Intro
Plastic sizes that make up a significant proportion of the plastics in freshwater sources
What are meso and macroplastics?
Name one reason for impairment in First, Second, and Third Creek
What is anthropogenic substrate alterations
What is sedimentation
What is E.coli
What is nutrients
The initial finding of the paper
What is precipitation is positively correlated to volume of AD collected?
What is the Tennessee River?
Many of Knoxville's rivers are designated as
What is impaired?
What is the state bacteriological and fishing advisory list?
Two factors that influence AD collection after precipitation events
What is windspeed and flow rate?
Name one harmful bacteria strain present in all three creeks studied and why it might be there?
What is E.coli and fecal contamination?
Percent of rivers in that the Tennessee State Department of Environment and Conservation determined could adequately support recreation.
What is 44%?
Software was used to analyze the collected data
What is SPSS?
What is scheduling clean up events around large precipitation events to increase efficiency
One type of message on river way signs?
What is do not come into physical contact with the water?
Name one of the four critical factor that the authors were concerned about regarding poor river water quality.
What is public health/safety risks?
What is reduction of community river connections?
What is adverse effects on economic prosperity?
What is decreased recreational prospects?
Describe how AD was collected from the river way during local clean-up initiatives
What is "the captain positioned the boat adjacent to the containment boom and used a 55 cm diameter net with a 2 cm diameter mesh and 3 m handle to collect all visible refuse pollutants. Due to the nature of the collection net, refuse materials smaller than 2 cm were not collected. A 3.6 m boom with an attached metal hook was used to reach refuse lodged in rock revetments positioned along the creek banks" (pg. 4).Until no more debris was visible?
Name why data collection was identified as a limitation by the authors
What is data collection methodology was semi-systematic and relied on data aggregation?
Number of site collections conducted
What is 163 sites?