channel
4
pools interspersed with areas of dry channel
5
no standing water, wet channel
6
no pools, dry channel
7
channel obscured by vegetation or debris, not visible
jul.22
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
2
continuous, stagnant water
3
pools interspersed with areas of wet channel
4
pools interspersed with areas of dry channel
5
no standing water, wet channel
6
no pools, dry channel
7
channel obscured by vegetation or debris, not visible
jul.29
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
2
continuous, stagnant water
3
pools interspersed with areas of wet channel
4
pools interspersed with areas of dry channel
5
no standing water, wet channel
6
no pools, dry channel
7
channel obscured by vegetation or debris, not visible
aug.5
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
2
continuous, stagnant water
3
pools interspersed with areas of wet channel
5
no standing water, wet channel
6
no pools, dry channel
aug.12
flow characteristics of the 20-m study reach on the observation date
1
continuous, flowing water
2
continuous, stagnant water
3
pools interspersed with areas of wet channel
5
no standing water, wet channel
6
no pools, dry channel
81
watershed
short-term measurement
https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf095
https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf070