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Table of Contents

NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM THE NAWQA PROGRAM ................................. 1

NAWQA STUDY UNITS

Northeastern Region

Allegheny and Monongahela Basins .................................. 3

Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins .................. 4

Delaware River Basin .............................................. 6

Delmarva Peninsula ................................................ 7

Hudson River Basin ............................................... 10

Kanawha-New River Basin .......................................... 12

Kentucky River Basin ............................................. 14

Lake Erie-Lake Saint Clair Drainage .............................. 15

Long Island & New Jersey Coastal Drainages ....................... 16

Lower Illinois River Basin ....................................... 19

Lower Susquehanna River Basin .................................... 20

New England Coastal Basins ....................................... 22

Potomac River Basin .............................................. 24

Upper Illinois River Basin ....................................... 26

Western Lake Michigan Drainage Basin ............................. 29

White, Great and Little Miami River Basins ....................... 33

Southeastern Region

Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage ....................................... 36

Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin ..................... 38

Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain .................................... 43

Mississippi Embayment ............................................ 45

Mobile River Basin ............................................... 48

Santee Basin & Coastal Drainages ................................. 49

Southern Florida ................................................. 51

Tennessee River Basin ............................................ 52

Central Region

Acadian-Pontchartrain ............................................ 54

Central Oklahoma Aquifer ......................................... 55

Central Nebraska ................................................. 57

Eastern Iowa Basins .............................................. 60

High Plains Ground-Water Study ................................... 62

Lower Kansas River Basin ......................................... 64

Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins ............................. 66

Ozark Plateaus ................................................... 67

Red River of the North Basin ..................................... 69

Rio Grande Valley ................................................ 72

South Central Texas .............................................. 74

Southern High Plains ............................................. 76

South Platte River Basin ......................................... 77

Trinity River Basin .............................................. 80

Upper Colorado River Basin ....................................... 83

Upper Mississippi River Basin .................................... 86

Yellowstone River Basin .......................................... 90

Western Region

Carson River Basin ................................................91

Central Arizona Basins ........................................... 92

Central Columbia Plateau ......................................... 94

Cook Inlet Basin ................................................. 96

Great Salt Lake Basins ........................................... 98

Nevada Basin and Range .......................................... 100

Oahu ............................................................ 102

Puget Sound Basin ............................................... 103

Sacramento River Basin .......................................... 105

San Joaquin-Tulare Basins ....................................... 107

Southern California Basins ...................................... 110

Upper Snake River Basin ......................................... 111

Willamette Basin ................................................ 114

Yakima River Basin .............................................. 116
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NATIONAL SYNTHESIS

Program Design .................................................. 118

Ecology ......................................................... 119

Microbiology .................................................... 121

Nutrients and Sediments ......................................... 122

Nutrients--SPARROW Modeling ..................................... 125

Pesticides ...................................................... 126

Trace Elements .................................................. 130

Volatile Organic Compounds ...................................... 132

National Summary Reports ........................................ 138

OUTREACH ...............................................................139

PROTOCOLS ............................................................. 141

OTHER REPORTS FROM THE NAWQA PROGRAM .................................. 143

NAWQA-RELATED REPORTS ................................................. 146

NAWQA-RELATED OUTSIDE REPORTS ........................................ 147
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NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM THE NAWQA PROGRAM

(Reports published from September 27, 2003 to December 30, 2003

NAWQA STUDY UNITS:

NORTHEASTERN REGION:

Lower Illinois River Basin

King, Robin B., 2003, Pesticides in Surface Water in the Lower Illinois River 

Basin,1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 02-4097, 69 p.

New England Coastal Basins

Riskin, Melissa L., Deacon, Jeffrey R., Liebman, Matthew L., and Robinson, Keith 

W., 2003, Nutrient and chlorophyll relations in selected streams of the 

New England coastal basins in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, JuneSeptember 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 03-4191, 16 p.

SOUTHEASTERN REGION:

Tennessee River Basin

Kingsbury, James A., 2003, Shallow ground-water quality in agricultural areas 

of northern Alabama and middle Tennessee, 2000-2001: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4181, 38 p.

CENTRAL REGION

Central Nebraska Basins

Frankforter, Jill D., Johnson, Michaela R. and Zelt, Ronald B., 2003, Nutrient 

concentration gradients and biological response in Central Nebraska 

streams: AWRA 2003 Spring Specialty Conference, May 12-14, 2003, Kansas 

City, Missouri (Published by AWRA on CD-ROM only. Available at U.S. 

Geological Survey World Wide Web URL http://ne.water.usgs.gov/Nawqa/pubs/

awra_kcmo2003_proceedgs/JillFrankforter673.pdf).

High Plains Ground-Water Study

Breton, W. Bruce, Becker, Mark F., Pope, Larry M., and Gurdak, Jason J., 2003, 

Ground-water quality beneath irrigated agriculture in the central High 

Plains aquifer, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 03-4219, 39 p.

Fahlquist, Lynne, 2003, Ground-water quality of the southern High Plains 

aquifer, Texas and New Mexico, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 03-345, 59 p.

McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., Michel, R.L, Sophocleous, M.A. Ellett, K.M., and 

Hurlbut, D.B., 2003, Water movement through thick unsaturated zones 

overlying the central High Plains aquifer, southwestern Kansas, 2000-2001: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4171, 32 

p.
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WESTERN REGION:

Cook Inlet Basin

Markon, Carl J., 2003, A Temporal Study of Urban Development of the Municipality 

of Anchorage, Alaska: Geocarto International, v. 18, no. 3, p. 21-33.

Great Salt Lake Basins

Thiros, Susan A., 2003, Hydrogeology of Shallow Basin-Fill Deposits in Areas of 

Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 03-4029, 24 p.

Thiros, Susan A., 2003, Quality and Sources of Shallow Ground Water in Areas of 

Recent Residential Development in Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, 

Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-

4028, 74 p.

NATIONAL SYNTHESIS REPORTS:

Ecology

Cuffney, Thomas F., 2003, User’s Manual for the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program Invertebrate Data Analysis System (IDAS): U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-172, 103 p. plus CD.

Volatile organic compounds:

Bender, David A., Asher, William E., and Zogorski, John S., 2003, LakeVOC--A 

Deterministic Model to Estimate Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations 

in Reservoirs and Lakes: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-212, 

283 p.

Johnson, Richard L., Thoms, R.Brad, and Zogorski, John S., 2003, Effects of daily 

precipitation and evaportranspiration patterns on flow and VOC transport 

to groundwater along a watershed flow path: Environmental Science and 

Technology, v. 37, no. 21, p. 4944-4954.

Pankow, James F., Luo, Wentai, Bender, David A., Isabelle, Lorene M., 

Hollingsworth, Jay S., Chen, Cai, Asher, William E., and Zogorski, John 

S., 2003, Concentrations and co-occurrence correlations of 88 volatile 

organic compounds (VOCs) in the ambient air of 13 semi-rural to urban 

locations in the United States: Atmospheric Environment, v. 37, p. 5023-

5046. 
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NORTHEASTERN REGION STUDY UNITS

Allegheny and Monongahela Basins

Circulars:

Anderson, Robert M.,Beer, Kevin M., Buckwalter, Theodore F., Clark, Mary E., 

McAuley, Steven D., Sams III, James I., Williams, Donald R., 2001, Water 

quality in the Allegheny and Monongahela River Basins, Pennsylvania, West 

Virginia, New York, and Maryland, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 

1202, 32 p.

Fact Sheets:

McAuley, Steven D., 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The 

Allegheny-Monongahela River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 137-

95, 2 p.

Open-File Reports:

McAuley, S.D., Brown, J.B., Sams III, J. I., 1997, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program--The Allegheny-Monongahela River Basin: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-246, 6 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Sams III, James I., and Beer, Kevin M., 2000, Effects of coal-mine drainage on 

stream water quality in the Allegheny and Monongahela Basins, sulfate 

transport and trends: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4208, 17 p.

Williams, Donald R., and Clark, Mary E., 2001, Nutrients and organic compounds 

in Deer Creek and South Branch Plum Creek in Southwestern Pennsylvania, 

April 1996 through September 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 00-4061, 47 p.

Williams, Donald R., Clark, Mary E., and Brown, Juliane B., 1999, Stream water 

quality in coal mined areas of the Lower Cheat River Basin, West Virginia 

and Pennsylvania, during low flow conditions, July 1997: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4258, 8 p.
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Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basin

Circulars:

Garabedian, S.P., Coles, J.F., Grady, S.J., Trench, E.C.T., and Zimmerman, M.J., 

1998, Water quality in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River 

Basins, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, 

1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1155, 32 p.

Fact Sheets:

Grady, Stephen J., 1997, Volatile organic compounds in ground water in the 

Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, 1993-1995: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-029-97, 6 p.

Zimmerman, Marc J., 1997, Trends in nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in 

southern New England streams, 1974-92: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

FS-001-97, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Coles, James F., 1996, Organochlorine compounds and trace elements in fish 

tissue and ancillary data for the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames 

River Basins Study Unit, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

96-358, 26 p.

Grady, S.J., and Garabedian, S.P., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program--The Connecticut River and Long Island Sound Coastal Rivers: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-159, 2 p.

Harris, Sandra L., 1997, Inorganic and organic constituents and grain-size 

distribution in streambed sediment and ancillary data for the Connecticut, 

Housatonic, and Thames River Basins Study Unit, 1992-94: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 96-397, 39 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Breault, Robert, F., and Harris, Sandra L., 1997, Geographical distribution and 

potential for adverse biological effects of selected trace elements and 

organic compounds in streambed sediment in the Connecticut, Housatonic, 

and Thames River Basins, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4169, 24 p.

Coles, James F., 1998, Organochlorine compounds in fish tissue from the 

Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins Study Unit, 1992-94: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4075, 21 p.

Grady, Stephen J., and Mullaney, John R., 1998, Natural and human factors 

affecting shallow water quality in surficial aquifers in the Connecticut, 

Housatonic, and Thames River Basins: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 98-4042, 81 p.

Mullaney, John R., and Grady, Stephen J., 1997, Hydrogeology and water quality 

of a surficial aquifer underlying an urban area, Manchester, Connecticut: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4195, 40 

p.

Mullaney, John R., Schwarz, Gregory E., and Trench, Elaine C. Todd, 2002, 

Estimation of nitrogen yields and loads from basins draining to Long 

Island Sound, 1988-98, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4044, 84 p.
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Mullaney, John R., and Zimmerman, Marc J., 1997, Nitrogen and pesticide 

concentrations in an agricultural basin in north-central Connecticut: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4076, 13 p.

Robinson Jr., Gilpin R., Peper, John D., Steeves, Peter A., and DeSimone, Leslie 

A., 1999, Lithogeochemical character of the near-surface bedrock in the 

Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4000, CD ROM.

Trench, Elaine C. Todd, 2000, Nutrient sources and loads in the Connecticut, 

Housatonic, and Thames River Basins: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 99-4236, 66 p.

Zimmerman, Marc J., 1999, Pesticides in surface water in the Connecticut, 

Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4247, 83 p.

Zimmerman, Marc J., Grady, Stephen J., Todd Trench, Elaine C., Flanagan, Sarah 

M., and Nielsen, Martha G., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the 

Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins Study Unit: Analysis of 

available data on nutrients, suspended sediments, and pesticides, 1972-

92: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4203, 

162 p.

Articles and Papers:

Coles, James F., 1999, Length-age relations and PCB content of mature white 

suckers from the Connecticut and Housatonic River Basins: Northeastern 

Naturalist, 6(3), p. 263-275.
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Delaware River Basin

Fact Sheets:

Fischer, Jeffrey M., 1999, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Delaware 

River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-056-99, 6 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Report:

Riva-Murray, Karen, Brightbill, Robin A., and Bilger, Michael D., 2003, Trends 

in concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls in fish tissue from 

selected sites in the Delaware River Basin in New Jersey, New York, and 

Pennsylvania, 1969-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 01-4066, 20 p.

Articles and Papers:

Daniels, Robert A., Riva-Murray, Karen, Halliwell, David B., Vana-Miller, David, 

L., Bilger, Michael D., 2002, An index of biological integrity for 

northern Mid-Atlantic Slope drainages: Transactions of the American 

Fisheries Society 2002, p. 1044- 1060.
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Delmarva Peninsula

Circulars:

Hamilton, P.A., and Shedlock, R.J., 1992, Are fertilizers and pesticides in the 

ground water--A case study of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, 

and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1080, 16 p.

Open-File Reports:

Bachman, L.J., Shedlock, R.J., and Phillips, P.J., 1987, Ground-water-quality 

assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: 

Project Description: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-112, 

18 p.

Ferrari, Matthew J., 2002, Occurrence and distribution of selected contaminants 

in public drinking-water supplies in the surficial aquifer in Delaware: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-327, 62 p.

Hamilton, P.A., Denver, J.M., Phillips, P.J., and Shedlock, R.J., 1993, Waterquality assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and 

Virginia--Effects of agricultural activities on, and distribution of, 

nitrate and other inorganic constituents in the surficial aquifer: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-40, 87 p. (pending publication as 

Water-Supply Paper 2355-C)

Hamilton, P.A., Shedlock, R.J., and Phillips, P.J., 1991, Ground-water-quality 

assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: 

Analysis of available water-quality data through 1987: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 89-34, 71 p.

Water-Supply Papers:

Hamilton, P.A., Shedlock, R.J., and Phillips, P.J., 1991, Ground-water-quality 

assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: 

Analysis of available water-quality data through 1987: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Supply Paper 2355-B, 65 p.

Shedlock, Robert J., Denver, Judith M., Hayes, Martha A., Hamilton, Pixie A., 

Koterba, Michael T., Bachman, L. Joseph, Phillips, Patrick J., and Banks, 

William S.L., 1999, Water-quality assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, 

Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: Results of investigations, 1987-91: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2355-A, 41 p.

Articles and Papers:

Ator, Scott W., 2000, Relating shallow ground-water quality to surficial 

hydrogeology in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain: Conference ProceedingsNWQMC National Monitoring Conference 2000, Austin, Texas, p. 409-423.

Bachman, L.J., Zynjuk, L.D., and Phillips, P.J., 1992, The significance of 

hydrologic landscapes in estimating nitrogen loads in base flow to 

estuarine tributaries of Chesapeake Bay: EOS, Transactions, American 

Geophysical Union, vol. 73, no. 14, Spring Meeting Supplement, p. 113.

Böhlke, J.K., and Denver, J.M., 1995, Combined use of groundwater dating, 

chemical, and isotopic analyses to resolve the history and fate of nitrate 

contamination in two agricultural watersheds, Atlantic coastal plain, 

Maryland: Water Resources Research, vol.31, no. 9, pages 2319-2339.
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Denver, J.M., 1991, Groundwater-sampling network to study agrochemical effects 

on water quality, in The Unconfined Aquifer in Groundwater Residue 

Sampling Design: Washington, D.C., American Chemical Society, Ch. 7 p. 

139-149.

Dunkle, S.A., Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, E., Phillips, P.J., Denver, J.M., 

Hamilton, P.A., Michel, R.L., and Coplen, T.B., 1993, Chlorofluorocarbons 

(CC13F and CC12F2) as dating tools and hydrologic tracers in shallow 

groundwater of the Delmarva Peninsula, Atlantic Coastal Plain, United 

States: Water Resources Research, vol. 29, no. 12, p. 3837-3860.

Hamilton, P.A., 1992, National Water-Quality Assessment: Public outreach and 

involvement: U.S. Geological Survey Yearbook, Fiscal Year 1992, p.42-45.

Hamilton, P.A., and Shedlock, R.J., 1989, Relations between land use and nitrate 

concentrations in shallow ground water, Delmarva Peninsula: U.S. 

Geological Survey Yearbook, Fiscal Year 1989, p. 38-41.

Hamilton, P.A., Welch, A.H., Christenson, S.C., and Alley W.M., 1993, Uses and 

limitations of existing ground-water-quality data in Alley, W.M., ed., 

1993, Regional Ground-Water Quality: New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, p. 

613-622. 

Koterba, M.T., Banks, W.S., and Shedlock, R.J., 1993, Pesticides in ground water 

in the Delmarva Peninsula: Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 22, no. 

3, p. 500-518.

Koterba, M.T., and Shedlock, R.J., 1991, Regional and targeted ground-waterquality networks in the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland and 

Virginia: American Chemical Society Symposium Series 465, p. 110-138.

Koterba, M.T., Shedlock, R.J., Bachman, L.J., and Phillips, P.J., 1990, Regional 

and targeted groundwater quality networks in the Delmarva Peninsula, in 

groundwater residue sampling design: American Chemical Society, Chapter 

6, p. 110-138.

Phillips, P.J., 1990, Regional water-quality investigation and the ecology of a 

rare plant species on the Delmarva Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey, WRD 

Ecology Newsletter, no. 3, p. 1-2.

Phillips, P.J., Denver, J.M., Shedlock, R.J., and Hamilton, P.A., 1993, Effect 

of forested wetlands on nitrate concentrations in ground water and surface 

water on the Delmarva Peninsula: Wetlands vol. 13, no. 2, p. 75-83.

Phillips, P.J., Shedlock, R.J., and Hamilton, P.A., 1992, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program activities on the Delmarva Peninsula in parts of 

Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, in Gohn, G.S., ed., Proceedings of the 

1988 U.S. Geological Survey Workshop on the Geology and Geohydrology of 

the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1059, p. 75-

78.

Phillips, P.J., and Shedlock, R.J., 1993, Hydrology and chemistry of ground 

water and seasonal ponds in the Atlantic Coastal Plain in Delaware, USA: 

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 141, p. 157-178.

Reilly, T.E., Plummer, L.N., Phillips, P.J., Busenburg, Eurybiades, 1994, The 

use as simulation and multiple environmental tracers to quantify 

groundwater flow in a shallow aquifer: Water Resources Research, vol. 30, 

no. 2, p. 421-433.

Shedlock, R.J., 1993, The Delmarva study: Geotimes, December, 1993, vol. 38, no. 

12, p. 12-14.
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Shedlock, R.J., Hamilton, P.A., Denver, J.M., and Phillips, P.J., 1993, 

Multiscale approach to regional ground-water-quality assessment of the 

Delmarva Peninsula, in Alley, W.M., ed., Regional Ground-Water Quality: 

New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, p. 563-587.
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Hudson River Basin

Circulars:

Wall, Gary R., Riva-Murray, Karen, and Phillips, Patrick J., 1998, Water quality 

in the Hudson River Basin, New York and adjacent states, 1992-95: U.S. 

Geological Survey Circular 1165, 32 p.

Fact Sheets:

U.S. Geological Survey,1996, National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA)--Groundwater sampling program of the Hudson River Basin Study: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet FS-087-96, 2 p.

Wall, Gary R., and Phillips, Patrick J., 1997, Pesticides in surface waters of 

the Hudson River Basin--Mohawk River Subbasin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-237-96, 4 p.

Wall, Gary R., and Phillips, Patrick J., 1997, Pesticides in surface waters of 

the Hudson River Basin, New York and adjacent states: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet FS-238-96, 4 p.

Wall, Gary R., and Phillips, Patrick J., 1997, Pesticide concentrations in 

Canajoharie Creek, New York 1994-96: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS131-97, 2 p.

Open-File Reports:

Freeman, W.O., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The Hudson River 

Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-166, 2 p.

Murray, Karen R., and Freeman, Ward O., 1990, Water quality in the Hudson River 

Basin: Working together to solve the puzzle: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 94-90, 4 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Phillips, Patrick J., and Bode, Robert W., Concentrations of pesticides and 

pesticide degradates in the Croton River Watershed in southeastern New 

York, July-September 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4063, 20 p.

Phillips, Patrick J., Eckhardt, David A., and Rosenmann, Larry, 2000, Pesticides 

and their metabolites in three small public water-supply reservoir 

systems, western New York, 1998-99: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4278. 19 p.

Phillips, Patrick J., and Hanchar, Dorothea W., 1996, Water-quality assessment 

of the Hudson River Basin in New York and adjacent states--Analysis of 

available nutrient, pesticide, volatile organic compound, and suspendedsediment data, 1970-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4065, 76 p.

Articles and Papers:

Daniels, Robert A., Riva-Murray, Karen, Halliwell, David B., Vana-Miller, David, 

L., Bilger, Michael D., 2002, An index of biological integrity for 

northern Mid-Atlantic Slope drainages: Transactions of the American 

Fisheries Society 2002, p. 1044- 1060.
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Freeman, W.O., ed., 1994, NAWQA Notes--Newsletter of the National Water-Quality 

Assessment: Hudson River Basin, vol. 1, no. 1, May 1994: U.S. Geological 

Survey NAWQA Hudson River Basin Study Unit, 4 p.

Phillips, Patrick J., Eckhardt, David A., Freehafer, Douglas A., Wall, Gary R., 

and Ingleston, Hannah H., 2002, Regional patterns of pesticide 

concentrations in surface waters of New York in 1997: Journal of the 

American Water Resources Association, v. 38, no. 3, p. 731-743.

Phillips, Patrick J., Riva-Murray, Karen, Hollister, Hannah M., and Flanary, 

Elizabeth A., 1997, Distribution of DDT, chlordane, and total PCB’s in bed 

sediments in the Hudson River Basin: New York Earth Science and the 

Environment, Spring 1997, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 27-47.

Phillips, Patrick J., Wall, Gary R., and Ryan, Christopher M., 2000, Pesticides 

in wells in agricultural and urban areas of the Hudson River Basin: 

Northeastern Geology, vol. 22, no. 1, p.1-9.

Phillips, P.J., Wall, G.R., Thurman, E.M., Eckhardt, D.A., and Vanhoesen, J., 

1999, Metolachlor and its metabolites in tile drain and stream runoff in 

the Canajoharie creek watershed: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 

33, no. 20, p. 3531-3537.

Riva-Murray, Karen, Bode, Robert W., Phillips, Patrick J., and Wall, Gretchen 

L., 2002, Impact source determination with biomonitoring data in New York 

state: Concordance with environmental data: Northeastern Naturalist, 

vol.9, no. 2, p. 127-162.

Wall, G.R., Phillips, P.J., and Riva-Murray, K., 1998, Seasonal and spatial 

patterns of nitrate and silica concentrations in Canajoharie Creek, New 

York: Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 27, no. 2, p. 381-389.
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Kanawha-New River Basin

Circulars:

Paybins, Katherine S., Messinger, Terence, Eychaner, James H., Chambers, Douglas 

B., and Kozar, Mark D., 2001, Water quality in the Kanawha-New River Basin, 

West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, 1996-98: U.S. Geological 

Survey Circular 1204, 32 p.

Fact Sheets:

Eychaner, James H., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The 

Kanawha-New River Basin, W.Va. and N.C.: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

94-019, 2 p. 

Open-File Reports:

Eychaner, James H., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The 

Kanawha-New River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-104, 

2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Report:

Chambers, Douglas B., and Messinger, Terence, 2001, Benthic invertebrate 

communities and their responses to selected environmental factors in the 

Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4021, 52 p.

Kozar, Mark D., Sheets, Charlynn J., and Hughes, Curt A., 2001, Ground-water 

quality and geohydrology of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province, New 

River Basin, Virginia and North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 00-4270, 36 p.

Messinger, Terence, 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Kanawha-New River 

Basin, West Virginia, and North Carolina--Review of water-quality 

literature through 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4075, 27 p.

Messinger, Terence, and Chambers, D.B., 2001, Fish communities and their 

relations to environmental factors in the Kanawha River Basin, West 

Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, 1997-98: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4048, 51 p.

Messinger, Terence, and Hughes, C.A., 2000, Environmental setting and its 

relations to water quality in the Kanawha River Basin: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4020, 57 p.

Sheets, Charlynn J., and Kozar, Mark D., 2000, Ground-water quality in the 

Appalachian Plateaus, Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4269, 25 p.

Articles and Papers:

Cincotta, Daniel A., Chambers, Douglas B., and Messinger, Terence, 1999, Recent 

changes in the distribution of fish species in the New River Basin in West 

Virginia and Virginia, in New River Symposium Proceedings, Boone, North 

Carolina, p. 98-106.
December 2003

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Eychaner, James H., 1996, U.S. Geological Survey water-quality assessments in 

the Kentucky and Kanawha-New River Basins, in The Ohio River Basin 

Consortium for Research and Education, 12th Annual Scientific Symposium, 

November 10-12, 1996, Oxford, Ohio, p. 8-9.

Eychaner, James H., 1998, What’s normal? -- Constituent concentrations in West 

Virginia streamflow, ground water, streambed sediment, and fish tissue, 

in West Virginia Non-Point Source Conference, Charleston, 1998, 

Proceedings: West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection and West 

Virginia Soil Conservation Agency, p. 38-53.

Eychaner, James H., 1999, Progress of environmental studies in coal mining areas 

of western Pennsylvania and central West Virginia in Twentieth Annual West 

Virginia Surface Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium, 1999, Proceedings: 

Morgantown, West Virginia, 6 p.
December 2003

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Kentucky River Basin

Open-File Reports:

Smoot, J.L., Liebermann, T.D., Evaldi, R.D., and White, K.D., 1991, Surfacewater-quality assessment of the Kentucky River Basin in Kentucky: Analysis 

of available information through 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 90-360, 209 p.

White, K.D., Smoot, J.L., Jackson, J.K., and Choquette, A.F., 1987, Surfacewater-quality assessment of the Kentucky River Basin, Kentucky: Project 

Description: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-234, 39 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Bradfield, A.D., and Porter, S.D., 1988, Summary of biological investigations 

relating to surface-water-quality in the Kentucky River Basin, Kentucky 

through 1987: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 90-

4051, 63 p.

Evaldi, R.D., and Kipp, J.A., 1991, Effects of oil production on water resources 

in the Kentucky River Basin, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigation Report 90-4191, 58 p.

Haag, Kim H., Garcia, Rene, Jarrett, G. Lynn, and Porter, Stephen D., 1995, 

Water-Quality Assessment of the Kentucky River Basin, Kentucky: Results 

of investigations of surface-water quality, 1987-90: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4163, 70 p. 

Haag, Kim H., and Porter, Stephen D., 1994, Water-quality assessment of the 

Kentucky River Basin, Kentucky--Nutrients, sediments, and pesticides in 

streams, 1987-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 94-4227, 135 p.

Porter, Stephen D., White, Kevin D., and Clark, J.R., 1994, Water-quality 

assessment of the Kentucky River Basin, Kentucky: Distribution of metals 

and other trace elements in sediment and water, 1987-90: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4134, 184 p.

Articles and Papers:

Martin, G.R., Smoot, J.L., and White, K.D., 1992, A comparison of surface-grab 

and cross sectionally integrated stream-water-quality sampling methods: 

Water Environment Research, vol. 64, no. 7, 866-876 p.
December 2003

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Lake Erie-Lake Saint Clair Drainage

Circulars:

Myers, Donna N., Thomas, Mary Ann, Frey Jeffrey W., Rheaume, Stephen J., and 

Button, Daniel T., 2000, Water quality in the Lake Erie-Lake Saint Clair 

Drainages, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New York, and Pennsylvania, 1996-98: 

U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1203, 35 p.

Fact Sheets:

Meyers, Donna N., and Finnegan, Dennis P., 1995, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program--Lake Erie-Lake St. Clair Basin: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet 94-056, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Report

Casey, George D., Myers, Donna N., Finnegan, Dennis P., and Wieczorek, Michael 

E., 1998, National water-quality assessment of the Lake Erie-Lake St. 

Clair Basin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York--

Environmental and hydrologic setting: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4256, 93 p.

Covert, S. Alex, 2002, Comparison of U.S. Geological Survey and Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency fish-collection methods using the Index 

of Biotic Integrity and modified Index of Well-Being, 1996-97: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4255, 18 p.

Frey, Jeffrey W., 2001, Occurrence, distribution, and loadings of pesticides in 

selected tributaries of the Lake Erie-Lake St. Clair Basin, 1996-98: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4169, 69 p.

Meyers, Donna N., and Metzker, Kevin D., 2000, Status and trends in suspended 

sediment discharges and conservation tillage in the Maumee River Basin: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4091, 38 

p.

Rheaume, S.J., Button, D.T., Myers, D.N., and Hubbell, D.L., 2001, Areal 

distribution and concentrations of contaminants of concern in surficial 

streambed and lakebed sediments, Lake Erie-Lake St. Clair Basin, 1990-97: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4200, 60 

p.

Thomas, Mary Ann, 2000, Ground-water quality and vulnerability to contamination 

in selected agricultural areas of southeastern Michigan, northwestern 

Ohio, and northeastern Indiana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 00-4146, 22 p.

Articles and Papers:

Lake Erie-Lake St.Clair Basin Newsletter, July 1996, 6 p.

Lake Erie-Lake St.Clair Basin Newsletter, March 1998, 4 p.

Thomas, Mary Ann, 2000, The effect of residential development on ground-water 

quality near Detroit, Michigan: Journal of the American Water Resources 

Association, vol. 36, no. 5, October 2000, p. 1023-1038.
December 2003

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Long Island & New Jersey Coastal Drainages

Circulars:

Ayers, Mark A., Kennen, Jonathan G., and Stackelberg, Paul E., 2000, Water 

quality of the Long Island-New Jersey Coastal Drainages, New Jersey and 

New York, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1201, 40 p.

Fact Sheets:

Ayers, Mark A., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Scope of the 

Long Island-New Jersey Coastal Drainages Study-Unit investigation: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet 94-030, 2 p.

Kennen, Jonathan G., 1998, Relation of benthic macroinvertebrate community 

impairment to basin characteristics in New Jersey streams: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet FS-057-98, 6 p.

O’Brien, Anne, 1997, Presence and distribution of trace elements in streambed 

sediments, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-049-97, 4 p.

O’Brien, Anne K., Reiser, Robert G., and Gylling, Helle, 1997, Spatial 

variability of volatile organic compounds in streams on Long Island, New 

York, and in New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-194-97, 6 p.

Stackelberg, Paul E., 1996, Presence and distribution of chlorinated organic 

compounds in streambed sediments, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet 118-96, 4 p.

Stackelberg, Paul, and Ayers, Mark, 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program--The Long Island-New Jersey Coastal Drainages: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 94-012, 2 p.

Terracciano, Stephen A., and O’Brien, Anne K., 1997, Occurrence of volatile 

organic compounds in streams on Long Island, New York, and New Jersey--

Overview of available data and reconnaissance sampling: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 97-063, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Stackelberg, Paul, and Ayers, Mark, 1994, The Long Island-New Jersey Coastal 

Drainages National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Study Unit: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-107, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Clawges, Rick M., Stackelberg, Paul E., Ayers, Mark A., and Vowinkel, Eric F., 

1999, Nitrate, volatile organic compounds, and pesticides in ground water-

-A summary of selected studies from New Jersey and Long Island, New York: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 99-4027, 32 p.

Kennen, Johathan G., and Ayers, Mark A., 2002, Relation of environmental 

characteristics to the composition of aquatic assemblages along a gradient 

urban land use in New Jersey, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 02-4069, 77 p.

Long, Gary R., Chang, Ming, and Kennen, Jonathan G., 2000, Trace elements and 

organochlorine compounds in bed sediment and fish tissue at selected sites 

in New Jersey streams--sources and effects: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 99-4235, 29 p.
December 2003

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Kauffman, Leon J., Baehr, Arthur L., Ayers, Mark A., and Stackelberg, Paul E., 

2001, Effects of land use and travel time on the distribution of nitrate 

in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in southern New Jersey: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4117, 49 p.

Reiser, Robert G.,1999, Relation of pesticide concentrations to season, 

streamflow, and land use in seven New Jersey streams: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4154, 20 p.

Reiser, Robert G., and O’Brien, Anne K., 1999, Pesticides in streams in New 

Jersey and Long Island, New York, and relation to land use: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4261, 12 p. 

Reiser, Robert G., and O’Brien, Anne K., 1998, Occurrence and seasonal 

variability of volatile organic compounds in seven New Jersey streams: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4074, 11 

p.

Stackelberg, Paul E., Hopple, Jessica A., and Kauffman, Leon J., 1997, 

Occurrence of nitrate, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds in the 

Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, southern New Jersey: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4241, 8 p.

Stackelberg, Paul E., Kauffman, Leon J., Baehr, Arthur L., and Ayers, Mark A., 

2000, Comparability of nitrate, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds 

in samples from monitoring and public-supply wells, Kirkwood-Cohansey 

aquifer system, southern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 00-4123, 78 p.

Articles and Papers:

Baehr, Arthur L., Charles, Emmanuel G., and Baker, Ronald J., 2000, Field 

evidence for degradation of methyl tert-butyl either (MTBE) at low 

concentrations in the unsaturated zone: EPA/API Workshop on MTBE 

Biodegradation, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 1-3, 2000.

Baehr, Arthur L., Charles, Emmanuel G., and Baker, Ronald J., 2001, Methyl tertbutyl either degradation in the unsaturated zone and the relation between 

MTBE in the atmosphere and shallow ground water: Water Resources Research, 

vol. 37, no. 2, p. 223-233. 

Baehr. Arthur L., Stackelberg, Paul E., and Baker, Ronald J., 1999, Evaluation 

of the atmosphere as a source of volatile organic compounds in shallow 

ground water: Water Resources Research, vol. 35, no. 1, p. 127-136.

Baehr. Arthur L., Stackelberg, Paul E., Baker, Ronald J., Kauffman, Leon J., 

Hopple, Jessica A., and Ayers, Mark A.,1997, Design of a sampling network 

to determine the occurrence and movement of MTBE and other organics 

through the urban hydrologic cycle in American Chemical Society Division 

of Environmental Chemistry Preprints of Papers, 213th ACS National 

Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 13-17, 1997, vol. 37, no. 1, p 

400-401.

Chang, Ming, Kennen, Jonathan G., and Del Corso, Ellyn, 2000, Evaluating 

temporal changes in stream condition in three New Jersey river basins by 

using an index of biotic integrity: Bulletin New Jersey Academy of 

Sciences, vol. 45, p. 1-12.

Kennen, Jonathan G., 1999, Relation of macroinvertebrate community impairment 

to catchment characteristics in New Jersey streams: Journal of the 

American Water Resources Association, vol. 35, no. 4, p.939-955.
December 2003

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O’Brien, Anne K., 1997, Presence and distribution of trace elements in New Jersey 

streambed sediments: American Water Resources Association, vol. 33, no. 

2, p 387-403.

Stackelburg, Paul E., 1997, Presence and distribution of chlorinated organic 

compounds in streambed sediments, New Jersey: American Water Resources 

Association, vol. 33, no. 2, p 271-284.

Stackelberg, Paul E., O’Brien, Anne K., and Terracciano, Stephen A., 1997, 

Occurrence of MTBE in surface and ground water, Long Island, New York, and 

New Jersey: ACS Symposium Paper, vol. 37, no.1, p. 394-397.

Stackelberg, Paul E., Kauffman, Leon J., Ayers, Mark A., and Baehr, Arthur L., 

and 2001, Frequently co-occurring pesticides and volatile organic 

compounds in public supply and monitoring wells, Southern New Jersey, USA: 

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 20, no. 4, p 853-865.
December 2003

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Lower Illinois River Basin

Circulars:

Groschen, George E., Harris, Mitchell A., King, Robin B., Terrio, Paul J., and 

Warner, Kelly L., 2001, Water quality in the Lower Illinois River Basin, 

Illinois, 1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1209, 36 p.

Fact Sheets:

Warner, Kelly L., and Schmidt, Arthur R., 1994, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program--The Lower Illinois River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet 94-018, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Adolphson, Debbie L., Fazio, David J., and Harris, Mitchell A., 2001, Habitat, 

biota, sediment characteristics at selected stations in the Lower Illinois 

River Basin, Illinois, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 01-4068, 52 p.

King, Robin B., 2003, Pesticides in Surface Water in the Lower Illinois River 

Basin,1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 02-4097, 69 p.

Morrow, Jr., William S., 1999, Volatile organic compounds in ground water of the 

Lower Illinois River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4229, 6 p.

Morrow, Jr., William S., 2001, Uranium and radon in ground water in the Lower 

Illinois River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 01-4056, 29 p.

Warner, Kelly L., 1998, Water-quality assessment of the Lower Illinois River 

Basin: Environmental setting: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4165, 50 p.

Warner, Kelly L., 2000, Analysis of nutrients, selected inorganic constituents, 

and trace elements in water from Illinois community-supply wells, 1984-

91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4152, 

47 p.

Articles and Papers:

DeWalt, R. Edward, Webb, Donald W., and Harris, Mitchell A., 1999, Summer 

Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) species richness and 

community structure in the Lower Illinois River Basin of Illinois: The 

Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 32, no. 3, p 115-132.

Warner, Kelly L., 2001, Arsenic in glacial drift aquifers and the implication 

for drinking water--Lower Illinois River Basin: Groundwater, vol. 39, no. 

3, May-June 2001, p. 433-442.
December 2003

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Lower Susquehanna River Basin

Circulars:

Lindsay, Bruce D., Breen, Kevin J., Bilger, Michael D., and Brightbill, Robin 

A., 1998, Water quality in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania 

and Maryland, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1168, 38 p.

Open-File Reports:

Breen, K.J., Hainly, R.A., and Hoffman, S.A., 1991, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program--The Lower Susquehanna River Basin: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 91-168, 2 p.

Siwiec, Steven F., Hainly, Robert A., Lindsey, Bruce D., Bilger, Michael D., and 

Brightbill, Robin A., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Lower 

Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: Design and 

Implementation of water-quality studies, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 97-583, 121 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Bickford, Tammy M., Lindsey, Bruce D., and Beaver, Mark R., 1996, 

Bacteriological quality of ground water used for household supply, Lower 

Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: U.S. Geological WaterResources Investigations Report 96-4212, 31 p.

Bilger, Michael D., and Brightbill, Robin A., 1998, Fish communities and their 

relation to physical and chemical characteristics of streams from selected 

environmental settings in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, 1993-95: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4004, 34 p.

Bilger, Michael D., Brightbill, Robin A., and Campbell, Harry L., 1999, 

Occurrence of organochlorine compounds in whole fish tissue from streams 

of the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1992: 

U.S. Geological Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4065, 17 p.

Brightbill, Robin A., and Bilger, Michael D., 1998, Relation of algal biomass 

to characteristics of selected streams in the Lower Susquehanna River 

Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-

4144, 18 p.

Daly, Matthew H., and Lindsey, Bruce D., 1996, Occurrence and concentrations of 

volatile organic compounds in shallow ground water in the Lower 

Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4141, 8 p.

Hainly, Robert A., and Loper, Connie A., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the 

Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: Sources, 

characteristics, analysis, and limitations of nutrient and suspendedsediment data, 1975-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4209, 138.

Hainly, Robert A., Zimmerman, Tammy M., Loper, Connie A., and Lindsey, Bruce D., 

2001, Summary of and factors affecting pesticide concentrations in streams 

and shallow wells of the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and 

Maryland, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 01-4012, 75 p.

Lindsey, Bruce D., and Ator, Scott W., 1996, Radon in ground water of the Lower 

Susquehanna and Potomac River Basins: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 96-4156, 6 p.
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Lindsey, Bruce D., Loper, Connie A., and Hainly, Robert A., 1997, Nitrate in 

ground water and stream base flow in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, 

Pennsylvania and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4146, 66 p.

Risser, Dennis W., and Siwiec, Steven F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the 

Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland: Environmental 

setting: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-

4245, 70 p.

Articles and Papers:

Breen, Kevin J., Gavin, Andrew J., and Schnabel, Ronald R., 1994, Occurrence and 

yields of triazine herbicides in the Susquehanna river and tributaries 

during base-flow conditions in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, 

Pennsylvania and Maryland, June 1993 in Hill, Paula, and Nelson, Steve, 

eds., Toward a sustainable watershed--The Chesapeake experiment, 

proceedings of the 1994 Chesapeake research conference, Norfolk, Virginia, 

June 1-3, 1994: Edgewater, Maryland, Chesapeake Research Consortium 

Publication No. 149, p. 312-328.

Hainly, Robert A., and Kahn, Joan M., 1996, Factors affecting herbicide yields 

in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, June 1994: Journal of the American Water 

Resources Association, vol. 32, no. 5, October 1996, p. 965-984.
December 2003

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New England Coastal Basins

Fact Sheets:

Ayotte, Joseph D. and Robinson, Keith W., 1997, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program New England Coastal Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-060-97, 2 p.

Montgomery, Denise L., Robinson, Gilpin R., Jr., Ayotte, Joseph D., Flanagan, 

Sarah M., and Robinson, Keith W., 2002, Digital data set of generalized 

lithogeochemical characteristics of near-surface bedrock in the New 

England Coastal Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 003-02, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Robinson, Gilpin R., Ayotte, Joseph D., Jr., Montgomery, Denise L., and 

DeSimone, Leslie A., 2002, Lithogeochemical character of near-surface 

bedrock in the New England Coastal Basins: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 02-007, WEB-only report. Available on line at:

http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/of/ofr02-007

Tessler, Steven, Coles, James F., and Beaulieu, Karen M., 1999, Inventory of 

selected freshwater-ecology studies from the New England Coastal Basins 

(Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island), 1937-97: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-467, 30 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Ayotte, Joseph D., Nielsen, Martha G., Robinson,Jr., Gilpin R., and Moore, 

Richard B., 1999, Relation of arsenic, iron, and manganese in ground water 

to aquifer type, bedrock lithogeochemistry, and land use in the New 

England Coastal Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4162, 61 p.

