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Title

Performing a Nutrient Diffusion Substrata Test

Authors

Dillon J. Devitt, South Dakota State UniversityFollow
Kyungnan (Karen) Min, South Dakota State UniversityFollow
Suzette R. Burckhard, South Dakota State UniversityFollow
Joanita M. Kant, South Dakota State UniversityFollow

Document Type

White paper

Publication Date

2-2015

Abstract

A White Paper presented to Oglala Lakota College for use in pre-engineering class exercises.

Available nutrients, primarily nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), control the growth of periphyton in lakes and streams. The nutrient diffusing substrata (NDS) is an economic and replicable way to determine whether an aquatic environment is limited by a particular nutrient (Capps et al., 2011). The NDS commonly uses clay pots, plastic cups, or periphytometers (Rugenski et al., 2008). The NDS in this paper uses plastic cups based on Methods in Stream Ecology (Hauer and Lamberti, 2007). The agar solution is mixed with 8 different types of nutrients in Table 1. Each nutrient type has 6 replicates. The control is an agar solution with no nutrient addition.

Pages

14

Format

application/pdf

Language

en

Publisher

South Dakota State University (SDSU), Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and Water and Environmental Engineering Research Center

Rights

© 2015 South Dakota State University

Comments

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. (NSF 1037708).

Recommended Citation

Devitt, Dillon J.; Min, Kyungnan (Karen); Burckhard, Suzette R.; and Kant, Joanita M., "Performing a Nutrient Diffusion Substrata Test" (2015). Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications. 3.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/cvlee_pubs/3