Accumulation of road salt in a calcareous fen: Kampoosa Bog, western Massachusetts.

ABSTRACT: Road salt poses a threat to the quality of soils and water resources. Wetlands located in salt contaminated areas are at risk of experiencing lower plant and animal species diversity. Therefore, it is critical to understand how modifications to salt application rates and hydrological events impact wetland water quality. Here, we use chloride mass flux, discharge, groundwater chloride concentration, meteorological, and salt application data from 2012-2020 to estimate chloride accumulation and outflux rates in the Kampoosa Bog subwatersheds, located in Stockbridge and Lee, Massachusetts, and bordered by major highways (Interstate-90 and U.S. Route 7). We also investigate the correlation between wetland size and chloride retention rate. During the 2018-2019 period, mean annual chloride applic

SUBMITTER: Ndlovu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11527221 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature