August 12, 2008--'Blitz' to test water at hundreds of locations in Rocky Mountain National Park (Rocky Mountain News)
The idea is to circumvent the kind of problem researchers face when they test one stream on a sunny day, another the next day after a rain, a third the following day when the algae are photosynthesizing to beat the band. This ‘snapshot in time’ will capture the state of the water throughout the park and help scientists understand where extra nutrients are harming the ecosystem.
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