Chambers, Ann, 2002, Trace elements and organic compounds in streambed and fish 

tissue of the New England Coastal Basins: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 02-4179, 30 p.

Flanagan, Sarah M., Montgomery, Denise L., and Ayotte, Joseph D., 2001, Shallow 

ground-water quality in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4042, 12 p.

Flanagan, Sarah M., Nielsen, Martha G., Robinson, Keith W., and Coles, James F., 

1999, Water-quality assessment of the New England Coastal Basins in Maine, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island: Environmental setting and 

implications for water quality and aquatic biota: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4249, 62 p.

Riskin, Melissa L., Deacon, Jeffrey R., Liebman, Matthew L., and Robinson, Keith 

W., 2003, Nutrient and chlorophyll relations in selected streams of the 

New England coastal basins in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, JuneSeptember 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 03-4191, 16 p.

Robinson, Keith W., Campbell, Jean P., and Jaworski, Norbert A., 2003, Waterquality trends in New England rivers during the 20th century: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4012, 20 p.
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Articles and Papers:

Ayotte, Joseph D., Montgomery, Denise L., Flanagan, Sarah M., and Robinson, 

Keith W., 2003, Arsenic in groundwater in eastern New England: Occurrence, 

controls, and human health implications: Environmental Science & 

Technology, v. 37, no. 10, p. 2075-2083.
December 2003

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Potomac River Basin

Circulars:

Ator, Scott W., Blomquist, Joel D., Brakebill, John W., Denis, Janet M., Ferrari, 

Matthew J., Miller, Cherie V., and Zappia, Humbert, 1998, Water quality 

in the Potomac River Basin, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West 

Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 1992-96: U.S. Geological Survey 

Circular 1166, 38 p.

Fact Sheets:

Denis, Janet M., and Blomquist, Joel D., 1995, Nitrate in streams in the Great 

Valley carbonate subunit of the Potomac River Basin: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 161-95, 4 p.

Fisher, Gary T., 1995, Selected herbicides in major streams in the Potomac River 

Basin upstream from Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

107-95, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Ator, Scott W., 1998, Nitrate and pesticide data for waters of the Mid-Atlantic 

Region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-158, 5 p. Available on 

line at http://md.usgs.gov/publications/ofr-98-158

Derosier, A.L., Brakebill, J.W., Denis, J.M., and Kelley, S.K., 1998, Waterquality assessment of the Potomac River Basin: Water-quality and selected 

spatial data, 1992-96: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-180, CDROM.

Donnelly, Colleen A., and Ferrari, Matthew J., 1998, Summary of pesticide data 

from streams and wells in the Potomac River Basin, 1993-96: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-666, 8 p.

Gerhart, J.M., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The Potomac 

River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-157, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Ator, Scott W., and Denis, Janet M., 1997, Relation of the nitrogen and 

phosphorus in ground water to land use in four subunits of the Potomac 

River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

96-4268, 26 p.

Ator, Scott W., and Ferrari, Matthew J., 1997, Nitrate and selected pesticides 

in ground water of the Mid-Atlantic Region: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4139, 8 p.

Blomquist, J.D., Fisher, G.T., Denis, J.M., Brakebill, J.W., and Werkheiser, 

W.H., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Potomac River Basin: Basin 

description and analysis of available nutrient data, 1970-90: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4221, 88 p.

Ferrari, Matthew J., and Ator, Scott W., 1995, Nitrate in ground water in the 

Great Valley Carbonate subunit of the Potomac River Basin: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Report 95-4099, 6 p.

Ferrari, Matthew J., Ator, Scott W., Blomquist, Joel D., and Dysart, Joel E., 

1997, Pesticides in surface water of the Mid-Atlantic Region: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4280, 12 p.
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Ferrari, Matthew J., and Denis, Janet M., 1999, Water-quality assessment of the 

Potomac River Basin: Occurrence of pesticides in the Great Valley 

Carbonate subunit: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 98-4054, 35 p.

Gerhart, James M., and Blomquist, Joel D., 1996, Selected trace-element and 

organic contaminants in streambed sediments of the Potomac River Basin, 

August, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 95-4267, 12 p.

Gerhart, James M., and Brakebill, John W., 1997, Design and implementation of a 

sampling strategy for a water-quality assessment of the Potomac River 

Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-

4034, 31 p.

Lizarraga, Joy S., 1997, Estimation and analysis of nutrient and suspendedsediment loads at selected sites in the Potomac River Basin, 1993-95: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4154, 23 p.

Zappia, Humbert, 1996, Chlordane, DDT, PCB’s, and other selected organic 

compounds in Asiatic clams and yellow bullhead in the Potomac River Basin, 

1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-

4210, 6 p.

Zappia, Humbert, and Fisher, Gary T., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the 

Potomac River Basin: Analysis of available pesticide data, 1972-90: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4051, 80 p.

Articles and Papers:

Miller, Cherie V., Denis, Janet M., Ator, Scott W., and Brakebill, John W., 1997, 

Nutrients in streams during baseflow in selected environmental settings 

of the Potomac River Basin: Journal of the American Water Resources 

Association, vol. 33, no. 6, p. 1155-1171.
December 2003

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Upper Illinois River Basin

Fact Sheets:

Friedel, Michael J., 1998, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Upper 

Illinois River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-072-98, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Adolphson, Debbie L., Arnold, Terri L., Fitzpatrick, Faith A., Harris, Mitchell 

A., Richards, Kevin D., Scudder, Barbara C., and Stewart, Jana S., 2002, 

Physical, chemical, and biological methods and data from the urban landuse-gradient study, Des Plaines and Fox River Basins, Illinois, 1999-2001: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-459, 20 p.

Arnold, Terri L., Friedel, Michael J., 2000, Effects of land use on recharge 

potential of surficial and shallow bedrock aquifers in the Upper Illinois 

River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-4027, 18 p.

Colman, J.A., 1990, Surface water-quality assessment of the Upper Illinois River 

Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Geochemical data on major and 

trace-element concentrations in fine fraction streambed sediments: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-571, 108 p.

Fitzpatrick, F.A., Colman, J.A., 1992, Surface-water-quality assessment of the 

Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Data on 

manmade nonagricultural volatile and semivolatile organic chemicals in 

water, May 1988 through March 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 92-467, 70 p.

Mades, D.M., 1987, Surface water-quality assessment of the Upper Illinois River 

Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Project Description: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-473, 35 p.

Sullivan, Daniel J., and Blanchard, Stephen F., 1994, Surface-water-quality 

assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and 

Wisconsin: Fixed-station network and selected water-quality data for April 

1987-August 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-175, 213 p.

Sullivan, Daniel J., and Terrio, Paul J., 1993, Surface-water-quality assessment 

of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: 

Data on agricultural organic compounds, nutrients, and sediment in water, 

1988-90: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-421, 61 p.

Zogorski, J.S., Blanchard, S.F., Romack, R.D., and Fitzpatrick, F.A., 1990, 

Availability and suitability of municipal wastewater information for use 

in a National Water-Quality Assessment Program: A case study of the Upper 

Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 90-375, 68 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Arnold, Terri L., Sullivan, Daniel J., Harris, Mitchell A., Fitzpatrick, Faith 

A., Scudder, Barbara C., Ruhl, Peter M., Hanchar, Dorothea W., and 

Stewart, Jana S., 1999, Environmental setting of the Upper Illinois River 

Basin and implications for water quality: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 98-4268, 67 p.

Fitzpatrick, Faith.A., Arnold, Terri L., and Colman, John A., 1998, Surfacewater-quality assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, 

Indiana, and Wisconsin--Spatial distribution of geochemicals in the fine 

fraction of streambed sediment, 1987: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 98-4109, 89 p.
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Fitzpatrick, Faith.A., Scudder, Barbara C., Crawford, J. Kent, Schmidt, Arthur 

R., Sieverling, Jennifer B., and others, 1995, Water-quality assessment 

of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: 

Major and trace elements in water, sediment, and biota, 1978-90: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4045, 253 p.

Marron, Donna C. and Blanchard, Stephen F., 1995, Surface-water-quality 

assessment of the Upper Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Cross sectional 

and depth variation of water-quality constituents and properties in the 

Upper Illinois River Basin, 1987-88: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 95-4021, 19 p.

Morrow, William S., 2003, Anthropogenic constituents in shallow ground water in 

the Upper Illinois River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4293, 34 p.

Ruhl, Peter M., 1994, Surface-water-quality assessment of the upper Illinois 

River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Analysis of relations 

between fish-community structure and environmental conditions in the Fox, 

Des Plaines, and Du Page River Basins in Illinois, 1982-84: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4094, 50 p.

Schmidt, Arthur R., and Blanchard, Stephen F., 1997, Surface-water-quality 

assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and 

Wisconsin--Results of investigations through April 1992: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 96-4223, 63 p.

Steffeck, D.W., and Striegl, R.G., 1989, An inventory and evaluation of 

biological investigations that relate to stream-water-quality in the Upper 

Illinois River Basin of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 89-4041, 54 p.

Sullivan, Daniel J., 2000, Nutrients and suspended solids in surface waters of 

the Upper Illinois River Basin Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 1978-

97U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4275, 

57 p.

Sullivan, Daniel J., Stinson, Troy W., Crawford J. Kent, Schmidt, Arthur R., and 

Colman, John A., 1998, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Upper 

Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin--Pesticides and 

other synthetic organic compounds in water, sediment, and biota, 1975-90: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4135, 131 

p.

Terrio, Paul J., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Upper Illinois, Indiana, 

and Wisconsin: Nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and fecal-indicator bacteria 

in surface water, April 1987 through August 1990: Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 95-4005, 79 p. 

Terrio, Paul J., 1993, Relations of changes in wastewater-treatment practices 

to changes in stream-water quality during 1978-88 in the Chicago area, 

Illinois, and implications for regional and National water-quality 

assessments: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

93-4188, 56 p.

Articles and Papers:

Colman, J.A., Sanzolone, R.F., 1992, Geochemical characterization of streambed 

sediment in the Upper Illinois River Basin: Water Resources Bulletin 

October 1992, vol. 28, no. 5, p.933.
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Fitzpatrick, F.A., Use of a geographic information system in the Upper Illinois 

River Basin pilot project of the National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program, in Remote Sensing and GIS Application to Nonpoint Source 

Planning: USEPA Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Workshop, 

October 1-3, 1990, Chicago, Illinois, p. 55-66.

Fitzpatrick, Faith A., 2001, A comparison of multi-disciplinary methods for 

measuring physical conditions of streams in Dorava, Joseph M., Montgomery, 

David R., Palcsak, Betty B., and Fitzpatrick, Faith A., eds., Geomorphic 

Processes and Riverine Habitat, Water Science and Application, vol. 4, p. 

7-18.

Fitzpatrick, Faith A., Scudder, Barbara C., Lenz, Bernard, and Sullivan, Daniel 

J., 2001, Effects of multi-scale environmental characteristics on 

agricultural stream biota in eastern Wisconsin: Journal of the American 

Water Resources Association, vol. 37, no. 6, p. 1489-1507.

Robertson, Dale M., Roerish, Eric D., 1999, Influence of various water quality 

sampling strategies on load estimates for small streams: Water Resources 

Research, vol.35, no.12, p. 3747-3759.

Zogorski, J.S., Blanchard, S.F., and Wilber, W.G., 1990, Availability and 

suitability of municipal wastewater-treatment information for a national 

water-quality assessment, in O'Melia, Charles R., ed., Proceedings of 1990 

Environmental Engineering Speciality Conference: Johns Hopkins 

University, Maryland, American Society Civil Engineering, New York, 

p. 637-644.
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Western Lake Michigan Drainage Basin

Circulars:

Peters, Charles A., Robertson, D.M., Saad, D.A., Sullivan, D.J., Scudder B.C., 

Fitzgerald, F.A., Richards, K.D., Stewart, J.S., Fitzgerald, S.A., and 

Lenz, B.N., 1998, Water quality in the Western Lake Michigan drainages, 

Wisconsin and Michigan, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1156, 40 

p.

Fact Sheets:

Fitzgerald, Sharon A., and Steuer, Jeffrey J., 1996, The Fox River PCB transport 

study--Stepping stone to a healthy Great Lakes ecosystem: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet FS-116-96, 4 p.

Lenz, Bernard N., 1997, Feasibility of combining two aquatic benthic 

macroinvertebrate community data bases for water-quality assessment: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-132-97, 4 p.

Lenz, Bernard N., and Miller, Michael A., 1996, Comparison of aquatic 

macroinvertebrate samples collected using different field methods: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet 216-96, 4 p.

Matzen, Amy M., and Saad, David A., 1996, Pesticides in ground water in the 

Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1983-1995: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet 192-96, 4 p.

Robertson, Dale M., 1996, Sources and transport of phosphorus in the Western 

Lake Michigan Drainages: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 208-96, 4 p.

Robertson, Dale M., and Saad, David A., 1995, Environmental factors used to 

subdivide the Western Lake Michigan Drainages into relatively homogeneous 

units for water-quality site selection: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

220-95, 4 p. 

Saad, David A., 1995, Nitrate in ground water in the Western Lake Michigan 

Drainage Basin, Wisconsin and Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

070-94, 2 p. 

Sullivan, Daniel J., and Richards, Kevin D., 1996, Pesticides in streams of the 

Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1993-95: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-107-96, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Peters, C.A., complier., 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program, 

Western Lake Michigan Drainages - summaries of liaison committee meetings, 

Green Bay, WI, March 28-29, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

95-163, 57 p.

Setmire, J.O., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program-Western Lake 

Michigan Drainage Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-161, 

2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports: 

Fitzgerald, Sharon A., 1997, Results of quality-control sampling of water, bed 

sediment, and tissue in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages Study Unit of 

the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4148, 24 p.
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Fitzpatrick, Faith A., and Giddings, Elise M.P., 1997, Stream habitat 

characteristics of fixed sites in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, 

Wisconsin and Michigan, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 95-4211-B, 58 p.

Fitzpatrick, Faith A., Peterson, Elise M., and Stewart Jana S., 1996, Habitat 

characteristics of benchmark streams in agricultural areas of eastern 

Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

96-4038-B, 35 p.

Lenz, Bernard N., and Rheaume, S.J., 2000, Benthic invertebrates of fixed sites 

in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1993-95: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4211-D, 

30 p.

Peters, Charles A., ed., 1997, Environmental setting and implications for water 

quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4196, 79 p.

Rheaume, S.J., Lenz, Bernard N., and Scudder, Barbara C., 1996, Benthic 

invertebrates of benchmark streams in agricultural areas of Eastern 

Wisconsin--Western Lake Michigan Drainages: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 96-4038-C, 39 p.

Rheaume, S.J., Stewart, J.S., and Lenz, Bernard N., 1996, Environmental setting 

of benchmark streams in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4038-A, 50 p.

Richards, Kevin D., Sullivan, Daniel J., and Stewart, Jana S., 1998, Surfacewater quality at fixed sites in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, 

Wisconsin and Michigan, and the effects of natural and human factors, 

1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-

4208, 40 p.

Robertson, Dale M., 1996, Use of frequency-volume analyses to estimate 

regionalized yields and loads of sediment, phosphorus, and polychlorinated 

biphenyls to Lakes Michigan and Superior: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 96-4092, 47 p.

Robertson, Dale M., 1998, Evaluation of the surface-water sampling design in the 

Western Lake Michigan Drainages in relation to environmental factors 

affecting water quality at base flow: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 98-4072, 53 p.

Robertson, Dale M., and Saad, David A., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the 

Western Lake Michigan Drainages--Analysis of available information on 

nutrients and suspended sediment, water years 1971-90: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4012, 165 p.

Robertson, Dale M., Saad, David A., and Wieben, Ann M., 2001, An alternative 

regionalization scheme for defining nutrient criteria for rivers and 

streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-

4073, 57 p.

Saad, David A., 1996, Ground-water quality in the western part of the CambrianOrdovician aquifer in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and 

Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

96-4231, 40 p.

Saad, David A., 1997, Effects of land use and geohydrology on the quality of 

shallow ground water in two agricultural areas in the Western Lake 

Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4292, 69 p.
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Saad, David A., and Thorstenson Donald C., 1998, Flow and geochemistry along 

shallow ground-water flowpaths in an agricultural area in southeastern 

Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

98-4179, 62 p.

Scudder, Barbara C., and Stewart, Jana S., 2001, Benthic algae of benchmark 

streams in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4038-E, 46 p.

Scudder, Barbara C., Sullivan, Daniel J., Fitzpatrick, Faith A., and Rheaume, 

Stephen J., 1997, Trace elements and synthetic organic compounds in biota 

and streambed sediment of the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, 1992-1995: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4192, 34 

p.

Scudder, Barbara C., Sullivan, Daniel J., Rheaume, Stephen J., Parsons, Scott 

R., and Lenz, Bernard N., 1996, Summary of biological investigations 

relating to water quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, 

Wisconsin and Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4263, 89 p.

Stewart, Jana S., 1998, Combining satellite data with ancillary data to produce 

a refined land-use/land-cover map: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4203, 11 p.

Sullivan, Daniel J., 1997, Fish communities of fixed sites in the Western Lake 

Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1993-95: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4211-C, 23 p.

Sullivan, Daniel J., and Peterson Elise M., 1997, Fish communities of benchmark 

streams in agricultural areas of Eastern Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4038-D, 23 p.

Sullivan, D.J., Peterson, E.M., and Richards, K.D., 1995, Environmental setting 

of fixed sites in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Michigan and 

Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

95-4211-A, 30 p. 

Articles and Papers:

Fitzpatrick, Faith A., Giddings, Elise M.P., Scudder, Barbara C., Sullivan, 

Daniel J., and Lenz, Bernard N., 2000, Effects of riparian corridors and 

hydrology on agricultural stream biota in Wigington, Parker J. 

Jr.,Proceedings AWRA’s 2000 Conference Riparian Ecology and Management in 

Multi-land Use Watersheds, August 2000, Portland, Oregon, p. 215-220.

Fitzgerald, S.A., and Steuer, J.J., 1997, Polychlorinated biphenyls as probes 

of biogeochemical processes in rivers, in R.P., ed., ACS Symposium Series 

671, Molecular Markers in Environmental Geochemistry: Eganhouse, Chapter 

25, p. 382-397.

Kammerer, Phil A., Jr., Garn, Herbert S., Rasmussen, Paul W., and Ball, Joseph 

R., 1998, A comparison of water-quality sample collection methods used by 

the U.S. Geological Survey and the Wisconsin Department of Natural 

Resources in Proceedings of the National Water-Quality Monitoring Council 

National Conference: Critical Foundations to Protect Our Waters, July 7-

9, 1998, Reno, Nevada. p. 259-269. 

NAWQA News, National Water-Quality Assessment Program --Western Lake Michigan 

Drainage Basin, March 1995, vol. 1, no. 1, 6 p.

NAWQA News, National Water-Quality Assessment Program --Western Lake Michigan 

Drainage Basin, September 1995, vol. 2, 6 p.
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NAWQA News, National Water-Quality Assessment Program --Western Lake Michigan 

Drainage Basin, June 1996, vol. 3, 2 p.

NAWQA News, National Water-Quality Assessment Program --Western Lake Michigan 

Drainage Basin, April 1997, no. 4, 4p.

Robertson, Dale M., and Richards, Kevin D., 2000, Influence of different 

temporal sampling strategies on estimating loads and maximum 

concentrations in small streams: Conference Proceedings NWQMC National 

Monitoring Conference 2000, Monitoring for the Millennium, p. 209 -223.

Stewart, J.S., 1994, Assessment of alternative methods for stratifying landsat 

TM data to improve land-cover classification accuracy across areas with 

physiographic variation: Master’s thesis, University of WisconsinMadison.

Stewart, Jana S., 1994, Assessment of alternative methods for stratifying 

landsat TM data to improve land cover classification accuracy across areas 

with physiographic variation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Master of 

Science thesis, 159 p.

Stewart, J.S., 1995, Stratification of landsat thematic mapper data, based on 

regional landscape patterns, to improve land-cover classification 

accuracy of large study areas: American Congress on Surveying and Mapping 

and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 

Proceedings, p. 826-835.

Sullivan, D.J., and Richards, K.D., 1995, National water-quality assessment - 

Western Lake Michigan Drainage Basin: Clean Water-Clean Environment - 21st 

Century Conference Proceedings, USDA working group on water quality, vol. 

3, p. 271.
December 2003

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White, Great and Little Miami River Basins

Circulars:

Fenelon, Joseph M., 1998, Water quality in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1992-

96: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1150, 34 p.

Fact Sheets:

Crawford, Charles G., 1995, Occurrence of pesticides in the White River, 

Indiana, 1991-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 233-95, 4 p. 

