Publications
This list of Water Resources Mission Area publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. A searchable database of all USGS publications can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Computed discharges at five sites in lower Laguna Madre near Port Isabel, Texas, June 1997
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), and Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) are charged by the Texas Legislature with determining freshwater inflows required to maintain the ecological health of streams, bays, and estuaries in Texas. To determine required inflows, the three agencies collect data and conduct studies on the needs f
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Jeffrey W. East, R.S. Solis, D.J. Ockerman
Pesticides and nitrate in surficial sand and gravel aquifers as related to modeled contamination susceptibility in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin
The occurrence of pesticides and nitrate (nitrite plus nitrate as nitrogen) in surficial sand and gravel aquifers in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin was summarized as part of an analysis of historical water-quality data for the Upper Mississippi River Basin study unit of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Water samples were collected by State and Feder
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Paul E. Hanson
Nutrient sources within the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1991-93
The amount of nutrients contained in fertilizer, livestock manure, municipal wastewater, atmospheric deposition, and legume residues were quantified in each of the major drainage basins within the Upper Mississippi River Basin study unit (fig. 1) as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program. These sources of nutrients may potentially affect surface- and ground-
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Sharon E. Kroening
Hydrology, water quality, and phosphorus loading of Kirby Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin
In 1992, residents near Kirby Lake, located about five miles northwest of Cumberland, in Barron County, Wisconsin, formed the Kirby Lake Management District. The Lake District immediately began to gather information needed for the preparation of a comprehensive lake-management plan that would be used to protect the natural and recreational assets of the lake. The Lake District completed a land-use
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William J. Rose, Dale M. Robertson
Water quality in the South Platte River basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1992-95
No abstract available.
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Kevin F. Dennehy, David W. Litke, Cathy M. Tate, Sharon L. Qi, Peter B. McMahon, Breton W. Bruce, Robert A. Kimbrough, Janet S. Heiny
Water quality in the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, 1992-95
No abstract available.
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Gary W. Levings, Denis F. Healy, Steven F. Richey, Lisa F. Carter
Water quality in the Hudson River basin, New York and adjacent states, 1992-95
No abstract available.
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Gary R. Wall, Karen Murray-Riva, Patrick J. Phillips
Water quality in the central Nebraska basins, Nebraska, 1992-95
This report is intended to summarize major findings that emerged between 1992 and 1995 from the water-quality assessment of the Central Nebraska Basins Study Unit and to relate these findings to water-quality issues of regional and national concern. The information is primarily intended for those who are involved in waterresource management. Indeed, this report addresses many of the concerns raise
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S.A. Frenzel, R.B. Swanson, T.L. Huntzinger, J. K. Stamer, P.J. Emmons, R. B. Zelt
Water quality in the Potomac River basin, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 1992-96
No abstract available.
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Scott W. Ator, Joel D. Blomquist, John W. Brakebill, Janet M. Denis, Matthew J. Ferrari, Cherie V. Miller, Humbert Zappia
Hydrogeologic studies at the USGS Amargosa Desert Research Site
In 1976, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began studies of unsaturated-zone hydrology in the Amargosa Desert in support of the USGS Low-Level Radioactive Waste Program. In 1983, agreements with the Bureau of Land Management and the State of Nevada established two field study areas: a 16-ha area adjacent to a waste-burial facility 17 km south of Beatty and a 0.1-ha area about 3 km farther south (f
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Brian J. Andraski, David A. Stonestrom
δ18O and δ15N determination in nitrate
No abstract available.
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K. Revesz, John K. Böhlke, T. Yoshinari
Metal uptake by phytoplankton during a bloom in South San Francisco Bay: Implications for metal cycling in estuaries
The 1994 spring phytoplankton bloom in South San Francisco Bay caused substantial reductions in concentrations of dissolved Cd, Ni, and Zn, but not Cu. We estimate that the equivalent of ~60% of the total annual input of Cd, Ni, and Zn from local waste‐water treatment plants is cycled through the phytoplankton in South Bay. The results suggest that processes that affect phytoplankton bloom frequen
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S. N. Luoma, A. VanGeen, B.-G. Lee, J. E. Cloern