Elevated Levels of Metals and Organic Pollutants in Fish and Clams in the Cape Fear River Watershed

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Mallin ◽  
Matthew R. McIver ◽  
Michael Fulton ◽  
Ed Wirth
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
River Watershed ◽  
Cape Fear River ◽  
Cape Fear

scholarly journals El Niño–Southern Oscillation Effects on River Flows in the Lower Cape Fear River Watershed, North Carolina

2012 ◽  
Vol 128 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence B. Cahoon
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
El Niño ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Southern Oscillation ◽  
El Niño Southern Oscillation ◽  
El Nino Southern Oscillation ◽  
River Flows ◽  
River Watershed ◽  
Cape Fear River ◽  
Cape Fear

Abstract Well-known responses of regional precipitation in the southeastern United States to variation in the state of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can yield similar regional responses of river discharge. Effects of ENSO on gaged river flows were examined in the lower Cape Fear River basin in southeastern North Carolina. Linear regression of monthly flows against sea surface temperatures (SST) in Niño Region 1 + 2 in the eastern equatorial Pacific identified significant effects of SST on flows, in several winter and spring months in the Black, Northeast Cape Fear, and main stem Cape Fear rivers. Major warm-phase ENSO events, as in 1997–1998, yielded almost a doubling of river discharges in the watershed, while typical cold phase events drove approximately 50% reductions in flows. River discharges have important effects on water supply for human needs, delivery of water to estuaries, and fluxes of water-borne materials to coastal waters. ENSO effects on the Cape Fear River watershed therefore have implications for adjacent estuarine and coastal ocean ecosystems at certain times.

River Runaways

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Philip Gerard
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Cape Fear River ◽  
Cape Fear ◽  
The U.S

William B. Gould, a skilled artisan who worked on the Bellamy mansion as a hired-out slave, makes his daring midnight escape by boat with seven companions down the Cape Fear River past the river forts and the slave catcher patrols. He is one of 331,000 slaves in the state-many of whom carry on an invisible and subversive life out of sight of the white plantation owners. Gould’s band makes it to freedom, and he joins the U.S. Navy to hunt down blockade runners.

Confederate Gibraltar

2019 ◽  
pp. 278-291
Author(s):  
Philip Gerard
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Army Of Northern Virginia ◽  
Cape Fear River ◽  
Cape Fear ◽  
Open Port ◽  
The U.S

An immense sand fort guards the entrance to the Cape Fear River and the fairway to Wilmington, the last major open port of the Confederacy, through which blockade runners supply vital materiel for Gen. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. On Christmas Eve 1864, a U.S. Navy armada unleashes the heaviest bombardment in history on the fort, in advance of landing 6,500 assault troops. But the U.S. commander, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, falters, and only 2,300 troops make it ashore in roughening weather. They are stranded on the cold beach overnight without shelter. In the morning, the fleet sails away. Just three weeks later an even more powerful assault force returns, including USCT, who will play a crucial role in the battle. This assault is led by Brig. Gen. Alfred Terry and after six hours of heavy hand-to hand fighting forces the surrender of the fort.

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