Publications
The following list of California Water Science Center publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists.
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Pesticides and pesticide degradation products in stormwater runoff: Sacramento River Basin, California
Pesticides in stormwater runoff, within the Sacramento River Basin, California, were assessed during a storm that occurred in January 1994. Two organophosphate insecticides (diazinon and methidathion), two carbamate pesticides (molinate and carbofuran), and one triazine herbicide (simazine) were detected. Organophosphate pesticide concentrations increased with the rising stage of the hydrographs;
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Joseph L. Domagalski
Hydrogeology and geochemistry of acid mine drainage in ground water in the vicinity of Penn Mine and Camanche Reservoir, Calaveras County, California: Second-year summary, 1992-93
No abstract available.
Authors
Scott N. Hamlin, Charles N. Alpers
Surface-water quality-assurance plan for the California District of the U.S. Geological Survey
No abstract available.
Authors
Robert W. Meyer
Copper, cadmium, and zinc concentrations in aquatic food chains from the Upper Sacramento River (California) and selected tributaries
Metals enter the Upper Sacramento River above Redding, California, primarily through Spring Creek, a tributary that receives acid-mine drainage from a US EPA Superfund site known locally as Iron Mountain Mine. Waterweed (Elodea canadensis) and aquatic insects (midge larvae, Chironomidae; and mayfly nymphs, Ephemeroptera) from the Sacramento River downstream from Spring Creek contained much higher
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M. K. Saiki, D. T. Castleberry, T. W. May, B.A. Martin, F. N. Bullard
Land use and water use in the Antelope Valley, California
Urban land use and water use in the Antelope Valley, California, have increased significantly since development of the valley began in the late 1800's.. Ground water has been a major source of water in this area because of limited local surface-water resources. Ground-water pumpage is reported to have increased from about 29,000 acre-feet in 1919 to about 400,000 acre-feet in the 1950's. Completio
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William E. Templin, Steven P. Phillips, Daniel E. Cherry, Myrna L. DeBortoli, T.C. Haltom, Kelly R. McPherson, C.A. Mrozek
Effects of two contrasting agricultural land uses on shallow groundwater quality in the San Joaquin Valley, California; design and preliminary interpretation
From 1992 through 1994, the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins Study team of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment program investigated the occurrence and distribution of water quality constituents in shallow groundwater underlying two areas of different agricultural land uses: almond orchards and vineyards. The study was restricted to the alluvial fans of the eastern San Joaquin Valley, the area of m
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N. M. Dubrovsky, Karen R. Burow, Jo Ann M. Gronberg
Effects of geothermal development on deformation in the Long Valley Caldera, eastern California, 1985-1994
Long Valley caldera in east central California has been the site of crustal unrest in the form of seismicity and ground deformation in response to magmatic inflation since 1980. Uplift of the resurgent dome has totaled ∼0.6 m over the 1975–1992 period. Within this region of uplift, and near the southwestern edge of the resurgent dome, is the Casa Diablo area, which experienced relative subsidence
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M. L. Sorey, C. D. Farrar, G. A. Marshall, J.F. Howie
Evidence of impaired reproduction by Western mosquitofish inhabiting seleniferous agricultural drainwater
Western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis from the San Luis Drain (SLD), a major conveyance system for seleniferous agricultural subsurface (tile) drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley, California, experienced lower reproductive success than did mosquitofish from a nearby reference area (Pond 26 at the Volta Wildlife Area, VOLTA) that had no history of receiving tile drainage. At birth, mean surviv
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Michael K. Saiki, R. Scott Ogle
Deducing the distribution of terminal electron-accepting processes in hydrologically diverse groundwater systems
The distribution of microbially mediated terminal electron-accepting processes (TEAPs( was investigated in four hydrologically diverse groundwater systems by considering patterns of electron acceptor (nitrate, sulfate) consumption, intermediate product (hydrogen (H2)) concentrations, and final product (ferrous iron, sulfide, and methane) production. In each hydrologic system a determination of pre
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Francis H. Chapelle, Peter B. McMahon, Neil M. Dubrovsky, Roger F. Fujii, Edward T. Oaksford, Don A. Vroblesky
Environmental contaminants in eggs of California least terns (Sterna antillarum browni)
A severe decline in the coastal breeding population of California least terns (Sterna antillarum browni) in California and Baja California (U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. 1980) prompted both State and Federal governments to designate it an endangered species in 1970 (Massey 1974). Significant losses of nesting and feeding habitat have contributed greatly to the decline of this subspecies (Massey 1974; Atw
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Roger L. Hothem, Stephani G. Zador
Effect of predation by Sacramento squawfish (Ptychocheilus grandis) on habitat choice of California roach (Lavinia symmetricus) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in artificial streams
We studied the effects of predatory Sacramento squawfish (Ptychocheilus grandis) on habitat choice of juvenile California roach (Lavinia symmetricus), adult roach, and juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in artificial streams. In single-prey trials, the proportion of fish found in pool habitat declined in the presence of squawfish for juvenile roach (from 0.55 to 0.00), adult roach (from
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Larry R. Brown, Anne M. D. Brasher
Land subsidence in drained histosols and highly organic mineral soils of California
This study was conducted to determine historical trends in subsidence in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and their environmental controls. In the western Delta, average subsidence rates were 2.3 cm yr-1 from 1910 to 1.5 cm yr-1 from 1952 to 1988. Spatially variability in subsidence was correlated with organic matter content of the soil which in turn was related to the depositional and drainage hi
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Stuart Rojstaczer, Steven J. Deverel