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Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin - Ground-water quality in three different land-use areas, 1996-98
The surficial sand and gravel aquifer is susceptible to effects from land-use in the Upper Mississippi River Basin study unit of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The purpose of this report is to describe the ground-water quality and the assessment of how different land-uses affect the shallow ground-water quality in the surficial sand and gravel aquifer. Ground-water quality
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Alison L. Fong
Pesticides in streams in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1974-94
Analysis of historical pesticide information by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program indicates that land use and pesticide use affect detections of pesticides in streams in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMIS). Agricultural pesticide use was greatest in the Minnesota River Basin. Greater than twenty-seven times more herbicides than insecticides were used for agricultur
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James D. Fallon
Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin - Ground-water quality in an agricultural area of Sherburne County, Minnesota, 1998
The quality of shallow ground water in a 75-mi2 agricultural area of the Anoka Sand Plain aquifer in central Minnesota is described as part of the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - a national-scale assessment of the quality of water resources within large study units in various hydrologic settings. Data were collected during 1998 from 29 wells completed in the aquifer, which pred
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James F. Ruhl, Alison L. Fong, Paul E. Hanson, William J. Andrews
Use of biological characteristics of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) to indicate exposure to hormonally active agents in selected Minnesota streams, 1999
The presence of hormonally active agents (HAAs) was determined in selected Minnesota streams using biological characteristics (measures of endocrine disruption) of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent and runoff from agricultural and forested land. Four biological characteristics of common carp were used as indicators of HAAs in the streams selected f
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Kathy Lee, Vicki Blazer, Nancy D. Denslow, Robert M. Goldstein, Philip J. Talmage
The relation of fish community composition to riparian cover and runoff potential in the Minnesota River basin, Minnesota and Iowa, 1997
The relation of fish community composition to riparian cover and runoff potential was investigated in 20 streams in the Minnesota River Basin during the summer of 1997 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program (fig.1). Analysis of variance statistics indicated significant differences in the composition of the fish community due to both riparian cover
Authors
Paul E. Hanson
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Cannon River Basin, southeastern Minnesota
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected sites on streams in the Cannon River Basin, located in southeastern Minnesota, are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the subbasin covered only by lakes, the percentage area of the subbasin covered by both lakes and marsh, the
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Christopher A. Sanocki, Thomas A. Winterstein
Water-resources-related information for the St. Croix Reservation and vicinity, Wisconsin
The St. Croix Chippewa Tribe is interested in documenting water-quality conditions in lakes and streams adjacent to their Reservation lands in northwestern Wisconsin and developing management plans to protect these water resources. This report provides the Tribe with a retrospective summary and analysis of available water-resources-related information for their Reservation and vicinity. The study
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David A. Saad, Dale M. Robertson
Water Flows in the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
The Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (NNWR), in Juneau County, Wisconsin (fig. 1). contains extensive wetlands areas commonly recog- nized as providing habitat and protection for migratory birds and endangered species. Because of concerns with potential changes to the water resources that supply the Refuge, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey undertook a one-year stud
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Randall J. Hunt, David J. Graczyk, William J. Rose
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Long Prairie River basin, central Minnesota
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected sites on streams in the Long Prairie River Basin, located in central Minnesota, are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the subbasin covered only by lakes, the percentage area of the subbasin covered by both lakes and wetlands,
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Christopher A. Sanocki, Brian C. Fischer
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Redeye (Leaf) River Basin, central Minnesota
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected sites on streams in the Redeye (Leaf) River Basin, located in central Minnesota, are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the subbasin covered only by lakes, the percentage area of the subbasin covered by both lakes and wetlands,
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Christopher A. Sanocki, Brian C. Fischer
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Sauk River basin, central Minnesota
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected sites on streams in the Sauk River Basin, located in central Minnesota, are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the subbasin covered only by lakes, the percentage area of the subbasin covered by both lakes and wetlands, the main
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Christopher A. Sanocki, Brian C. Fischer
Quantification of the nitrogen cycle in a prairie stream
Nitrogen (N) was added for 35 days in the form of 15NH4Cl to Kings Creek on Konza Prairie, Kansas. Standing stocks of N in key compartments (that is, nutrients, detritus, organisms) were quantified, and the amount of labeled N entering the compartments was analyzed. These data were used to calculate turnover and flux rates of N cycling through the food web, as well as nutrient transformation rates
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Walter K. Dodds, Michelle A. Evans-White, Nicole M. Gerlanc, Lawrence Gray, Dolly A. Gudder, Melody J. Kemp, Amanda L. Lopez, David Stagliano, Eric A. Strauss, Jennifer L. Tank, Matt R. Whiles, Wilfred M. Wollheim