Crawford, Charles G., 1996, Influence of natural and human factors on pesticide 

concentrations in surface waters of the White River Basin, Indiana: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-119-96, 4 p.

Crawford, Charles G., 1997, Trends in acetochlor concentrations in surface 

waters of the White River Basin, Indiana, 1994-96: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet FS-058-97, 4 p.

Frey, J.W., Baker, N.T., Lydy, M.J., and Stone, W.W., 1996, Assessment of water 

quality at selected sites in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1993 and 1995 

using biological indices: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-209-96, 4 

p.

Fenelon, Joseph M., and Moore, Rhett C., 1996, Occurrence of pesticides in ground 

water in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet FS-084-96, 4 p.

Fenelon, Joseph M., and Moore, Rhett C., 1996, Occurrence of volatile organic 

compounds in ground water in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1994-95: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-138-96, 4 p.

Fenelon, Joseph M., and Moore, Rhett C., 1996, Radon in the fluvial aquifers of 

the White River Basin, Indiana, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

FS-124-96, 2 p.

Moore, Rhett C., and Fenelon, Joseph M., 1996, Occurrence of nitrate in ground 

water in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet FS-110-96, 4 p.

Rowe, Gary L., and Baker, Nancy T., 1997, National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program--Great and Little Miami River Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-117-97, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Baker, Nancy T., and Frey, Jeffrey W., 1997, Fish community and habitat data at 

selected sites in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1993-95: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 96-653A, 44 p.

Carter, Donna S., 1996, Determination of atrazine and its major degradation 

products in soil pore water by solid-phase extraction, chemical 

derivation, and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 96-459, 12 p.

Jacques, D.V., and Crawford, C.G., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program--White River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-

169, 2 p.
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Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Carter, Donna S., Lydy, Michael J., and Crawford, Charles G., 1995, Waterquality assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana: Analysis of 

available information on pesticides, 1972-92: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4024, 60 p.

Crawford, Charles G., Lydy, Michael J., and Frey, Jeffrey W., 1996, Fishes of 

the White River Basin, Indiana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4232, 8 p.

Debrewer, Linda M., Rowe, Gary L., Reutter, David C., Moore, Rhett C., Hambrook, 

Julie A., and Baker, Nancy T., 2000, Environmental setting and effects on 

water quality in the Great and Little Miami River Basins, Ohio and Indiana: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4201, 98 

p.

Harrington, Stephanie, 1999, Occurrence and distribution of fish species in the 

Great and Little Miami River Basins, Ohio and Indiana, Pre-1900 to 1998: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4198, 15 

p.

Janosy, Stephanie D., 2003, Trace elements and synthetic organic compounds in 

streambed sediment and fish tissue in the Great and Little Miami River 

Basins, Ohio and Indiana, 1990-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4305, 29 p.

Martin, Jeffrey D., Crawford, Charles G., Frey, Jeffrey W., and Hodgkins, Glenn 

A., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana: 

Analysis of selected information on nutrients, 1980-92: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4192, 91 p.

Reutter, David C., 2003, Nitrogen and phosphorus in streams of the Great Miami 

River Basin, Ohio, 1998-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4297, 76 p.

Schnoebelen, Douglas J., Fenelon, Joseph M., Baker, Nancy T., Martin, Jeffrey 

D., Bayless, E. Randall, Jacques, David V., and Crawford, Charles G., 

1999, Environmental setting and natural factors and human influences 

affecting water quality in the White River Basin, Indiana: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4260, 66 p.

Articles and Papers:

Baker, N.T., and Morlock, S.E., 1996, Use of global positioning system and an 

acoustic Doppler current profiler to map river and lake bathymetry in

American Water Resources Association Symposium on GIS and Water Resources, 

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1996, Proceedings: American Water Resources 

Association, Herndon, Virginia, p. 373-381.

Bayless, E.Randall, 2001, Atrazine retention and degradation in the vadose zone 

at a till plain site in central Indiana: Ground Water, vol. 39, no. 2, p. 

169-180.

Crawford, Charles G., 2001, Factors affecting pesticide occurrence and transport 

in a large midwestern river basin: Journal of the American Water Resources 

Association, vol. 37, no. 1, 13 p.

Fenelon, J.M., and Moore, R.C., 1998, Transport of agrichemicals to ground and 

surface water in a small central Indiana watershed: Journal of 

Environmental Quality, vol. 27, no. 4, July-Aug. 1998, p. 884-894.
December 2003

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Lydy, M.J., Carter, D.S., and Crawford, C.G., 1996, Comparison of gas 

chromatography/mass spectrometry and immunoassay techniques on 

concentrations of atrazine in storm runoff: Archives of Environmental 

Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 31, p. 378-385.

Lydy, M.J., Crawford, C.G., Frey, J.W., 2000, A comparison of selected 

diversity, similarity, and biotic indices for detecting changes in benthic 

invertebrate community structure and stream quality: Archives of 

Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 39, p. 469-479.

Panshin, Sandra Y., Carter, Donna S., and Bayless, E. Randall, 2000, Analysis 

of atrazine and four degradation products in the pore water of the vadose 

zone, central Indiana: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 34, no. 

11, p. 2131-2137.
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SOUTHEASTERN REGION STUDY UNITS

Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage

Circulars:

Spruill, Timothy B., Harned, Douglas A., Ruhl, Peter M., Eimers, Jo Leslie, 

McMahon, Gerard, Smith, Kelly E., Galeone, David R., and Woodside, Michael 

D., 1998, Water quality in the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North 

Carolina and Virginia, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1157, 36 

p.

Fact Sheets:

Spruill, Timothy B., Eimers, Jo Leslie, and Morey, A. Elizabeth (NC Division of 

Water Quality), 1997, Nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in shallow ground 

water of the coastal plain of the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North 

Carolina and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-241-96, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Harned, Douglas A., McMahon, Gerard, Spruill, Timothy B., and Woodside, Michael 

D., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage 

Basin, North Carolina and Virginia--Characterization of suspended 

sediment, nutrients, and pesticides: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 95-191, 131 p. 

Lloyd, O.B., Barnes, C.R., and Woodside, M.D., 1991, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program--The Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 91-156, 2 p.

Manning, T.K., Smith, K.E., Wood, C.D., and Williams, J.B., 1994, Pesticidesampling equipment, sample-collection and processing procedures, and 

water-quality data at Chicod Creek, North Carolina, 1992: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 94-50, 35 p.

McMahon, Gerard, and Lloyd, Orville B. Jr., 1995, Water-quality assessment of 

the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia--

Environmental setting and water-quality issues: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 95-136, 72 p. 

Ruhl, Peter M., and Smith, Kelly E., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the 

Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia--Trace 

elements in Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) soft tissues and redbreast 

sunfish (Lepomis auritus) livers, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 96-334, 6 p.

Smith, Kelly E., and Ruhl, Peter M., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the 

Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia--

Organochlorine compounds in Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) soft tissues 

and whole redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus), 1992-93: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 96-201, 6 p.

Spruill, Timothy B., Harned, Douglas A., and McMahon, Gerard, 1995, The 

Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage National Water-Quality Assessment Study: 

Background and design: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-164, 4 

p.

Woodside, Michael D., and Simeri, Benjamin R., 1995, Land use and nutrient 

concentrations and yields in selected streams in the Albemarle-Pamlico 

Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 95-457, 4 p. 
December 2003

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Woodside, Michael D., and Simeri, Benjamin R., 1996, Water-quality assessment 

of the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia--

Chemical analyses of organic compounds and inorganic constituents in 

streambed sediment, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-

103, 25 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Skrobialowski, Stanley C., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the AlbemarlePamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia--A summary of selected 

trace element, nutrient, and pesticide data for bed sediments, 1969-90: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4104, 33 

p.

Woodside, Michael D., and Ruhl, Kelly E., 2001, Pesticides in streams in the 

Tar-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina, 1992-94: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4067, 20 p.

Articles and Papers:

McMahon, Gerard, and Woodside, Michael D., 1997, Nutrient mass balance for the 

Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia, 1999: 

Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 33, no. 3, June 

1997, p. 573-589.

McMahon, G., and Harned, D.A., 2000, Effect of environmental setting on 

sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentrations in the AlbemarlePamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia, USA: Environmental 

Management vol. 22, no. 6, p. 887-903.

Spruill, Timothy B., 2000, Statistical evaluation of effects of riparian buffers 

on nitrate and ground water quality: Journal of Environmental Quality, 

vol. 29, no. 5, p. 1523-1538.

Spruill, Timothy B., and Galeone, David R., 2000, Effectiveness of riparian 

buffers in reducing nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in ground water: 

International Conference on Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Land 

Use Watersheds, American Water Resources Association, p. 119-124.

Spruill, Timothy B., Woodside, Michael D., Harned, Douglas A., McMahon, Gerard, 

and Eimers, Jody L., 1996, Results of the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage 

NAWQA: Nutrients and pesticides in surface water and ground water: 

Solutions: A Technical Conference on Water Quality, March 19-21, 1996, 

North Carolina State University, p. 24-30.
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Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin

Circulars:

Frick, Elizabeth A., Hippe, Daniel J., Buell, Gary R., Couch, Carol A., Hopkins, 

Evelyn H., Wangsness, David J., and Garrett, Jerry W., 1998, Water quality 

in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Georgia, Alabama, 

and Florida, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1164, 38 p.

Fact Sheets:

Couch, Carol A., 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program what fish live 

in the streams of metropolitan Atlanta? --U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet 091-95, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Garrett, Jerry W., 1997, World wide web access to publications and data for the 

Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin--Georgia, Florida, and 

Alabama, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-97, 4 p.

Hopkins, Evelyn H., Hippe, Daniel J., Frick, Elizabeth A., and Buell, Gary R., 

2000, Organophosphorus pesticide occurrence and distribution in surface 

and ground waters of the United States, 1992-97: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 00-187, CD-ROM.

Peck, Michael F., and Garrett, Jerry W., 1994, Quality of surface and ground 

water in the White Creek and Mossy Creek watersheds, White County, 

Georgia, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-540, 31 p.

Stell, Susan M., Hopkins, Evelyn H., Buell, Gary R., and Hippe, Daniel J., 1995, 

Use and occurrence of pesticides in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint 

River Basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1960-91: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 95-739, 65 p.

Wangsness, David J., 1997, The National Water-Quality Assessment Program--

Example of study unit design for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint 

River Basin in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1991-97: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 97-48, 29 p.

Wangsness, D.J., and Frick, E.A., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program--The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-163, 2 p.

Water Resources-Investigations Reports:

Couch, Carol A., Hopkins, Evelyn H., Hardy, P. Suzanne, 1996, Influences of 

environmental settings on aquatic ecosystems in the ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint River Basin, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 95-4278, 58 p.

Frick, Elizabeth A., Buell, Gary R., and Hopkins, Evelyn E., 1996, Nutrient 

sources and analysis of nutrient water-quality data, ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1972-90: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4101, 120 

p.

Gregory, M. Brian, and Frick, Elizabeth A., 2000, Fecal-coliform bacteria 

concentrations in streams of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation 

Area, Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, May-October 1994 and 1995: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4139, 8 p.
December 2003

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Hippe, Daniel J., Wangsness, David J., Frick, Elizabeth A., and Garrett, Jerry 

W., 1994, Water quality of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and 

Ocmulgee River Basins related to flooding from tropical storm Alberto; 

pesticides in urban and agricultural watersheds; and nitrate and 

pesticides in ground water, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4183, 36 p.

Hippe, Daniel J., Wipperfurth, Caryl J., Hopkins, Evelyn A., Frick, Elizabeth 

A., and Wangsness, David J., 1997, Water-quality issues related to urban 

development of the upper Chattahoochee River watershed: Everyone lives 

downstream: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

(Poster) 96-4302, 1 p.

Articles and Papers:

Buell, G.R., 1997, Transport of trace elements and semi-volatile organic 

compounds in fluvial sediments of the lower Flint River (Georgia) and 

Apalachicola River (Georgia, Florida, Alabama) basins during Tropical 

Storm Alberto, July 1994, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey 

reprints from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, 

March 20-22, 1997, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 24-32.

Buell, G.R., 1997, Transport of trace elements and semi-volatile organic 

compounds in fluvial sediments of the lower Flint River (Georgia) and 

Apalachicola River (Georgia, Florida, Alabama) basins during Tropical 

Storm Alberto, July 1994, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey 

reprints from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, 

March 20-22, 1997, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 24-32.

Couch, Carol A., 1993, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: environmental 

setting of the Apalachicoa-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin: Proceedings 

of the 1993 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 20-21, 1993, Athens 

Georgia, 3 p.

Couch, Carol A., 1997, Environmental distribution of mercury related to land use 

and physicochemical setting in watersheds of the ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint River Basin, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological 

Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources 

Conference, March 20-22, 1997, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 

p. 33-39.

DeVivo, Joseph C., 1995, Impact of introduced shiners, Cyprinella Lutrensis, on 

stream fishes near Atlanta, Georgia, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. 

Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water 

Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, The University of Georgia, 

Athens, Georgia, p. 95-98.

DeVivo, J.C., Couch,C.A., and Freeman, B.J., 1997, Use of a preliminary index 

of biotic integrity in urban streams around Atlanta, Georgia, in Hatcher, 

K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1997 

Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, The University of 

Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 40-43.

DeVivo, J.C., Frick, E.A., Hippe, D.J., and Buell, G.R., 1995, Effect of 

restricted phosphate detergent use and mandated upgrades at two 

wastewater-treatment facilities on water quality, metropolitan Atlanta, 

Georgia, 1988-93, in Hatcher, Kathryn J., ed., 1995, U.S. Geological 

Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources 

Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The University of Georgia, Athens, 

Georgia, p. 20-22.
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Frick, E.A., 1997, Surface-water and shallow ground-water quality in the 

vicinity of Metropolitan Atlanta, upper Chattahoochee River Basin, 

Georgia, 1992-95, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints 

from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-

22, 1997, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 44-48.

Frick, E.A., and Buell, Gary R., 1999, Relation of land use to nutrient and 

suspended-sediment concentrations, loads, and yields in the upper 

Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1993-98, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. 

Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water 

Resources Conference, March 30-31, 1999, The University of Georgia, 

Athens, Georgia, p. 170-179.

Frick, E.A., and Crandall, C.A., 1995, Water quality in surficial aquifers in 

two agricultural areas in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, in Hatcher, 

Kathryn J., ed., 1995, U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings 

of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The 

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 9-13.

Frick, E.A., Stell, S.M., and Buell, G.R., 1993, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program: A preliminary evaluation of 1990 nutrient loads for 

the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin: Proceedings of the 1993 

Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 20-21, 1993, Athens, Georgia, 5p

Garrett, J.W., Perlman, H.A., and Scholz, J.D., 1997, World Wide Web access to 

U.S. Geological Survey publications and data--Apalachicola-ChattahoocheeFlint River Basin, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, 1992-95, in Hatcher, 

K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1997 

Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, The University of 

Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 1-3.

Hippe, D.J., 1997, Pesticide occurrence in the upper Floridan aquifer in the 

Dougherty Plain and Marianna Lowlands Districts, southwestern Georgia and 

adjacent areas of Alabama and Florida, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. 

Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water 

Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, The University of Georgia, 

Athens, Georgia, p. 49-50.

Hippe, D.J., and Garrett, J.W., 1995, Water-quality conditions and mass 

transport in the Flint River related to the flood of July 1994, caused by 

tropical storm Alberto, in Hatcher, Kathryn J., ed., U.S. Geological 

Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources 

Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The University of Georgia, Athens, 

Georgia, p. 27-32. 

Hippe, D.J., and Garrett, J.W., 1997, The spatial distribution of dissolved 

pesticides in surface water of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River 

Basin in relation to land use and pesticide runoff-potential ratings, May 

1994, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints from 

proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 

1997, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 4-13.

Hippe, D.J., Hatless, H.H., Ham, L.K., and Hardy, P.S., 1995, Pesticide 

occurrence and temporal distribution in streams draining urban and 

agricultural basins in Georgia and Florida, 1993-94, in Hatcher, Kathryn 

J., ed., 1995, U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 

1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The 

University of Georgia, Athens Georgia, p. 1-8.

Hopkins, Evelyn H., and Hippe, Daniel J., 1999, Can land-use patterns serve as 

a predictor of pesticide occurrence within an urban landscape?, in

Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of 

the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 30-31, 1999, The 

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 180-185.
December 2003

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Michener, William K., Blood, Elizabeth R., Box, Jayne Grim, Couch, Carol A., 

Golladay, Stephen W., Hippe, Daniel J., Mitchell, Robert J., and Palik, 

Brian J., 1998, Tropical storm flooding of a coastal plain landscape: 

extensive floodplains ameliorated potential adverse effects on water 

quality, fishes, and molluskan communities: BioScience, vol. 48, no. 9, 

September 1998, p. 696-705.

Peters, N.E., Buell, G.R., and Frick, E.A., 1997 Spatial and temporal 

variability in nutrient concentrations in surface waters of the 

Chattahoochee River Basin near Atlanta, Georgia, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., 

U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water 

Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, The University of Georgia, 

Athens, Georgia, p. 14-23.

Peters, N.E., Buell, G.R., and Frick, E.A., 1997 Spatial and temporal 

variability in nutrient concentrations in surface waters of the 

Chattahoochee River Basin near Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in Webb, Bruce, ed., 

Freshwater Contamination, IAHS Publication 243, IAHS Fifth Scientific 

Assembly, Rabat, Morocco, April 23-May 3, 1997, p. 153-165.

Peters, N.E., and Kandell, S.J., 1997, Evaluation of streamwater quality in the 

Atlanta region, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints 

from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-

22, 1997, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 51-55.

Stell, Susan M., 1993, National Water Quality Assessment Program: Analysis of 

available information on pesticides for the Apalachicola-ChattahoocheeFlint River Basin: Proceedings of the 1993 Georgia Water Resources 

Conference, April 20-21, 1993, Athens, Georgia, 3 p.

Wangsness, David J., 1993, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Overview 

of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin: Proceedings of the 

1993 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 20-21, 1993, Athens, 

Georgia, 1 p.

Wangsness, David J., 1997, Design and implementation of the National WaterQuality Assessment Program--A United States example, in Murphy, I. Lyons, 

ed., 1997, Protecting Danube River Basin Resources, Kluwer Academic 

Publishers, The Netherlands, p. 89-103.

Pamphlets:

Hippe, D.J., Wangsness, D.J., Frick, E.A., and Garrett, J.W., 1994, Suspended 

sediment and agricultural chemicals in floodwaters caused by tropical 

storm Alberto: Based on U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 94-4183, 2 p.

Hippe, D.J., Wangsness, D.J., Frick, E.A., and Garrett, J.W., 1994, Are farmers 

contaminating the shallow ground water: Based on U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4183, 2 p.

Hippe, D.J., Wangsness, D.J., Frick, E.A., and Garrett, J.W., 1994, Do the 

pesticides I use contaminate the rivers everyone uses: Based on U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4183, 2 p.

Wangsness, D.J., Frick, E.A., Buell, G.R., and DeVivo, J.C., 1994, Effect of the 

restricted use of phosphate detergent and upgraded wastewater-treatment 

facilities on water quality in the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, 

Georgia: Based on U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-99, 4 p.
December 2003

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NAWQA-ACFB Related Publications:

Reports published by U.S. Geological Survey using NAWQA data for 

objectives beyond the scope of the NAWQA Program.

Gregory, M.B., and Frick, E.A., 2001, Summary of fecal-coliform bacteria 

concentrations in streams of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation 

Area, Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, May.October 1994 and 1995: in 

Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2001 Georgia Water Resources 

Conference, Athens, Ga., Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The 

University of Georgia, p. 718-721. (also listed under NAWQA Related 

Reports)

Gregory, M.B., and Frick, E.A., 2001, Indicator-bacteria concentrations in 

streams of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, March 1999-

April 2000: in Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2001 Georgia Water 

Resources Conference, Athens, Ga., Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 

The University of Georgia, p. 510-513. (also listed under NAWQA Related 

Reports)
December 2003

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Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain 

Circulars:

Berndt, Marian P., Hatzell, Hilda H., Crandall, Christy A., Turtora, Michael, 

Pittman, John R., and Oaksford, Edward T., 1998, Water quality in the 

Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain, Georgia and Florida, 1992-96: U.S. 

Geological Survey Circular 1151, 34 p.

Fact Sheets:

Berndt, Marian P., and Hatzell, Hilda H., 2001, Does diazinon pose a threat to 

a neighborhood stream in Tallahassee, Florida? U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-143-00, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Berndt, Marian P., 1993, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Preliminary 

assessment of nitrate distribution in ground water in the Georgia-Florida 

Coastal Plain Study Unit, 1972-90: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

93-478, 8 p.

