Biology ETDs

Publication Date

4-30-1974

Abstract

Surface water and precipitation samples were collected from Sept. 1972 through Aug. 1973 on the northern slopes of Mount Taylor in west-central New Mexico. The samples were analyzed for pH, conductivity, silica, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, bicarbonate, alkalinity as CaCO3, sulfate, chloride, nitrate, phosphate, and total solids. The natural baseline quality was primarily determined by the contact with the different geologic formations. The water originating on or from the basaltic terrain was of better quality and lower in dissolved solids than the water on or from the sedimentary terrain. The effects of grazing, irrigation, water impoundment, vegetation clearing, and road construction upon the natural water quality was determined. Road construction had the greatest effect upon water quality of these land-use practices, but all of the practices had a significant effect on at least one or more of the dissolved constituents.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Biology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

UNM Biology Department

First Committee Member (Chair)

James Roman Gosz

Second Committee Member

William Jacob Koster

Third Committee Member

Roger Yates Anderson

Fourth Committee Member

Bernard T. Kenna

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