Beaver pond biogeochemical effects in the Maryland Coastal Plain

@article{Correll2000BeaverPB,  title={Beaver pond biogeochemical effects in the Maryland Coastal Plain},  author={David L. Correll and Thomas E. Jordan and Donald E. Weller},  journal={Biogeochemistry},  year={2000},  volume={49},  pages={217-239},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:9393979}}
The fluxes and concentrations ofmaterials from two contiguous second-order watershedsin the Coastal Plain of Maryland, U.S.A. were measuredfor six years prior to and six years subsequent to theformation of a 1.25 ha beaver pond near the bottom ofone of the watersheds. The watersheds have a clayaquiclude and were equipped with V-notch weirs andcontinuous volume-integrating water samplers. Thebeaver pond reduced annual discharge of water,total-N, total-P, dissolved silicate, TOC, and TSS by8, 18… 

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