Hatzell, Hilda H., Oaksford, Edward T., and Ashbury, Clyde E., 1995, Sampling 

design and procedures for fixed surface-water sites in the Georgia-Florida 

Coastal Plain Study Unit, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

95-279, 16 p.

Kantrowitz, I.H., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The GeorgiaFlorida Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-152, 2 

p.

Oaksford, Edward T., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--

Preliminary results: Agricultural chemicals in the Suwannee River Basin, 

Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain Study Unit: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 94-103, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Ashbury, Clyde E., and Oaksford, Edward T., 1997, A comparison of drainage basin 

nutrient inputs with instream nutrient loads for Seven Rivers in Georgia 

and Florida, 1986-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4006, 8 p.

Berndt, Marian P., 1996, Ground-water quality assessment of the Georgia-Florida 

Coastal Plain Study Unit--Analysis of available information on nutrients, 

1972-92: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-

4039, 39 p.

Berndt, Marian P., Galeone, David R., Spruill, Timothy B., and Crandall, Christy 

A., 1998, Ground-water quality in three urban areas in the coastal plain 

of the southeastern United States, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4234, 25 p.

Berndt, Marian P., Oaksford, Edward T., Darst, Melanie R., and Marella, Richard 

L., 1996, Environmental setting and factors that affect water quality in 

the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain Study Unit: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4268, 46 p.

Crandall, Christy A., 1996, Shallow ground-water quality in selected 

agricultural areas of South-Central Georgia, 1994: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4083, 23 p.
December 2003

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Crandall, Christy A., and Berndt, Marian P., 1996, Water quality of surficial 

aquifers in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4269, 28 p.

Ham, Lisa K., 1997, Nutrients in the surface waters of the Georgia-Florida 

Coastal Plain Study Unit, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4197. 8 p.

Ham, Lisa K., and Hatzell, Hilda H., 1996, Analysis of nutrients in the surface 

waters of the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain Study Unit, 1970-91: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4037, 67 p.

Hatzell, Hilda H., 1996, Pesticides in surface water from three agricultural 

basins in south-central Georgia, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 96-4196, 12 p.

Lewis, Lori J., and Turtora, Michael, 1998, Stream habitat characteristics at 

selected sites in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4013, 23 p.

Marella, Richard L., and Fanning, Julia L., 1996, National water quality 

assessment of the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain Study Unit--Water 

withdrawals and treated wastewater discharges, 1990: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4084, 76 p.

Crandall, Christy A., and Berndt, Marian P., 1996, Water quality of surficial 

aquifers in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4269, 28 p.

Articles and Papers:

Chapelle, F.H., McMahon, P.B., Dubrovsky, N.M., Fujii, R.F., Oaksford, E.T., and 

Vroblesky, D.A., 1995, Deducing the distribution of terminal electronaccepting processes in hydrologically diverse groundwater systems, Water 

Resources Research, Vol. 31, No. 2, p. 359-371.

Crandall, C.A., Katz, B.G., and Hirten, J.J., 1999, Hydrochemical evidence for 

mixing of river water and groundwater during high-flow conditions, lower 

Suwannee River basin, Florida, USA, Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 7, p. 454-

467.

Frick, E.A., and Crandall, C.A., 1995, Water quality in surficial aquifers in 

two agricultural areas in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, in Hatcher, 

Kathryn J., ed., 1995, U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings 

of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The 

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 9-13.

Hippe, D.J., Hatzell, H.H., Ham, L.K., and Hardy, P.S., 1995, Pesticide 

occurrence and temporal distribution in streams draining urban and 

agricultural basins in Georgia and Florida, 1993-94, in Hatcher, Kathryn 

J., ed., 1995, U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 

1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The 

University of Georgia, Athens Georgia, p. 1-8.
December 2003

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Mississippi Embayment

Circulars:

Kleiss, Barbara A., Coupe, Richard H., Gonthier, Gerard J., and Justus, Billy 

G., 2000, Water quality in the Mississippi Embayment, Mississippi, 

Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1995-98: U.S. 

Geological Survey Circular 1208, 36 p.

Fact Sheets:

Justus, Billy G., Caskey, B.J., and Kleiss, Barbara A., 2001, Number and size 

of Black bass reflect water quality in the Lower Mississippi River Delta: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-080-01, 4 p.

Mallory, Michael J., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The 

Mississippi Embayment: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 94-047, 2 p.

Thurman, E. Michael, Zimmerman, Lisa R., Scribner, Elisabeth A., and Coupe Jr., 

Richard H., 1998, Occurrence of cotton pesticides in surface water of the 

Mississippi Embayment: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-022-98, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Caskey, B.J., Justus, B.G., and Zappia, Humbert, 2002, Occurrence of 

invertebrates at 38 stream sites in the Mississippi Embayment study unit, 

1996-99, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-190, CD-ROM.

Justus, B.G., and Caskey, B.J., 2000, Occurrence of fishes at 38 sites in the 

Mississippi Embayment study unit, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 99-605, 24 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Coupe, R.H., 1998, Concentrations and loads of nitrogen and phosphorus in the 

Yazoo River, northwestern Mississippi, 1996-97: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4219, 17 p.

Coupe, R.H., 2000, Occurrence of pesticides in five rivers of the Mississippi 

Embayment study unit, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4159, 55 p.

Coupe, Richard H., 2002, Nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and fluxes of 

streams in the Mississippi Embayment Study Unit, 1996-1998: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4024, 65 p. 

Gonthier, Gerard J., 2000,Water quality of the deep tertiary aquifers of the 

Mississippi Embayment, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4131, 91 p.

Gonthier, Gerald J., 2002, Quality of shallow ground water in recently developed 

residential and commercial areas, Memphis vicinity, Tennessee, 1997: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4294, 105 p.

Justus, B.G., Bray, D.G., Dossett, A., Hicks, M., Sarver, R., and Rogers, M., 

2001, Comparison of multi-habitat aquatic macroinvertebrate sampling 

methods in streams of the Mississippi alluvial plain ecoregion: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4216, 16 p.
December 2003

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Runner, M.S., Turnipseed, D.P., and Coupe, R.H., 2002, Streamflow and nitrogen 

data for the Yazoo River below Steele Bayou near Long Lake, Mississippi, 

1996-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

02-4215, 35 p.

Strom, Eric W., 1997, Hydrogeologic interpretations of natural-gamma logs for 

31 shallow wells in the Memphis, Tennessee, area: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4181, 43 p.

Articles and Papers:

Bastian, K.Chad, Thurman, E.M., Kleiss, and Rebich, Richard A., 1998, Comparison 

of enzyme-linked immunoassay with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry 

for analysis of the cotton herbicide fluometuron: Proceedings of the 28th 

Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April 7-8 1998, Raymond, MS, p. 

45-55.

Bryson, Jeannie R., Wates, Michelle L., and Kleiss, Barbara A., 2001, 

Concentrations of organic compounds in bed sediment in the Mississippi 

Embayment Study Unit: Proceedings of the 31st Mississippi Water Resources 

Conference, April 10-11, 2001, Raymond, MS p. 2-8.

Coupe Jr., Richard H., 1996, Herbicides in the surface water of the Yazoo River 

Basin, Mississippi: Proceedings of the 26th Mississippi Water Resources 

Conference, p. 187-195.

Coupe, R.H., Manning, M.A., Foreman, W.T., Goolsby, D.A., and Majewski, M.S., 

2000, Occurrence of pesticides in rain and air in urban and agricultural 

areas of Mississippi, April-September 1995: The Science of the Total 

Environment, vol. 248, p. 227-240.

Coupe, R.H., Thurman, E.M., and Zimmerman, L.R., 1998, Relation of usage to the 

occurrence of cotton and rice herbicides in three streams of the 

Mississippi Delta: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 32, no. 23, 

p. 3673-3680.

Dayama, Anubha, and Coupe, Richard H., 1997, Pesticides in the Yazoo River and 

Bogue Phalia, February through September 1996: Proceedings of the 27th 

Mississippi Water Resources Conference, March 25-26, 1997, Jackson, MS, 

p. 127-132.

Gonthier, G.J., 1998, Determination of distinct hydrogeologic units within the 

Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer based on ground water: 

Proceedings of the 28th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April 7-

8 1998, Raymond, MS p. 206-212. 

Joseph, Robert L., Coupe, Richard H., and Zimmerman, Lisa, 1997, Occurrence of 

selected cotton and rice herbicides and their metabolites in streams and 

Oxbow Lakes of western Mississippi, northeastern Louisiana, and eastern 

Arkansas, 1996: Proceedings of the 27th Mississippi Water Resources 

Conference, March 25-26, 1997, Jackson, MS, p. 133-137.

Justus, B.G., and Kleiss, B.A., 1997, Ongoing activities of the National Water 

Quality Assessment Program in the Mississippi Embayment: Proceedings of 

the 28th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April 7-8 1998, Raymond, 

MS, p. 174-184. 

Justus, B.G., and Kleiss, B.A., Results of the 1996 NAWQA fish community 

assessment in the Mississippi Embayment Study Unit: Proceedings of the 

27th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, March 25-26, 1997, Jackson, 

MS, p. 72-81. 
December 2003

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Kleiss, B.A., and Justus, B.G., 1997, Preliminary results of fish tissue 

analysis in the Mississippi Embayment NAWQA Program: Proceedings of the 

27th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, March 25-26, 1997, Jackson, 

MS, p. 138-146. 

Mallory, M.J., 1994, The Mississippi Embayment National Water-Quality Assessment 

Study: Proceedings of the 24th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, 

Jackson, MS, p. 171-177. 

Manning, M.A., 1997, Measurement of streamflow in the lower Yazoo River using 

an acoustic Doppler current profiler, January-August, 1996: Proceedings 

of the 27th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, March 25-26, 1997, 

Jackson, MS, p. 213-221. 

Manning, Michael A., 2000, Concentrations of selected pesticides in treated and 

untreated drinking water from Lake Bruin, Louisiana, April - December 

1999: Proceedings of the 30th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, 

April 18-19, 2000, Raymond, MS, p. 349-353.

Rebich, Richard, and Coupe, Jr., Richard H., Mississippi Embayment National 

Water-Quality Assessment: Water Resources Engineering’98 Conference, 

August 3-7, 1998, Memphis, Tennessee, p.1213-1217.

Wates, Michelle L. and Kleiss, Barbara A., 2000, Trace element concentrations 

in bed sediment in the Mississippi Embayment Study Unit: Proceedings of 

the 30th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April 18-19, 2000, 

Raymond, MS, p. 357-363.
December 2003

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Mobile River Basin

Fact Sheets:

Atkins, J. Brian, 1998, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Mobile River 

Basin--U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-100-98, 4 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Johnson, Gregory C., Kidd, Robert E., Journey, Celeste A., Zappia, Humbert, and 

Atkins, J. Brian, 2002, Environmental setting and water-quality issues of 

the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4162, 62 p.

Robinson, James L., 2002, Ground-water quality beneath an urban residential and 

commercial area, Montgomery, Alabama, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4052, 37 p.

Zappia, Humbert, 2002, Organochlorine compounds and trace elements in fish 

tissue and streambed sediment in the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, 

Mississippi, and Georgia, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4160, 85 p.
December 2003

49

Santee Basin & Coastal Drainages

Circulars:

Hughes, W. Brian, Abrahamsen, Thomas A., Maluk, Terry L., Reuber, Eric J., and 

Wilhelm, Lance J., 2000, Water-quality in the Santee River Basin and 

coastal drainages, North and South Carolina, 1995-98: U.S. Geological 

Survey Circular 1206, 32 p.

Fact Sheets:

Hughes, Brian W., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The Santee 

Basin and Coastal Drainage, N.C. and S.C. --U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet 94-010, 2 p.

Maluk, Terry L., 1999, Pesticides and bacteria in an urban stream--Gills Creek, 

Columbia, South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-131-98, 4 p

Maluk, Terry L., and Kelley II, Robert E., 1998, Pesticides in surface waters 

of the Santee River Basin and coastal drainages, North and South Carolina: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-007-98, 6 p.

Reuber, Eric J., 1999, Shallow ground-water quality in the coastal plain of 

Columbia, South Carolina, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-130-

98, 6 p.

Wilhelm, Lance J., and Maluk, Terry L., 1998, Fecal-indicator bacteria in 

surface waters of the Santee River Basin and Coastal Drainages, North and 

South Carolina, 1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-085-98, 6 p.

Open-File Reports:

Abrahamsen, Thomas A., Hughes, W. Brian, Reuber, Eric J., and Sicherman, Terry 

L., 1997, Selected aquatic ecology, surface-water quality, and groundwater studies in the Santee River Basin and Coastal Drainages, North and 

South Carolina, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-115, 49 

p. 

Abrahamsen, T.A., 2001, Ecological data collected in the Santee River Basin and 

Coastal Drainages, North and South Carolina, 1996-1998: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 01-352, 83 p.

Reuber, Eric J., 2001, Shallow ground-water quality in an agricultural area of 

the Lower Coastal Plain of South Carolina, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 01-377, 13 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Abrahamsen, Thomas A., 1999, Trace elements in the bed sediments and biota from 

streams in the Santee River Basin and coastal drainages, North and South 

Carolina, 1995-97: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 99-4179, 26 p.

Maluk, Terry L., 2000, Spatial and seasonal variability of nutrients, 

pesticides, bacteria, and suspended sediment in the Santee River Basin and 

Coastal Drainages, North and South Carolina, 1995-97: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4076, 46 p.

Maluk, Terry L., and Abrahamsen, Thomas A., 1999, Results of water-quality 

sampling and ecological characterization of streams of Congaree Swamp, 

South Carolina, 1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4121, 76 p.
December 2003

50

Maluk, Terry L., Reuber, Eric J., and Hughes, W. Brian, 1998, Nutrients in waters 

of the Santee River Basin and coastal drainages, North and South Carolina, 

1973-93: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-

4172, 60 p.
December 2003

51

Southern Florida

Circulars:

McPherson, Benjamin F., and Halley, Robert, 1997, The south Florida environment-

-A region under stress: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1134, 61 p.

McPherson, Benjamin F., Miller, Ronald L., Haag, Kim H., and Bradner, Anne, 2000, 

Water quality in southern Florida, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey 

Circular 1207, 32 p.

Fact Sheets:

Haag, Kim H., Bernard, B.A., Bradner, L.A., McCulloch, D.S., McPherson, B.F., 

and Miller, R.L., 1998, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Study 

design for data collection in the Southern Florida Study Unit, 1996-98: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-061-98, 4 p.

Haag, Kim H., and McPherson, Benjamin F., 1997, Organochlorine pesticides and 

PCBs in southern Florida fishes: Then and now: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS 110-97, 4 p.

Marella, Richard L., 1998, Water-quality assessment of Southern Florida--

Wastewater discharges and runoff: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS032-98, 6 p.

Open-File Reports:

McPherson, Benjamin F., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--

Southern Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-57, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Miller, Ronald L., McPherson, Benjamin F., and Haag, Kim H., 1999, Water quality 

in the southern Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp in the vicinity of the 

Tamiami Trail, 1996-97: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4062, 16 p.

Articles and Papers:

Miller, R.L., and McPherson, B.F., 2001, Occurrence and distribution of 

contaminants in bottom sediment and water of the Barron River Canal, Big 

Cypress National Preserve, Florida, October 1998: Florida Scientist, v. 

64, no. 1, p. 1-19.

Other Reports:

Boozer, Timothy, 2000, Water-quality data from the ground-water program of the 

Southern Florida Study Unit of the USGS NAWQA Program: U.S. Geological 

Survey http://srv3sfltpa.er.usgs.gov/gw/gwintro.html
December 2003

52

Tennessee River Basin

Circulars:

Hampson, Paul S., Treece, M.W., Jr., Johnson, Gregory C., Ahlstedt, Steven a., 

and Connell, Joseph F., 2001, Water quality in the Upper Tennessee River 

Basin, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia 1994-98: U.S. 

Geological Survey Circular 1205, 32 p.

Fact Sheets:

U.S. Geological Survey, 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The 

Upper Tennessee River Basin Study Unit: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

150-95, 2 p.

Woodside, Michael D., and Hoos, Anne B., 2001, Nutrients in streams and rivers 

in the Lower Tennessee River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS025-01, 6 p.

Woodside, Michael D., and Mitchell III, Reavis L., 1998, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program--Lower Tennessee River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet FS-014-98, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Johnson, Gregory C., and Treece, M.W., Jr., 1998, Phosphorus in streams of the 

Upper Tennessee River Basin, 1970-93: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 98-532, 6 p.

Treece, M.W., Jr., and Johnson, Gregory C., 1997, Nitrogen in streams of the 

Upper Tennessee River Basin, 1970-93: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 97-117, 4 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Hoos, Anne B., Garrett, Jerry W., and Knight, Rodney R., 2002, Water quality of 

the Flint River Basin, Alabama and Tennessee, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4185, 37 p.

Hoos, Anne B., Robinson, John A., Aycock, Robert A., Knight, Rodney, R., and 

Woodside, Michael D., 2000, Sources, instream transport, and trends of 

nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment in the Lower Tennessee River Basin, 

1980-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-

4139, 96 p.

Johnson, Gregory C., 2002, Water quality of springs in the Valley and Ridge 

Physiographic Province in the Upper Tennessee River Basin, 1997: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4180, 24 p.

Johnson, Gregory C., and Connell, Joseph F., 2001, Shallow ground-water quality 

adjacent to burley tobacco fields in northeastern Tennessee and southwest 

Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

01-4009, 37 p.

Kingsbury, James A., 2003, Shallow ground-water quality in agricultural areas 

of northern Alabama and middle Tennessee, 2000-2001: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4181, 38 p.
December 2003

53

Kingsbury, James A., Hoos, Anne B., and Woodside, Michael D., 1999, 

Environmental setting and water-quality issues in the Lower Tennessee 

River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

99-4080, 44 p.

Kingsbury, James A., and Shelton, John M., 2002, Water quality of the 

Mississippian carbonate aquifer in parts of middle Tennessee and northern 

Alabama, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 02-4083, 36 p.

Knight, Rodney R., and Powell, Jeffrey R., 2001, Occurrence and distribution of 

organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and trace elements 

in fish tissue in the Lower Tennessee River Basin, 1980-98: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4184, 32 p.

Powell, Jeffrey R., 2003, Response of fish communities to cropland density and 

natural environmental setting in the Eastern Highland Rim Ecoregion of the 

lower Tennessee River Basin, Alabama and Tennessee, 1999: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4268, 48 p.

Treece, Jr., M.W., 2003, Seasonal and spatial variability of pesticides in 

streams of the upper Tennessee River Basin, 1996-99: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4006, 29 p.
December 2003

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CENTRAL REGION STUDY UNITS

Acadian-Ponchartrain

Fact Sheets:

Demas, Charles R., Demcheck, Dennis K., Anderson, Mary L., and Garon, John D., 

1999, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Acadian-Ponchartrain 

Study Unit: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-185-99, 4 p.

Demas, Charles R., Brazelton, Sebastian R., Powell, Nancy J., 2001, The 

Atchafalaya Basin--River of trees: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 021-

02, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Skrobialowski, Stanley C., 2002, Trace elements and organic compounds in bed 

sediment at selected streams in southern Louisiana, 1998: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4089, 39 p.
December 2003

55

Central Oklahoma Aquifer

Circulars:

Mosier, E.L., and Bullock, J.H., Jr., 1988, Review of the general geology and 

solid-phase geochemical studies in the vicinity of the Central Oklahoma 

aquifer: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1019, 18 p. 

Open-File Reports:

Breit, G.N., Rice, C., Esposito, K., and Schlottmann, J.L., 1990, Mineralogy and 

petrography of permian rocks in the Central Oklahoma aquifer: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-678, 50 p.

Christenson, S.C., Morton, R.B., and Mesander, B.A., 1990, Hydrogeologic maps 

of the Central Oklahoma aquifer, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 90-579, 3 p.

Christenson, S.C., and Parkhurst, D.L., 1987, Ground-water-quality assessment 

of the Central Oklahoma aquifer, Oklahoma: Project Description: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-235, 30 p.

Christenson, Scott, and Carpenter, Lyn, 1992, eds., Ground-water quality of the 

Central Oklahoma (Garber-Wellington) aquifer conference: Proceedings, 

February 20, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-116, 24 p.

Ferree, D.M., Christenson, S.C., Rea, A.H., and Mesander, B.A., 1992, Groundwater-quality assessment of the Central Oklahoma aquifer, Oklahoma: 

Hydrologic, Water-Quality, and Quality-Assurance Date 1987-90: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-641, 1-193 p.

Mosier, E.L., Briggs, P.H., Crock, J.G., Kennedy, K.R., McKown, D.M., Vaughn, 

R.B., and Welsch, E.P., 1990, Analyses of subsurface Permian rock samples 

from the Central Oklahoma aquifer: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

90-456, 65 p. 

