Acknowledgements

The collection and compilation of data presented in this report would not have been possible without the assistance of a dedicated team. The authors wish to thank all the members of the Albemarle-Pamlico NAWQA team, especially Jason Fine, Erik Staub, Eric Sadorf, Kristen Beckert, M. Thure Caire, Allison Haigler, and Heidi Neunkirchner, whose careful attention to detail contributed to the high quality of data collected for study. Many other people assisted with the compilation of data and methods, including Bernie Lenz and Jeff Steuer of the USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center for assistance with hydrologic modeling; Robin Brightbill of the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center for assistance with temperature data; James Falcone of the NAWQA Ecological Leadership Team and Silvia Terziotti and Kirsten Tighe, of the USGS North Carolina Water Science Center for GIS data support; and Lori Sprague of the USGS Colorado Water Science Center and Wade Bryant of the USGS Georgia Water Science Center for assistance with chemical data summarization. Mary Giorgino of the USGS North Carolina Water Science Center and Jason May of the USGS California Water Science Center provided suggestions that substantially improved the quality of the manuscript. Web formatting and support were provided by Ramona Traynor of the USGS North Carolina Water Science Center.