Publications
Below is a list of available Colorado Water Science Center publications and published products.
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Unexpected dominance of parent-material strontium in a tropical forest on highly weathered soils
Controls over nutrient supply are key to understanding the structure and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Conceptual models once held that in situ mineral weathering was the primary long-term control over the availability of many plant nutrients, including the base cations calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and potassium (K). Recent evidence has shown that atmospheric sources of these “rock-deriv
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Carleton R. Bern, Alan R. Townsend, G. Lang Farmer
Drought effects on water quality in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado
Twenty-three stream sites representing a range of forested, agricultural, and urban land uses were sampled in the South Platte River Basin of Colorado from July through September 2002 to characterize water quality during drought conditions. With a few exceptions, dissolved ammonia, Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus, and dissolved orthophosphate concentrations were similar to seasonal historical
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Lori A. Sprague
Water-quality, streamflow, and ancillary data for nutrients in streams and rivers across the nation, 1992-2001
Introduction:
This report is the companion data report for: Nutrients in Streams and Rivers Across the Nation - 1992-2001 (D.K. Mueller and N.E. Spahr, U.S. Geological Survey written commun., 2005).
The data contained in this report were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Investigations were conducted in 51 large river basins and aquifer systems, whic
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David K. Mueller, Norman E. Spahr
Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Fifth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop: March 1-5, 2004, Denver, Colorado
No abstract available.
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Stephen J. Char, Jennifer B. Sieverling
The U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Benchmark Network
No abstract available.
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Peter S. Murdoch, Michael R. McHale, M. Alisa Mast, David W. Clow
Biosolids, soil, crop, ground-water, and streambed-sediment data for a biosolids-application area near Deer Trail, Colorado, 2001
In January 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began an expanded monitoring program near Deer Trail, Colorado, in cooperation with the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District and the North Kiowa Bijou Groundwater Management District. Monitoring components were biosolids, soils, crops, ground water, and streambed sediment. The monitoring program addresses concerns from the public about chemical e
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Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, James G. Crock
Ground-water quality of granitic- and volcanic-rock aquifers in southeastern Park County, Colorado, July-August 2003
No abstract available.
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Roderick F. Ortiz
Water-level changes in the high plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2003 and 2002 to 2003
No abstract available.
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Virginia L. McGuire
Evaluation of Streamflow Losses Along the Gunnison River from Whitewater Downstream to the Redlands Canal Diversion Dam, near Grand Junction, Colorado, Water Years 1995-2003
In 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Colorado Division of Water Resources, and Bureau of Reclamation, initiated a study to characterize streamflow losses along a reach of the Gunnison River from the town of Whitewater downstream to the Redlan
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Gerhard Kuhn, Cory A. Williams
Methods to Identify Changes in Background Water-Quality Conditions Using Dissolved-Solids Concentrations and Loads as Indicators, Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, in the Vicinity of Pueblo, Colorado
Effective management of existing water-storage capacity in the Arkansas River Basin is anticipated to help satisfy the need for water in southeastern Colorado. A strategy to meet these needs has been developed, but implementation could affect the water quality of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek in the vicinity of Pueblo, Colorado. Because no known methods are available to determine what effe
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Roderick F. Ortiz
Ground-water age and flow at the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, south-central Colorado
No abstract available.
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Michael G. Rupert, Niel Plummer
Ground-water quality of alluvial and sedimentary-rock aquifers in the vicinity of Fairplay and Alma, Park County, Colorado, September-October 2002
No abstract available.
Authors
Roderick F. Ortiz