Mosier, E.L., Bullock, J.H., Jr., Fey, D.L., Kennedy, K.R., McKown, D.M., 

Vaughn, R.B., and Welsch, E.P., 1991, Elemental composition of surficial 

materials from Central Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

91-442, 62 p.

Mosier, E.L., Papp, C.S.E., Motooka, J.M., Kennedy, K.R., and Riddle, G.O., 

1991, Sequential extraction analyses of drill core samples, Central 

Oklahoma aquifer: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-347, 42 p.

Parkhurst, D.L., Christenson, S.C., and Breit, G.N., 1992, Ground-water-quality 

assessment of the Central Oklahoma aquifer, Oklahoma: Geochemical and 

geohydrologic investigations: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-

642, 214 p.

Parkhurst, D.L., Christenson, S.C., and Schlottmann, J.L., 1989, Ground-water 

quality assessment of the Central Oklahoma Aquifer, Oklahoma--Analysis of 

available water-quality data through 1987: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 88-728, 80 p.

Schlottmann, J.L., and Funkhouser, R.A., 1991, Chemical analyses of water 

samples and geophysical logs from cored test holes drilled in the Central 

Oklahoma aquifer, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-

464, 58 p.
December 2003

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Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Scott, J.C., 1989, A computerized data-base system for land-use and land-cover 

data collected at ground-water sampling sites in the pilot National WaterQuality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 89-4172, 139 p.

Scott, J.C., 1990, Computerized stratified random site-selection approaches for 

design of a ground-water-quality sampling network: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4101, 109 p.

Scott, J.C., 1991, Computer software for converting ground-water and waterquality data from the National Water Information System for use in a 

geographic information system: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 90-4200, 55 p.

Scott, J.C., 1990, A statistical processor for analyzing simulations made using 

the modular finite-difference ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4159, 218 p.
December 2003

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Central Nebraska River Basin

Circulars:

Frenzel, S.A., Swanson, R.B., Huntzinger, T.L., Stamer, J.K., Emmons, P.J., and 

Zelt, R.B., 1998, Water quality in the Central Nebraska Basins, Nebraska, 

1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1163, 33 p.

Fact Sheets:

Emmons, Patrick J., 1996, Water quality in a wet meadow, Platte River Valley, 

Central Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-097-96, 4 p.

Emmons, Patrick J., and Bowman, Phillip R., 2000, Ground-water flow and water 

quality of the Indian Island well field near Grand Island, Nebraska, 1994-

95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-179-99, 4 p.

Parnell, James M., 2000, Shallow ground-water quality in the Platte River Valley 

alluvium, Nebraska, October-November 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-151-00, 6 p.

Stamer, John K., and Wieczorek, Michael E., 1995, Pesticides in streams in 

central Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 232-95, 4 p.

Zelt, Ronald B., and Frankforter, Jill D., 2003, Water-quality assessment of the 

Central Nebraska Basins--Entering a new decade: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet 013-03, 6 p.

Open-File Reports:

Fenzel, Steven A., 1996, Occurrence of selected contaminants in water, fish 

tissue, and streambed sediments in Central Nebraska, 1992-95: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-223, 6 p.

Hardgree, M., and McChesney, J., 1994, A selected bibliography on the hydrology 

of the Platte River Basin in Nebraska through 1991:Survey Open-File Report 

94-496, ASCII text formatted diskette.

Huntzinger, T.L., and Stamer, John K., 1996, Science for a sustainable future 

of the Great Plains: Water-quality assessment in central Nebraska: U.S. 

Open-File Report 96-140, 4 p.

Huntzinger, T.L., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The Central 

Nebraska Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-97, 2 p.

Johnson, Steven M., and Swanson, Robert B., 1994, Operational procedures for 

collecting water-quality samples at monitoring sites on Maple Creek near 

Nickerson and the Platte River at Louisville, Eastern Nebraska: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-121, 24 p.

Swanson, Robert B., and Emmons, Patrick J., 2000, Water-quality assessment of 

the Central Nebraska Basins--Design for field operations, 1992 through 

1985: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-454, 27 p.

Zelt, R.B., and Jordan, R.R., 1993, Water-quality assessment of the Central 

Nebraska Basins: Summary of data for recent conditions through 1990: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-422, 178 p.

Zelt, R.B., and Sharpe, Jennifer B. 2000, Land cover data for Central Nebraska, 

1991, classified from Landsat-5 Thermatic Mapper Imagery: Path-31, Row-31 

Quadrilateral: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-323, CD-ROM.
December 2003

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Zelt, R.B., and Sharpe, Jennifer B. 2000, Land cover data for Central Nebraska, 

1993, classified from Landsat-5 Thermatic Mapper Imagery: Path-30, Row-32 

Quadrilateral: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-369, CD-ROM.

Zelt, Ronald B., 1995, Elevation contours of the bedrock surface, North Platte 

1- by 2-degree quadrangle, Nebraska, digitized from a published 1:250,00-

scale geologic map: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-330, MSDOS formatted diskette.

Zelt, Ronald B., 1996, Basin-level habitat characteristics of selected streams 

in Central Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-361, 25 p.

Zelt, Ronald B., Dugan, Jack T., and Kelly, Michael S., 1995, Land-cover sampling 

designs, data-collection procedures, and land-cover data for the central 

Nebraska Basins, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-166, 

MS-DOS formatted diskette.

Zelt, Ronald B., and Patton, Erik J., 1995, Isopachs of quaternary deposits, 

Fremont 1- by 2-degree quadrangle and part of Omaha quadrangle, Nebraska, 

digitized from a published 1:250,000-scale geologic map: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 95-721, MS-DOS formatted diskette.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Frenzel, Steven A., 1996, An application of bioassessment metrics and 

multivariate techniques to evaluate Central Nebraska streams: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4152, 12 p.

Articles and Papers:

Boyd, Robert A., 1996, Distribution of nitrate and orthophosphate in selected 

streams in central Nebraska: Journal of the American Water Resources 

Association, vol. 32, no. 6, p.1247-1257.

Frankforter, J.D., 1995, Association between local land use and herbicide 

concentrations in wetlands of the Platte River Basin, Nebraska in

Campbell, Kenneth L., ed., 1995, Versatility of wetlands in the 

agricultural landscape: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, p. 

539-547.

Frankforter, Jill D., Johnson, Michaela R. and Zelt, Ronald B., 2003, Nutrient 

concentration gradients and biological response in Central Nebraska 

streams: AWRA 2003 Spring Specialty Conference, May 12-14, 2003, Kansas 

City, Missouri (Published by AWRA on CD-ROM only. Available at U.S. 

Geological Survey World Wide Web URL http://ne.water.usgs.gov/Nawqa/pubs/

awra_kcmo2003_proceedgs/JillFrankforter673.pdf).

Lee, K.E., Huggins, D.G., and Thurman, E.M., 1995, Effects of hydrophyte 

community structure on atrazine and alachlor degradation in wetlands in

Campbell, Kenneth L., ed., 1995, Versatility of wetlands in the 

agricultural landscape: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, p. 

525-538.

Frenzel, Steven A., and Swanson, Robert B., 1996, Relations of fish community 

composition to environmental variables in streams of central Nebraska, 

USA: Environmental Management, vol. 20, no. 5, p. 689-705.

Helgesen, J.O., Zelt, R.B., and Stamer, J.K., 1994, Nitrogen and phosphorus in 

water as related to environmental setting in Nebraska: Water Resources 

Bulletin, vol. 30, no. 5, p. 809-822.
December 2003

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Huntzinger, T.L., and Ellis, M.J., 1993, Central Nebraska River Basin, Nebraska: 

Water Resources Bulletin July/August 1993, vol. 29, no. 4, p. 533-574. 

(Reprinted 1993, U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program (NAWQA), American Water Resources Association 

Monograph Series No. 19.)

Stamer, John K., 1996, Water supply implications of herbicide sampling: American 

Water Works Association Journal, vol. 88, no. 2, February 1996, p. 76-85.

Stamer, John K., and Huntzinger, Thomas L., 1994, Spring herbicide “flush” may 

deal cities a problem: Nebraska Farmer, vol. 136, no. 8, May 1994, p. 10-

13.

Stamer, John K., Swanson, Robert. B., and Jordan, Paul R., 1994, Atrazine in 

spring runoff as related to environmental setting in Nebraska, 1992: 

American Water Resources Association Water Resources Bulletin, vol. 30, 

no. 5, October 1994, p. 823-831.

Stamer, John K., and Wieczorek, Michael E., 1996, Pesticide distributions in 

surface water: American Water Works Association Journal, vol. 88, no. 11, 

November 1996, p. 79-87.

Swanson, Robert B., 1995, Methods for monitoring physical, chemical, and 

biological characteristics at selected wetlands in the Platte River Basin, 

Nebraska in Campbell, Kenneth L., ed., 1995, Versatility of wetlands in 

the agricultural landscape: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 

p. 515-524.

Zelt, Ronald B., Brown, Jesslyn, F., and Kelly, Michael S., 1995, Validation of 

national land-cover characteristics data for regional water-quality 

assessment: Geocarto International, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 69-80.

Zelt, Ronald B., and Frenzel, Steven A., 1996, Physical-habitat characteristics 

of the Platte River, Nebraska--Assessment using surveys and spatial 

analyses: 1996 ESRI User Conference, 16th, Palm Springs, CA, May 10-24, 

1996, ESRI WEB site URL: 

http://www.esri.com/library/userconf/proc96/TO300/PAP286/P286.HTML
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Eastern Iowa Basins

Circulars:

Kalkhoff, Stephen J., Barnes, Kimberlee K., Becher, Kent D., Savoca, Mark E., 

Schnoebelen, Douglas J., Sadorf, Eric M., Porter, Stephen D. and Sullivan, 

Daniel J., 2001, Water quality in the Eastern Iowa Basins, Iowa and 

Minnesota, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1210, 37 p.

Fact Sheets:

Kalkhoff, S.J., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Eastern Iowa 

Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 94-031, 2 p.

Kalkhoff, S.J., and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, Organochlorine compounds in a 

sediment core from coralville reservoir, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-129-97, 4 p. 

Kolpin, Dana, Hallberg, George, Sneck-Fahrer, Debra, and Libra, Robert, 1997, 

Agricultural chemicals in Iowa’s ground water, 1982-95--What are the 

trends? U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-116-97, 4 p. (also listed 

under NS--Nutrients, and NS--Pesticides)

Roberts, Linda R. 1997, Occurrence of selected organochlorine compounds in fish 

tissue from Eastern Iowa streams, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

FS-027-97, 4 p.

Savoca, Mark E., Tobias, Jennifer, L., Sadorf, Eric M., and Birkenholtz, Trevor 

L., 1997, Herbicides and nitrates in the Iowa River alluvial aquifer prior 

to changing land use, Iowa County, Iowa, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-085-97, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Akers, Kimberlee K.B., Schnoebelen, Douglas J., Savoca, Mark E., Roberts, Linda 

R., and Becher Kent D., 1999, Water-quality assessment of the Eastern Iowa 

Basins: Hydrologic and biologic data, September 1995 through September 

1996: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-66, 154 p.

Akers, Kimberlee K.B., Montgomery, Denise L., Christiansen, Daniel, Savoca, Mark 

E., Schnoebelen, Douglas J., Becher, Kent D., and Sadorf, Eric M., 2000, 

Water-quality assessment of the Eastern Iowa Basins: Hydrologic and 

biologic data, October 1996 through September 1998: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 00-67, 359 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Becher, Kent D., Kalkhoff, Stephen J., Schnoebelen, Douglas J., Barnes, 

Kimberlee K., and Miller, Von E., 2001, Water-quality assessment of the 

eastern Iowa Basins-- Nitrogen, phosphorus, suspended sediment, and 

organic carbon in surface water, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 01-4175, 56 p.

Brigham, Allison R., and Sadorf, Eric M., 2001, Benthic invertebrate assemblages 

and their relation to physical and chemical characteristics of streams in 

Eastern Iowa streams, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 00-4256, 44 p.
December 2003

61

Sadorf, Eric M., and Linhart, S. Michael, 2000, Ground-water quality in alluvial 

aquifers in the Eastern Iowa Basins, Iowa and Minnesota: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4106, 46 p.

Savoca, Mark E., Sadorf, Eric M., and Akers, Kymm K., 1999, Ground-water quality 

in the eastern part of the Silurian-Devonian and Upper Carbonate aquifers 

in the Eastern Iowa Basins, Iowa and Minnesota, 1996: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4224, 31 p.

Savoca, Mark E., Sadorf, Eric M., Linhart, S. Mike, and Akers, Kymm K.B., 2000, 

Effects of land use and hydrogeology on the water quality of alluvial 

aquifers in eastern Iowa and southern Minnesota, 1997: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4246, 38 p.

Schnoebelen, D.J., Kalkhoff, S.J., Becher, K.D., and Thurman, E.M., 2003, Waterquality assessment of the Eastern Iowa Basins: Selected pesticides and 

pesticide degradates in streams, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 03-4075, 62 p.

Schnoebelen, Douglas J., Becher, Kent D., Bobier, Matthew W., and Wilton, 

Thomas, 1999, Selected nutrients and pesticides in streams of the Eastern 

Iowa Basins, 1970-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4028, 65 p.

Sullivan, Daniel J., 2000, Fish communities and their relation to environmental 

factors in the Eastern Iowa Basins in Iowa and Minnesota, 1996: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4194, 20 p.

Articles and Papers:

Becher, Kent D., Schnoebelen, Douglas J., and Akers, Kimberlee K.B., 2000, 

Nutrients discharged to the Mississippi River from eastern Iowa 

watersheds: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, 

no. 1, February 2000, p. 161-173.

Kalkhoff, S.J., 2000, Summary of the major water-quality findings from the 

Eastern Iowa Basins study unit of the National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program: Iowa Groundwater Quarterly, Fall 2000, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 20-21.

Kalkhoff, Stephen J., Barnes, Kimberlee K., Becher, Kent D., Savoca, Mark E., 

Schnoebelen, Douglas J., Sadorf, Eric M., Porter, Stephen D., Sullivan, 

Daniel J., and Creswell, John, 2001, Water quality in the Eastern Iowa 

Basins: Integrated Crop Management IC-486(23), p. 185-186.

Kalkhoff, S.J., Kolpin, Dana W., Thurman, E.M., Ferrer, I., and Barcelo, D., 

1998, Degradation of chloroacetanilide herbicides: The prevalence of 

sulfonic and oxanilic acid metabolites in Iowa groundwaters and surface 

waters: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 32, no. 11, p. 1738-1740.

Kalkhoff, Stephen J., Lee, Kathy E., Porter, Stephen D. Terrio, Paul J., and 

Thurman, E. Michael, 2003, Herbicides and herbicide degradation products 

in upper Midwest agricultural streams during August base-flow conditions: 

Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 32, p. 1025-1035.

Kolpin, Dana W., Kalkhoff, Stephen J., Goolsby, Donald A., Sneck-Fahrer, Debra 

A., and Thurman, E. Michael, 1997, Occurrence of selected herbicides and 

herbicide degradation products in Iowa’s ground water, 1995: Ground Water, 

vol. 35, no. 4, July-August 1997, p. 679-688. 

Kolpin, Dana W., Sneck-Fahrer, Debra A., Hallberg, George R., and Libra, Robert 

D., 1997, Temporal trends of selected agricultural chemicals in Iowa’s 

ground water, 1982-1995: Are things getting better?: Journal of 

Environmental Quality, vol. 26, no.4, July-August 1997, p. 1007-1017. 
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High Plains

Fact Sheets:

Dennehy, K.F., 2000, High Plains Regional Ground-Water Study: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet FS-091-00, 6 p.

McMahon, P.B., 2000, A reconnaissance study of the effect of irrigated 

agriculture on water quality in the Ogallala Formation, central High 

Plains: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-009-00, 6 p.

Qi, Sharon L., 2000, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--High Plains 

Regional Ground-Water Study web site: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

FS-049-00, 2p.

Open-File Reports:

Fahlquist, Lynne, 2003, Ground-water quality of the southern High Plains 

aquifer, Texas and New Mexico, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 03-345, 59 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Becker, Mark F., Bruce, Breton W., Pope, Larry M., and Andrews, William J., 2002, 

Ground-water quality of the central High Plains aquifer, Colorado, Kansas, 

New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 02-4112, 64 p.

Breton, W. Bruce, Becker, Mark F., Pope, Larry M., and Gurdak, Jason J., 2003, 

Ground-water quality beneath irrigated agriculture in the central High 

Plains aquifer, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 03-4219, 39 p.

Litke, David W., 2001, Historical water-quality data for the High Plains 

Regional Ground-Water Study Area in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New 

Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming 1930-98: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4254, 65 p.

McMahon, P.B., 2001, Vertical gradients in water chemistry in the Central High 

Plains Aquifer, southwestern Kansas and Oklahoma Panhandle, 1999: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4028, 47 p.

McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., Michel, R.L, Sophocleous, M.A. Ellett, K.M., and 

Hurlbut, D.B., 2003, Water movement through thick unsaturated zones 

overlying the central High Plains aquifer, southwestern Kansas, 2000-2001: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4171, 32 

p.

Pope, Larry M., Bruce, Breton W., and Hansen, Cristi V., 2001, Ground-water 

quality in Quaternary deposits of the central High Plains Aquifer, southcentral Kansas, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 00-4259, 44 p.

Pope, Larry M., Bruce, Breton W., Rasmussen, Patrick P., and Milligan, Chad R., 

2001, Quality of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential and 

commercial development, Wichita, Kansas, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4228, 67 p.

Qi, Sharon L., Konduris, Alexandria, Litke, David W., and Dupree, Jean, 2002, 

Classification of irrigated land using satellite imagery--High Plains 

aquifer, nominal date 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4236, 31 p.
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Articles and Papers:

Bruce, Breton, W., and Oelsner, Gretchen P., 2001, Contrasting water quality 

from paired domestic/public supply wells, Central High Plains: Journal of 

the American Water Resources Association, vol. 37, no. 5, p. 1389-1403.

Dennehy, K.F., Litke, D.W., and McMahon, P.B., 2002, The High Plains aquifer, 

USA: Groundwater development and sustainability: In Hiscock, K.M., Rivett, 

M.O., and Davison, R.M. (eds.), Sustainable Groundwater Development, 

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 193, p. 99-119.

McMahon, P.B., Bruce, B.W., Becker, M.F., Pope, L.M., and Dennehy, K.F., 2000, 

Occurrence of nitrous oxide in the Central High Plains Aquifer,1999: 

Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 34, no. 23, p. 4873-4877.
December 2003

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Lower Kansas River Basin

Fact Sheets:

Stamer, John K., Gunderson, Kathryn D., and Ryan, Barbara J., 1995, Atrazine 

concentrations in the Delaware River, Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-001-94, 1 p.

Open-File Reports:

Fallon, James D., and McChesney, Jennifer A., 1993, Surface-water-quality 

assessment of the Lower Kansas River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Project 

Data, November 1986 through April 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 93-51, 594 p.

Helgesen, J.O., 1995, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Lower Kansas River 

Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Results of investigations, 1987-90: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-365, 129 p.

Jordan, P.R., and Stamer, J.K., 1991, Surface-water-quality assessment of the 

Lower Kansas River Basin in Kansas and Nebraska: Analysis of available 

data through 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-75, 171 p.

Juracek, K.E., Kenny, J.F., and Perry, C.A., 1992, [Video], Herbicides, water 

quality and you: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-127.

Stamer, J.K., Jordan, P.R., Engberg, R.A., and Dugan, J.T., 1987, Surface-waterquality assessment of the Lower Kansas River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: 

Project Description: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-105, 36 p.

Tanner, D.Q., Sanzolone, R.F., and Zelt, R.B., 1987, Surface-water-quality 

assessment of the Lower Kansas River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: 

Concentrations of major metals and trace elements in streambed sediments: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-581, 73 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Jordan, P.R., 1995, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Lower Kansas River 

Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Suspended-sediment conditions, May 1987 

through April 1990, and trends, 1963 through April 1990: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4187, 36 p. 

Pope, L.M., 1995, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Lower Kansas River 

Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Dissolved oxygen and escherichia coli bacteria 

in streams during low flow, July 1988 through July 1989: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Investigations Report 94-4077, 102 p. 

Tanner, D.Q., and Ryder, J.L., 1996, Surface-water-quality assessment of the 

Lower Kansas River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Selected metals, arsenic, 

and phosphorus in streambed sediments of first- and second-order streams, 

1987: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-

4196, 13 p.

