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January 1, 1995

Data on selected herbicides and two triazine metabolites in precipitation of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, 1990-91

Weekly precipitation (rain and snow) samples were collected from 81 National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network sites in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States for the analysis of herbicides. In addition, five high- elevation background sites along the Rocky Mountains and in Alaska were sampled to provide data on herbicides in precipitation at sites far from the study ar

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D. A. Goolsby, E.A. Scribner, E. M. Thurman, M.L. Pomes, M. T. Meyer

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, Kansas Water Science Center

January 1, 1995

Mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems

Mercury has been well known as an environmental pollutant for several decades. As early as the 1950's it was established that emissions of mercury to the environment could have serious effects on human health. These early studies demonstrated that fish and other wildlife from various ecosystems commonly attain mercury levels of toxicological concern when directly affected by mercury-containing emi

Authors

David P. Krabbenhoft, David A. Rickert

Ecosystems Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area, Environmental Health Program, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Mercury Research Laboratory

January 1, 1995

Changes in soil hydraulic properties caused by construction of a simulated waste trench at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho

In order to assess the effect of filled waste disposal trenches on transport-governing soil properties, comparisons were made between profiles of undisturbed soil and disturbed soil in a simulated waste trench. The changes in soil properties induced by the construction of a simulated waste trench were measured near the Radioactive Waste Management Complex at the Idaho National Engineering Laborato

Authors

S. M. Shakofsky

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1995

Methods of conducting air-pressurized slug tests and computation of type curves for estimating transmissivity and storativity

No abstract available.

Authors

Earl A. Greene, Allen M. Shapiro

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1995

Studies of the San Francisco Bay, California, estuarine ecosystem: Pilot regional monitoring program results, 1994

No abstract available.

Authors

Jody L. Edmunds, B.E. Cole, J. E. Cloern, J.M. Caffrey, A.D. Jassby

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1995

Waste burial in arid environments - Application of Information from a field laboratory in the Mojave Desert, Southern Nevada

Because of the potentially harmful effect of improper waste disposal on water resources in the arid West, comprehensive laboratory and field studies are critical to identifying likely contaminant-release pathways and the potential for waste migration at arid sites. However, the quandary for those charged with assessment of the suitability of potential disposal sites is that site characterization a

Authors

Brian J. Andraski, David E. Prudic, William D. Nichols

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, Nevada Water Science Center

January 1, 1995

San Francisco Bay Program: Lessons learned for managing coastal water resources

No abstract available.

Authors

James E. Cloern, Samuel N. Luoma, Frederic H. Nichols

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1995

Bioremediation: Nature's way to a cleaner environment

No abstract available.

Authors

Frank H. Chapelle

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1995

Documentation of AIR3D, an adaptation of the ground-water-flow code MODFLOW to simulate three-dimensional air flow in the unsaturated zone

No abstract available.

Authors

C.J. Joss, A. L. Baehr

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1995

Responsibilities and activities of the U.S. Geological Survey related to mining and the environment

No abstract available.

Authors

Charles N. Alpers

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, California Water Science Center

January 1, 1995

Diagnostic modeling of trace metal partitioning in south San Francisco Bay

The two-dimensional numerical model ELAmet was used to investigate the effect of adsorption kinetics on the apparent distribution coefficients of Cu, Cd, and Zn in south San Francisco Bay, California. The numerical experiments were designed to determine whether adsorption kinetics can control the basin-scale variability of the observed partitioning and to define the conditions under which adsorpti

Authors

T. W. Wood, A. M. Baptista, J.S. Kuwabara, A.R. Flegal

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1995

Molecular and isotopic tracers used to examine sources of organic matter and its incorporation into the food webs of San Francisco Bay

Multiple indicators (Chl a, C : N ratios, [δ13C]POC, and two classes of lipid biomarker compounds- sterols and phospholipid ester-linked fatty acids) were used to evaluate spatial and temporal variations in the origin of particulate organic matter (POM) in the San Francisco Bay (SFB) estuary. Comparisons were made between the northern and southern subestuaries of SFB, as well as along the salinity

Authors

Elizabeth A. Canuel, James E. Cloern, David B. Ringelberg, James B. Guckert, Greg H. Rau

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, California Water Science Center