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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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
Bathymetry and selected perspective views of central San Francisco Bay, California
No abstract available.
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J.V. Gardner, Peter Dartnell, L. A. Mayer, J.E. Hughes, J.C. Stone
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
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Paul E. Hanson
Ground-water quality in alluvial aquifers in the eastern Iowa basins, Iowa and Minnesota
The quality of shallow alluvial ground water that is used for domestic supplies in the Wapsipinicon, Cedar, Iowa, and Skunk River Basins (Eastern Iowa Basins) is described. Water samples from 32 domestic-supply wells were collected from June through July 1998. This study of ground-water quality in alluvial aquifers in the Eastern Iowa Basins is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Q
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Eric M. Sadorf, S. Michael Linhart
Construction, completion, and testing of replacement monitoring wells MW 3-2, MW 6-2, MW 7-2, and MW 11-2, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, February through April 2000
In February and March 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey Western Regional Research Drilling Operation constructed replacement monitoring wells MW 3–2, MW 6–2, MW 7–2, and MW 11–2 as part of a regional ground-water monitor- ing network for the Mountain Home Air Force Base, Elmore County, Idaho. Total well depths ranged from 435.5 to 456.5 feet, and initial depth-to-water measurements ranged from abou
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D. J. Parliman
Land subsidence in the United States
No abstract available.
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Devin L. Galloway, David R. Jones, S. E. Ingebritsen
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
Method for estimating pesticide use for county areas of the conterminous United States
Information on the amount and distribution of pesticide compounds used throughout the United States is essential to evaluate the relation between water quality and pesticide use. This information is the basis of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program studies of the effects of pesticides on water quality in 57 major hydrologic systems, or study units, located
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Gail P. Thelin, Leonard P. Gianessi
Floods of May 17-20, 1999, in the Volga and Wapsipinicon River Basins, northeast Iowa
No abstract available.
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J.L. Ballew, E.E. Fischer
Framework for Regional, Coordinated Monitoring in the Middle and Upper Deschutes River Basins, Oregon
This report presents a framework for regional water-quality monitoring in the middle and upper Deschutes River Basin, Oregon, that would be coordinated among organizations doing related monitoring. The emphasis is on maximizing the value of existing programs and resources by minimizing overlapping sampling efforts, filling key data gaps, increasing communication about results, and facilitating coo
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Chauncey W. Anderson
Digital Map of Saturated Thickness in the High Plains Aquifer in Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, 1996 to 1997
This digital data set consists of saturated thickness contours for the High Plains aquifer in Central United States, 1996-97. The High Plains aquifer extends from south of 32 degrees to almost 44 degrees north latitude and from 96 degrees 30 minutes to 104 degrees west longitude. The aquifer underlies about 174,000 square miles in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South
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Brian C. Fischer, Keith M. Kollasch, Virginia L. McGuire
Geochemical productivity monitoring in Florida Bay
No abstract available.
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Kimberly Yates, Robert Halley