Tanner, D.Q., 1995, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Lower Kansas River 

Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Distribution of trace-element concentrations 

in dissolved and suspended phases, streambed sediment, and fish samples, 

May 1987 through April 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 94-4201, 31 p.
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Water-Supply Papers:

Jordon, P.R., and Stamer, J.K., 1995, Surface-water-quality assessment of the 

Lower Kansas River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska--Analysis of available data 

through 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2352-B, 161 p. 

Helgesen, J.O., ed., 1996, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Lower Kansas 

River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Results of investigations, 1987-90: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2451, p. 129.

Articles and Papers:

Stamer, J.K., and Huntzinger, T., 1994, Spring herbicide “flush” may deal cities 

a problem: Nebraska Farmer, May 1994, p. 10-13. (also listed under CNBR)

Stamer, J.K., and Zelt, R.B., 1994, Organonitrogen herbicides in the Lower 

Kansas River Basin: Journal American Water Works Association, vol. 86, no. 

1, p. 93-104.

Stamer, J.K., and Zelt, R.B., 1991, Distribution of atrazine and similar 

nitrogen containing herbicides, Lower Kansas River Basin: U.S. Geological 

Survey Yearbook 1991, p. 76-79.

Zelt, R.B., 1991, Applications of GIS to the management and analysis of 

hydrologic information: GIS World, vol. 4, no. 5, August 1991.

Other Reports:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VII and U.S. Geological Survey, WRD, 

1993, Program and proceedings of symposium on agriculture nonpoint sources 

of contaminants: A focus on herbicides, September 28-29, 1993, Lawrence, 

Kansas.
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Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins

Fact Sheets:

Tornes, Lan H., 1997, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Northern 

Rockies Intermontane Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 97-158, 

4 p.

MacCoy, Dorene E., 2001, PCBs in tissue of fish from the Spokane River, 

Washington, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-067-01, 6 p.

Open-File Reports:

Beckwith, Michael A., 2002, Selected trace-element and synthetic-organic 

compound data for streambed sediment from the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and 

Spokane River Basins, Montana, Idaho, and Washington, 1998: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-336, 26 p.

Beckwith, Michael A., 2003, Summary of surface-water-quality data collected for 

the Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program in the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and Spokane River 

Basins, Montana, Idaho, and Washington, water years 1999-2001, U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-472, 47 p.

Clark, David W., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Northern 

Rockies Intermontane Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-

124, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Maret, Terry R., and Dutton, DeAnn M., 1999, Summary of information of synthetic 

organic compounds and trace elements in tissue of aquatic biota, Clark 

Fork-Pend Oreille and Spokane River Basins, Montana, Idaho, and 

Washington, 1974-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 98-4254, 55 p. 

Maret, T.R., and Skinner, K.D., 2000, Concentrations of selected trace elements 

in fish tissue and streambed sediment in the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and 

Spokane River Basins, Montana, Idaho, and Washington, 1998: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4159, 26 p. 
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Ozark Plateaus

Circulars:

Petersen, James C., Adamski, James C., Bell, Richard W., Davis, Jerri V., Femmer, 

Suzanne R., Freiwald, David A., and Joseph, Robert L., 1998, Water quality 

in the Ozark Plateaus, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, 1992-95: 

U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1158, 33 p.

Fact Sheets:

Adamski, James C., 1997, Nitrate and pesticides in ground water of the Ozark 

Plateaus region in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-182-96, 4 p.

Adamski, James C., 1997, Radium and radon in ground water of the Ozark region 

in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-181-96, 4 p.

Femmer, S.R., 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Ozark Plateaus 

biological study: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 116-95, 2 p. 

Femmer, S.R., and Joseph, R.L, 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program-

-Ozark Plateaus surface-water quality study: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet 94-015, 2 p.

Petersen, James C., Adamski, James C., Bell, Richard W., Davis, Jerri V., Femmer, 

Suzanne R., Freiwald, David A., and Joseph, Robert L., 1999, Quality of 

Ozark streams and ground water, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

99-092, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Femmer, Suzanne R., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Ozark Plateaus Study 

Unit, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma--Habitat data and 

characteristics at selected sites, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 97-236, 44 p.

Freiwald, D.A., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Ozark 

Plateaus: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-162, 2 p.

Pugh, A.L., and Adamski, J.C., 1993, National Water-Quality Assessment ProgramOzark Plateaus ground-water study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

93-434, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Adamski, James C., 1997, Nutrients and pesticides in ground water of the Ozark 

Plateaus in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4313, 28 p.

Adamski, James C., Peterson, James C., Freiwald, David A., and Davis, Jerri V., 

1994, Environmental and hydrologic setting of the Ozark Plateaus Study 

Unit, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4022, 69 p.

Bell, Richard W., Joseph, Robert L., and Freiwald, David A., 1996, Water-quality 

assessment of the Ozark Plateaus Study Unit, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, 

and Oklahoma--Summary of information on pesticides, 1970-90: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4003, 51 p.
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Bell, Richard W., Davis, Jerri V., Femmer, Suzanne R., and Joseph, Robert L., 

1997, Water-quality assessment of the Ozark Plateaus Study Unit, Arkansas, 

Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma--Organic compounds in surface water, bed 

sediment, and biological tissue, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4031, 30 p.

Davis, Jerry V., and Bell, Richard W., 1998, Water-quality assessment of the 

Ozark Plateaus Study Unit, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma--

Nutrients, bacteria, organic carbon, and suspended sediment in surface 

water, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 98-4164, 56 p.

Davis, Jerry V., Petersen, James C., Adamski, James C., and Freiwald, David A., 

1995, Water-quality assessment of the Ozark Plateaus Study Unit, Arkansas, 

Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma--Analysis of information on nutrients, 

suspended sediment, and suspended solids, 1970-92: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4042, 112 p.

Petersen, James C., 1998, Water-quality assessment of the Ozark Plateaus Study 

Unit, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma--Fish communities in 

streams of the Ozark Plateaus and their relations to selected 

environmental factors: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 98-4155, 34 p.

Petersen, James C., and Femmer, Suzanne R., 2003, Periphyton communities in 

streams of the Ozark Plateaus and their relations to selected 

environmental factors: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4210, 77 p.

Articles and Papers:

Adamski, James C., 2000, Geochemistry of the Springfield Plateau aquifer of the 

Ozark Plateau Province in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, USA: 

Hydrological Processes, vol. 14, p. 849-866.

Adamski, James C., and Pugh, Aaron L., 1996, Occurrence of pesticides in ground 

water of the Ozark Plateaus Province: Journal of the American Water 

Resources Association, vol. 32, no. 1, February 1996, p. 97-105.

Petersen, James C., Usrey, Faron D., Keith, William E., and Wise, James A., 1998, 

A recent record of the white sucker, Catostomus commersoni, in the White 

River System Arkansas: Proceedings Arkansas Academy of Science, vol. 50, 

1996, p. 141-142.
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Red River of the North Basin

Circulars:

Stoner, J.D., Lorenz, D.L., Goldstein, R.M., Brigham, M.E., and Cowdery, T.K., 

1998, Water quality in the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota, North 

Dakota, and South Dakota, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1169, 

33 p.

Fact Sheets:

Stoner, J.D., and Lorenz, D.L., 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: 

Data Collection in the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota, North 

Dakota, and South Dakota, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 172-

95, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Cowdery, T.K., 1995, Similar agricultural areas, different ground-water quality: 

Red River of the North Basin, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 95-441, 4 p.

Stoner, J.D., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Red River of the 

North: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-151, 2 p.

Tornes, L.H. and Brigham, M.E., 1995, Pesticide amounts are small in streams in 

the Red River Basin of the North 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 95-283, 2 p. 

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Brigham, Mark E., Goldstein, Robert M., and Tornes, Lan H., 1998, Trace elements 

and organic chemicals in stream-bottom sediments and fish tissues, Red 

River of the North Basin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 1992-

95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4043, 

32 p.

Cowdery, Timothy K., 1997, Shallow ground-water quality beneath cropland in the 

Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota, 1993-95: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4001, 52 p.

Cowdery, Timothy K., 1998, Ground-water quality in the Red River of the North 

Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota, 1991-95: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 98-4175, 15 p.

Goldstein, R.M., 1995, Aquatic communities and contaminants in fish from streams 

of the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4047, 34 p.

Goldstein, Robert M., Stauffer, Joseph C., Larson, Peter R., and Lorenz, David 

L., 1996, Relation of physical and chemical characteristics of streams to 

fish communities in the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North 

Dakota, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 96-4227, 57 p.

Lorenz, D.L., Goldstein, R.M., Cowdery, T.K., and Stoner, J.D., 2003, Comparison 

of two methods for delineating land use near monitoring wells used for 

assessing quality of shallow ground water: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 03-4067, 13 p.
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Lorenz, D.L., and Stoner, J.D., 1996, Sampling design for assessing water 

quality of the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and 

South Dakota, 1993-1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4129, 2 maps.

Menheer, Michael A., and Brigham, Mark E., 1997, Ground-water sampling methods 

and quality-control data for the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota, 

North Dakota, and South Dakota, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 96-4317, 34 p.

Stoner, J.D., Cowdery, T.K., Puckett, L.J., 1997, Ground-water age dating and 

other tools used to assess land-use effects on water quality: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4150, 6 p.

Strobel, M.L., and Haffield, N.D., 1995, Salinity in surface water in the Red 

River of the North Basin, Northeastern North Dakota: Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 95-4082, 14 p.

Tornes, L.H., and Brigham, M.E., 1994, Nutrients, suspended sediment, and 

pesticides in waters of the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota, North 

Dakota, and South Dakota, 1970-1990: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 93-4231, 62 p.

Tornes, L.H., Brigham, M.E., and Lorenz, D.L., 1997, Nutrients, suspended 

sediment, and pesticides in streams in the Red River of the North Basin, 

Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4053, 70 p.

Articles and Papers:

Brigham, M.E., 1994, Pesticides detected in surface waters and fish of the Red 

River of the North Drainage Basin: North Dakota Water Quality Symposium 

Proceedings, March 30-31, 1994, Fargo, North Dakota, p. 256-269.

Brigham, M.E.,Tornes, L.H., 1996, Trace elements and organic contaminants in 

stream sediments from the Red River of the North Basin, 1992-95: North 

Dakota Water Quality Symposium Proceedings, March 20-21, 1996, Bismarck, 

North Dakota State University Extension Service, p. 135-144.

Cowdery, T.K., and Goff, K.L., 1994, Nitrogen concentrations near the water 

table of the Sheyenne Delta aquifer beneath cropland areas, Ransom and 

Richland counties, North Dakota: North Dakota Water Quality Symposium 

Proceedings, March 30-31, 1994, Fargo, North Dakota, p. 89-102.

Goldstein, R.M., Brigham, M.E., and Stauffer, J.C., 1996, Comparison of mercury 

concentrations in liver, muscle, whole bodies, and composites of fish 

bodies, and composites of fish from the Red River of the North: Canadian 

Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 53, no. 2, p. 244-252.

Goldstein, R.M., Simon, T.P., Bailey, P.A., Ell, M., Pearson, E., Schmidt, K., 

Enblom, J.W., 1994, Concepts for an index of biotic integrity for streams 

of the Red River of the North Basin: North Dakota Water Quality Symposium 

Proceedings, March 30-31, 1994, Fargo, North Dakota, p. 169-180.

Puckett, Larry J., 1999, Estimation of nitrate contamination of an AgroEcosystem Outwash Aquifer using a nitrogen mass-balance budget: Journal 

of Environmental Quality, vol. 28, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1999, p. 2015-

2025.(also listed under Nutrient National Synthesis)

Stauffer, Joseph C., and Goldstein, Robert M., 1997, Comparison of three 

qualitative habitat indices and their applicability to prairie streams: 

North American Journal of Fisheries Management, vol. 17, no. 2, May 1997, 

p. 348-361.
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Stoner, Jeffrey D., Lorenz, David L., Wiche, Gregg J., and Goldstein, Robert M., 

1993, Red River of the North Basin Minnesota, North Dakota, and South 

Dakota: Water Resources Bulletin July/August 1993, vol. 29, no. 4, p. 575-

615. (Reprinted 1993, U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program (NAWQA), American Water Resources Association 

Monograph Series No. 19.)

Strobel, M.L., and Gerla, P.J., 1992, Effects of saline ground-water discharge 

on water quality in the Red River of the North, northeastern North Dakota: 

Preliminary observations of the hydrologic setting: North Dakota Water 

Quality Symposium Proceedings, 1992, Bismarck, North Dakota, p. 60-82.

Strobel, M.L., Kelly, J.B., Carlson, S.T., and Salender, H.A., 1994, Flowing 

wells in the northeastern North Dakota and their possible effect on water 

quality in the Red River of the North Basin: 1994 North Dakota Water 

Quality Symposium Proceedings, March 30-31, 1994, Fargo, North Dakota, p. 

247-255.
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Rio Grande Valley

Circulars:

Levings, Gary W., Healy, Denis F., Richey, Steven F., and Carter, Lisa F., 1998, 

Water quality in the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, 

1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1162, 39 p.

Fact Sheets:

Lee, R.W., and Wilson, J.T., 1997, Trace elements and organic compounds 

associated with riverbed sediments in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin, 

Mexico and Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-098-97, 6 p.

Van Metre, P.C., Manler, B.J., and Callender, E., 1996, Water-quality trends in 

the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin using sediment cores from reservoirs: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-221-96, 8 p. (also listed under National 

Synthesis--Water-Quality Trends)

Open-File Reports:

Ellis, Sherman R., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The Rio 

Grande Valley: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-160, 2 p.

Miller, Lynn K., Moquino, Robert L., and Hill, Bruce A., 1997, Water-quality 

assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--

Water-quality data for water-column, suspended-sediment, and bed-material 

samples collected at selected surface-water sites in the upper Rio Grande 

Basin, June and September 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

97-644, 18 p. 

Richey, S.F. and Ellis, S.R., 1993, National Water-Quality Assessment Program -

-Water use in the Rio Grande Valley, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 93-456, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Anderholm, Scott K., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, 

Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Shallow ground-water quality of a landuse area in the San Luis valley, South-Central Colorado, 1993: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4144, 94 p.

Anderholm, Scott K., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, 

Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Shallow ground-water quality and land use 

in the Albuquerque area, central New Mexico, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4067, 73 p.

Anderholm, S K., Radell, M.J., and Richey, S.F., 1995, Water-quality assessment 

of the Rio Grande Valley Study Unit, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--

Analysis of selected nutrient, suspended-sediment, and pesticide data: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4061, 203 

p.

Bexfield, Laura M., and Anderholm, Scott K., 1997, Water-quality assessment of 

the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Ground-water 

quality in the Rio Grande flood plain, Cochiti Lake, New Mexico, to El 

Paso, Texas, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 96-4249, 93 p.
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Carter, Lisa F., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, 

Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Fish communities at selected sites, 1993-

95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4017, 

27 p.

Carter, Lisa F., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, 

Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Organic compounds and trace elements in 

bed sediment and fish tissue, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4002, 23 p.

Healy, Denis F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, 

Colorado, New Mexico, Texas--Occurrence and distribution of selected 

pesticides and nutrients at selected surface-water sites in the Mesilla 

Valley, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 96-4069, 85 p.

Healy, Denis F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, 

Colorado, New Mexico, Texas--Summary and analysis of water-quality data 

for the basic-fixed-site network, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4212, 82 p.

Stogner, Robert W., Sr., 2001, Nitrate concentrations, 1936-99, and pesticide 

concentrations, 1990-99, in the unconfined aquifer in the San Luis Valley, 

Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

01-4131, 12 p. 

Articles and Papers:

Carter, Lisa F. and Porter, Stephen D, 1997, Trace-element accumulation by 

Hygrohypnum Ochraceum in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, Colorado and New 

Mexico, USA: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 16, no. 12, p. 

2521-2528.

Ellis, Sherman R., Levings, Gary W., Carter, Lisa F., Richey, Steven F., and 

Radell, Mary Jo, 1993, Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas: 

Water Resources Bulletin July/August 1993, vol. 29, no. 4, p. 617-646. 

(Reprinted 1993, U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program (NAWQA), American Water Resources Association 

Monograph Series No. 19.

Taylor, H.E., Antweiler, R.C., Roth, D.A., Brinton, T.I., Peart, D.B., and 

Healy, D.F., 2001, The occurrence and distribution of selected trace 

elements in the Upper Rio Grande and tributaries in Colorado and Northern 

New Mexico: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 

41, p. 410-426.
December 2003

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South Central Texas

Circulars:

Bush, Peter, W., Ardis, Ann F., Fahlquist, Lynne, Ging, Patricia B., Hornig, C. 

Evan, and Lanning-Rush, Jennifer, 2000, Water quality in South-Central 

Texas, Texas, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1212, 32 p.

Fact Sheets:

U.S. Geological Survey, 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--SouthCentral Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 94-048, 2 p.

Cederberg, J.R., Ging, P.B., and Ourso, R.T., 1998, Monitoring of selected 

water-quality constituents near the freshwater/saline-water interface of 

the Edwards Aquifer, July 1996-December 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-103-98, 4 p.

Fahlquist, Lynne, and Slattery, R.N., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the 

Comal Springs Riverine System, New Braunfels, Texas, 1993-94: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-099-97, 6 p.

Ging, Patricia B., 1999, Water-quality assessment of South-Central-Texas: 

Comparison of water quality in surface-water samples collected manually 

and by automated samplers: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-172-99, 6 

p.

Ging, Patricia B., 1999, Water-quality assessment of South-Central-Texas: 

Comparison of water quality in surface-water samples collected manually 

and by automated samplers: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-172-99, 6 

p.Ging, Patricia B., VanMetre, Peter C., and Callender, Edward, 1999, 

Bottom sediments of Lorence Creek Lake, San Antonio, Texas, reflect 

contaminant trends in an urbanizing watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-149-99, 4 p.

Slattery, R.N., and Fahlquist, Lynne, 1997, Water-quality summary of the San 

Marcos springs Riverine system, San Marcos, Texas, July-August 1994: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-059-97, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Ging, Patricia B., 1999, Quality of stormwater runoff from an urbanizing 

watershed and a rangeland watershed in the Edwards aquifer recharge zone, 

Bexar and Uvalde Counties, Texas, 1996-98U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 99-245, 2 p.

Ourso, Robert T., and Hornig, Evan C., 1999, Stream and aquifer biology of SouthCentral Texas: A literature review, 1973-97: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 99-243, 38 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Ging, Patricia B., 1999, Water-quality assessment of South-central Texas: 

Descriptions and comparisons of nutrient, pesticide, and volatile organic 

compounds at three intensive fixed sites, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4155,24 p. 
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Ging, Patricia B., Judd, Linda J., and Wynn, Kirby H., 1997, Water-quality 

assessment of South-Central Texas--Occurrence and distribution of 

volatile organic compounds in surface water and ground water, 1983-94, and 

implications for future monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4028, 20 p.
December 2003

76

Southern High Plains

Open-File Reports:

Woodward, D.G., and Diniz, C.G., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program--Southern High Plains, Texas and New Mexico: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 94-71, 2 p.
December 2003

77

South Platte River Basin

Circulars:

Dennehy, Kevin F., Litke, David W., Tate, Cathy M., Qi, Sharon L., McMahon, Peter 

B., Bruce, Breton W., Kimbrough, Robert A., and Heiny, Janet S., 1998, 

Water quality in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and 

Wyoming, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1167, 38 p.

Fact Sheets:

Bruce, B.W., 1995, Denver's urban ground-water quality: Nutrients, pesticides, 

and volatile organic compounds: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 106-95, 

2 p. 

Heiny, J.S., 1995, Review of sediment data in the South Platte River Basin, 

Colorado, 1980-92: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 153-95, 2 p. 

Heiny, Janet S., 1997, Organochlorine compounds and trace elements in streambed 

sediment and fish tissue, South Platte River Basin--Colorado, Nebraska, 

and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-040-97, 4 p.

Kimbrough, R.A., 1995, Are streams in agricultural areas contaminated by 

pesticides? --U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 104-95 2 p. 

Litke, D.W., 1995, Nutrients in the South Platte River, 1993-95: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 105-95, 2 p.

McMahon, P.B., 1995, Some bacteria are beneficial!: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet 102-95, 2 p. 

Qi, Sharon L., and Dennehy, Kevin F., 1997, World Wide Web home page for the 

South Platte NAWQA: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-242-96, 2 p.

Tate, C.M., and Martin, L.M., 1995, Fish communities in the Plains Region of the 

South Platte River August 1993 and 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

154-95, 2 p. 

Open-File Reports:

Dennehy, K.F., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--South Platte 

River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-155, 2 p.

Dennehy, Kevin F., and Ortiz-Zayas, Jorge R., 1993, Bibliography of waterrelated studies, South Platte River Basin--Colorado, Nebraska, and 

Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-106, 278 p.

Tate, Cathy M., and Ortiz-Zayas, Jorge, R., 1995, Inventory of biological 

investigations related to stream water quality in the South Platte River 

Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1891-1994: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 95-379, 12 p. 

Tate, C.M., Dennehy, K.F., and Luft, G., 1999, South Platte River--Lifeline of 

a region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-56, video.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Bruce, Breton W., and McMahon, Peter B. 1998, Shallow ground-water quality of 

selected land-use/aquifer settings in the South Platte River Basin, 

Colorado and Nebraska, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4229, 48 p.
December 2003

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Dennehy, Kevin F., Litke, David W., McMahon, Peter B., Heiny, Janet S., and Tate, 

Cathy M., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the South Platte River Basin, 

Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming--Analysis of available nutrient, 

suspended-sediment, and pesticide data, water years 1980-92: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4095, 145 p.

Kimbrough, Robert A., and Litke, David W., 1998, Pesticides in surface water in 

agricultural and urban areas of the South Platte River Basin, form Denver, 

Colorado, to North Platte, Nebraska, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4230, 66 p.

Litke, David W., 1996, Sources and loads of nutrients in the South Platte River, 

Colorado and Nebraska, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4029, 31 p.

Litke, David W., and Kimbrough, Robert A., 1998, Water-quality assessment of the 

South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming--Environmental 

setting and water-quality of fixed sites, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4220, 61 p.

McMahon, Peter B., Lull, Kenneth J., Dennehy, Kevin F., and Collins, Jim A., 

1995, Quantity and quality of ground-water discharge to the South Platte 

River, Denver to Fort Lupton, Colorado, August 1992 through July 1993: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4110, 71 

p.

Articles and Papers:

Bradley, P.M., McMahon, P.B., and Chapelle, F.H., 1995, Effects of carbon and 

nitrate on denitrification in bottom sediments of an effluent-dominated 

river: Water Resources Research, vol. 31, no. 4, April 1995, p. 1063-1068.

Bruce, B.W., and McMahon, P.B., 1996, Shallow ground-water quality beneath a 

major urban center: Denver, Colorado, USA, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 186, 

no. 1-4, p. 129-151.

Chappell, F.H., McMahon, P.B., Dubrovsky, N.M, Fujii, R.F., Oaksford,E.T., and 

Vroblesky, D.A., 1995, Deducing the distribution of terminal electronaccepting processes in hydrologically diverse groundwater systems, Water 

Resources research, vol. 31, no. 2, p. 359-371.

Dennehy, Kevin F., Litke, David W., Tate, Cathy M., and Heiny, Janet S., 1993, 

South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming: Water Resources 

Bulletin July/August 1993, vol. 29, no. 4, p. 647-683. (Reprinted 1993, 

U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment Program 

(NAWQA), American Water Resources Association Monograph Series No. 19.)

Heiny, J.S., and Tate, C.M., 1997, Concentration, distribution, and comparison 

of selected trace elements in bed sediment and fish tissue in the South 

Platte River Basin, USA, 1992-93: Archives of Environmental contamination 

and Toxicology, vol. 32, no.1-15, p. 246-259.

Kimbrough, Robert A., and Litke, David W., 1996, Pesticides in streams draining 

agricultural and urban areas in Colorado: Environmental Science and 

Technology, vol. 30, no. 3, 1996, p. 908-916.

McMahon, P.B., and Böhlke, J.K., 1996, Denitrification and mixing in a streamaquifer system: Effects on nitrate loading to surface water: Journal of 

Hydrology, vol. 186, no. 1-4, p. 105-128.

McMahon, P.B., Böhlke, J.K., and Bruce, B.W., 1999, Denitrification in marine 

shales in northeastern Colorado: Water Resources Research, vol. 35, no. 

5, May 1999, p. 1629-1642.
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McMahon, P.B., and Bruce, B.W., 1997, Distribution of terminal electronaccepting processes in an aquifer having multiple contaminant sources: 

Applied Geochemistry, vol. 12, p. 507-516.

McMahon, P.B., and Dennehy, K.F., 1999, N2O emissions from a nitrogen-enriched 

river: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 33, no. 1, 1999, p. 21-25.

McMahon, P.B., Litke, D.W., Paschal, J.E., and Dennehy, K.F., 1994, Ground water 

as a source of nutrients and atrazine to streams in the South Platte River 

Basin: Water Resources Bulletin, vol. 30, no. 3, p. 521-530.

McMahon, P.B., Tindall, J.A., Collins, J.A., and Lull, K.J., 1995, Hydrologic 

and geochemical effects on oxygen uptake in bottom sediments of an 

effluent-dominated river: Water Resources Research, vol. 31, no. 10, 

October 1995, p. 2561-2569.

Minter, Jill Benedict, 1996, Comparison of macroinvertebrate communities from 

three substrates in the lower South Platte River: Degree of Master of 

Science Thesis, Colorado State University, Fall 1996, 221 p.

Pfenning, K., and McMahon, P.B., 1996, Effect of nitrate, organic carbon, and 

temperature on denitrification rates in an alluvial aquifer: Journal of 

Hydrology, vol. 187, p. 283-295.

Pocernich, M., and Litke, D.W., 1997, Nutrient concentrations in wastewatertreatment-plant effluents, South Platte River Basin: Water Resources 

Bulletin, vol.33, no.1, p. 205-214.

Tate, C.M., and Heiny, J.S., 1996, Organochlorine compounds in bed sediment and 

fish tissue in the South Platte River Basin, USA, 1992-1993: Archives of 

Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 30, no. 1, 1996, p. 62-

78. 

Tate, C.M., and Heiny, J.S., 1995, The ordination of benthic invertebrate 

communities in the South Platte River Basin in relation to environmental 

factors: Freshwater Biology, vol. 33, no. 3, Denver, Colorado, p 439-454.
December 2003

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Trinity River Basin

Circulars:

Land, Larry F., Moring, J. Bruce, Van Metre, Peter C., Reutter, David C., Mahler, 

Barbara J., Shipp, Allison A., and Ulery, Randy L., 1998, Water quality 

in the Trinity River Basin, texas, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey 

Circular 1171, 39 p.

Fact Sheets:

Brown, Mariann F., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, 

Texas--Pesticides in a suburban watershed, Arlington, 1993-94: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet 159-95, 4 p. 

Ging, Patricia B., Pesticides and their breakdown products in Lake Waxahachie, 

Texas, and in finished drinking water from the lake: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 032-02, 2 p.

Land, L.F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--

Pesticides in urban and agricultural streams, 1993-95: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet FS-178-96, 2 p.

Land, Larry F., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, 

Texas--Data collection, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 090-

95, 2 p.

Moring, J. Bruce, 1996, Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban 

streams as assessed using semipermeable membrane devices, Dallas-Fort 

Worth metropolitan area, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 081-96, 

2 p.

Shipp, Allison A., 1995, Water-quality assessment in the Trinity River Basin, 

Texas--Pesticide occurrence in streams, winter and spring 1994: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet 160-95, 2 p.

Shipp, Allison A., 1995, Water-quality assessment in the Trinity River Basin, 

Texas, nutrients concentrations in streams winter and spring 1994: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet 231-95, 2 p. 

U.S. Geological Survey, 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--

Summary of pesticide data collected on East Fork Double Bayou, near 

Anahuac, Texas, March to September 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

140-95, 2 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--

Summary of pesticide data collected on Whites Bayou near Anahuac, Texas, 

March to September 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 141-95, p 2.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--

Summary of pesticide data collected on West Prong Old River near Dayton, 

Texas, March to September 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 142-95 

2 p.

Ulery, R.L., 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Pesticides in the 

Trinity River Basin Study Unit, Texas, 1968-91: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet 088-95, 2 p. 

Van Metre, P.C., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L., 1996, Water-quality trends using 

sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet FS-217-96, 4 p. (also listed under National Synthesis--WaterQuality Trends)
December 2003

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Open-File Reports:

Brown, M.F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas-

-Pesticides in a coastal prairie agricultural area, 1994-95: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-124, 6 p.

Land, L.F., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The Trinity River 

Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-158, 2 p.

Land, Larry F., 1996, Nutrients in two coastal prairie streams draining 

agricultural areas, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-

558, 4 p.

Land, L.F., and Shipp, A.A., 1996, Nutrients in streams draining an agricultural 

and an urban area, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-

322, 6 p.

Ruetter, David C., 1996, National water-quality assessment of the Trinity River 

Basin, Texas--Well and water-quality data from the outcrop of Woodbine 

aquifer in urban Tarrant County, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 96-413, 32 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Report:

Land, L.F., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--

Nutrients and pesticides in the watersheds of Richland and Chambers 

Creeks, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 97-4132, 23 p.

Land, L.F., and Brown, M.F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River 

Basin, Texas--Pesticides in streams draining an urban and an agricultural 

area, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 96-4114, 22 p.

Moring, J. Bruce, 1997, Occurrence and distribution of organochlorine compounds 

in biological tissue and bed sediment from streams in the Trinity River 

Basin, Texas, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4057, 19 p.

Ruetter, David C., and Dunn, David D., 2000, Water-quality assessment of the 

Trinity River Basin, Texas--Ground-water quality of the Trinity, CarrizoWilcox, and Gulf Coast Aquifers, February-August 1994: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4233, 56 p.

Ulery, R.L., and Brown, M.F., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity 

River Basin, Texas--Review and analysis of available pesticide 

information, 1968-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 94-4218, 88 p.

Van Metre, Peter C., and Reutter, David C., 1995, Water-quality assessment of 

the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Analysis of available information on 

nutrients and suspended sediments, 1974-91: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 94-4086, 71 p.

Articles and Papers:

Bradbury, J.P., and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, A land-use and water-quality history 

of White Rock Lake Reservoir, Dallas, Texas, based on a sediment core: 

Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 227-237. (also listed under 

National Synthesis--Water-Quality Trends)
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Moring, J.Bruce, and Rose, Donna R., 1997, Occurrence and concentrations of 

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in semipermeable membrane devices and 

clams in three urban streams of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, 

Texas: Chemosphere, vol. 34, no. 3, p. 551-566.

Ulery, Randy L., Van Metre, Peter C., and Crossfield, Allison S., 1993, Trinity 

River Basin Texas: Water Resources Bulletin July/August 1993, vol. 29, no. 

4, p. 685-711. (Reprinted 1993, U.S. Geological Survey’s National WaterQuality Assessment Program (NAWQA), American Water Resources Association 

Monograph Series No. 19.)

Van Metre, P.C.,and Callender, E., 1996, Identifying water-quality trends in the 

Trinity River, Texas, USA, 1969-1992, using sediment cores from Lake 

Livingston: Environmental Geology, vol. 28, no.4, p.190-200. (also listed 

under National Synthesis--Water-Quality Trends)

Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, E., 1997, Water-quality trends in White Rock 

Creek Basin from 1912-94 identified sediment cores from White Rock Lake 

reservoir, Dallas, Texas: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 239-249. 

(also listed under National Synthesis--Trace Elements)
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83

Upper Colorado River Basin

Circulars:

Spahr, Norman E., Apodaca, Lori E., Deacon, Jeffrey R., Bails, Jeffrey B., Bauch, 

Nancy J., Smith, Michelle, and Driver, Nancy E., 2001, Water quality in 

the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey 

Circular 1214, 33 p.

Fact Sheets:

Apodaca, Lori E., Stephens, Verlin C., and Driver, Nancy E., 1996, What affects 

water quality in the Upper Colorado River Basin? --U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet 109-96, 4 p.

Deacon, Jeffrey R., 1997. Biological and contaminant investigations, Upper 

Colorado river Basin-- What’s been done and how can the information be 

used? U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-032-97, 2 p.

Deacon, Jeffrey R., and Scott, Mize V., 1997, Effects of water quality and 

habitat on composition of fish communities in the Upper Colorado River 

Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 122-97, 6 p.

Spahr. Norman E., Driver, Nancy E., and Stephens, Verlin C., 1996, The Upper 

Colorado River National Water-Quality Assessment Program surface-watermonitoring network: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 191-96, 4 p.

Stephens, Verlin C., and Deacon, Jeffrey R., 1998, Distribution and 

concentrations of selected organochlorine pesticides and PCB’s in 

streambed sediment and whole-body fish in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 

1995-96: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-167-97, 6 p.

Wynn, Kirby H., 1999, Fish-community assessment in Gore Creek, Colorado, 1998: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 186-99, 6 p.

Wynn, Kirby H., and Spahr, Norman E., 1998, Low-flow water-quality 

characterization of the Gore Creek watershed, Upper colorado River Basin, 

colorado, August 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-160-97, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Bauch, Nancy J., and Apodaca, Lori E., 1995, Bibliography, indices, and data 

sources of water-related studies, Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado and 

Utah, 1872-1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-450, 282 p. 

Driver, N.E., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Upper Colorado 

River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-102, 2 p.

Mize, Scott V., and Deacon, Jeffrey R., 2001, Algal data from selected sites in 

the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, water years 1996-97: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-266, 61 p.

Spahr. Norman E., and Deacon, Jeffrey R., 1998, Water-quality characteristics 

of the Slate and East Rivers, Colorado, during the winter recreational 

season, December 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-279, 9 

p.

Wynn, Kirby H., and Spahr, Norman E., 1997, Nitrogen and phosphorus data for 

surface water in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1980-94: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-233, 14 p.
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Water-Resources Investigations Report

Apodaca, Lori E., 1998, Analysis of ground-water-quality data of the Upper 

Colorado River Basin, water years 1972-92: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4240, 31 p.

Apodaca, Lori E., 2000, Ground-water-quality assessment of selected wells in the 

Fraser River Watershed, Colorado, August 1998: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4243, 8 p.

Apodaca, Lori E., and Bails, Jeffrey B., 1999, Fraser River watershed, Colorado-

-Assessment of available water-quantity and water-quality data through 

water year 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 98-4255, 58 p.

Apodaca, Lori E., and Bails, Jeffrey B., 2000, Water quality in alluvial aquifers 

of the Southern Rocky Mountains physiographic province, Upper Colorado 

river Basin, Colorado, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4222, 68 p.

Apodaca, Lori E., Driver, Nancy E., Stephens, Verlin C., and Spahr, Norman E., 

1996, Environmental setting and implications on water quality, Upper 

Colorado River Basin, Colorado and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 95-4263, 33 p. 

Bauch, Nancy J., and Malick, Matt, 2003, Limnology of Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, 

and Crystal Reservoirs, Curecanti National Recreation Area, during 1999, 

and a 25-year retrospective of nutrient conditions in Blue Mesa Reservoir, 

Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

02-4199, 101 p.

Bauch, Nancy J., and Spahr, Norman E., 2000, Pesticides in surface waters of the 

Upper colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4005, 46 p.

Deacon, Jeffrey R., Mize, Scott V., Spahr, Norman E., 1999, Characterization of 

selected biological, chemical, and physical conditions at fixed sites in 

the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4181, 71 p.

Deacon, Jeffrey R., and Spahr. Norman E., 1998, Water-quality and biological 

community characterization at selected sites on the Eagle River, Colorado, 

September 1997 and February 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 98-4236, 8 p. 

Deacon, Jeffrey R., and Stephens, Verlin C., 1996, Summary of biological and 

contaminant investigations related to stream water quality and 

environmental setting in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1938-95: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4172, 37 p. 

Greve, Adrienne I., Spahr, Norman E., Van Metre, Peter C., and Wilson, Jennifer 

T., 2001, Identification of water-quality trends using sediment cores from 

Dillon Reservoir, Summit County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 01-4022, 33 p.

Gurdak, Jason, J., Greve, Adrienne I., and Spahr, Norman E., 2002, Water-quality 

data analysis of the Upper Gunnison River Watershed, Colorado, 1989-99: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4001, 61 

p.

Gurdak, Jason, J., Spahr, Norman E., and Szmajter, Richard J., 2002, Traveltime 

characteristics of Gore Creek and Black Gore Creek, Upper Colorado River 

Basin, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 02-4037, 14 p.
December 2003

85

Mize, Scott V., and Deacon, Jeffrey R., 2002, Relations of benthic 

macroinvertebrates to concentrations of trace elements in water, streambed 

sediment, and transplanted bryophytes and stream habitat conditions in 

nonmining and mining areas of the upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 

1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-

4139, 54 p.

Spahr. Norman E., and Boulger, Robert W., 1997, Interim results of qualitycontrol sampling of surface water for the Upper Colorado River National 

Water-Quality study unit, water years 1995-96: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4227, 34 p.

Spahr. Norman E., Boulger, Robert W., and Szmajter, Richard J., 2000, Water 

quality at basic fixed sites in the Upper Colorado River Basin National 

Water-Quality Assessment Study Unit, October 1995-September 1998: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4223, 63 p.

Spahr. Norman E., and Stephens, Verlin C., 1998, Trace elements in streambed 

sediment and fish liver at selected sites in the Upper Colorado River 

Basin, Colorado, 1995-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 98-4124, 19 p.

Articles and Papers:

Apodaca, Lori E., Bails, Jeffrey B., and Smith, C. Michelle, 2002, Water quality 

in shallow alluvial aquifers, Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1997: 

Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 38, no. 1, p. 

133-149.

Apodaca, L.E., Driver, N.E., and Bails, J.B., 2000, Occurrence, transport, and 

fate of trace elements in the Blue River Basin, Summit County, Colorado: 

An integrated approach: Environmental Geology vol. 39, no. 8, June 2000, 

p. 901-913.

Bauch, Nancy J., and Spahr, Norman E., 1998, Salinity trends in surface waters 

of the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado: Journal of Environmental 

Quality, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 640-655.

Deacon, J.R., and Driver, N.E., 1999, Distribution of trace elements in 

streambed sediment associated with mining activities in the Upper Colorado 

River Basin, Colorado, USA, 1995-96: Archives of Environmental 

Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 37, p. 7-18.

Spahr. N.E., and Wynn, K.H., 1997, Nitrogen and phosphorus in surface waters of 

the Upper Colorado River Basin: Journal of the American Water Resources 

Association, vol. 33, no. 3, p. 547-560.
December 2003

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Upper Mississippi River Basin

Circulars:

Stark, J.R., Hanson, P.E., Goldstein, R.M., Fallon, J.D., Fong, A.L., Lee, K.E., 

Kroening, S.E., and Andrews, W.J., 2001, Water quality in the Upper 

Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, and 

North Dakota, 1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1211, 35 p.

Fact Sheets:

Andrews, William J., 1996, Few volatile organic compounds detected in rivers and 

ground water in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and 

Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 95-96, 2 p.

Fallon, James D., 2000, Pesticides in streams in part of the Upper Mississippi 

River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1974-94: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet 066-00, 4 p.

Hanson, Paul E., 1998, Pesticides and nitrates in surficial sand and gravel 

aquifers as related to modeled contamination susceptibility in part of the 

Upper Mississippi River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 107-

98, 4 p.

Hanson, Paul E., 2000, The relation of fish community composition to riparian 

cover and runoff potential in the Minnesota River Basin, Minnesota and 

Iowa, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-105-00, 4 p.

Kroening, Sharon, 1998, Nutrient sources within the Upper Mississippi River 

Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1991-93: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

121-98, 4 p.

Kroening, Sharon, and Stark, James, 1997, Variability of nutrients in streams 

in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-164-97, 4 p.

Stark, James, 1997, Causes of variations in water quality and aquatic ecology 

in rivers of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 96-249, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Stark, James, 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The Upper 

Mississippi River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-101, 

2 p.

Stark, J.R., and Amos, G.L., 1996, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper 

Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Compilation of related 

literature: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-579, 286 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Andrews, William J., Fallon, James D., Kroening, Sharon E., Lee, Kathy E., and 

Stark, James R.,1996, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper 

Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Review of selected 

literature: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

96-4149, 21 p.
December 2003

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Andrews, William J., Fallon, James D., and Kroening, Sharon E., 1995, Waterquality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota 

and Wisconsin--Volatile organic compounds in surface and ground water, 

1978-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-

4216, 39 p. 

Andrews, William J., Fong, Alison L., Harrod, Leigh, and Dittes, Michael E., 

1998, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River 

Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground water quality in an urban part of 

the twin cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4248, 54 p.

Fallon, James D., and McNellis, Ryan P., 2000, Nutrients and suspended sediment 

in snowmelt runoff from part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, 

Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 00-4165, 23 p.

Fallon, James D., Fong, Alison L., and Andrews, William J., 1997, Water-quality 

assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and 

Wisconsin--Pesticides in streams, bed sediment, and ground water, 1974-

94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4141, 

53 p.

Fong, Alison L.,2000, 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: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 00-4131, 37 p.

Fong, Alison L., Andrews, William J., and Stark, James R., 1998, Water-quality 

assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and 

Wisconsin--Ground-water quality in the Prarie du Chien-Jordan aquifer, 

1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-

4248, 45 p.

Goldstein, Robert M., Lee, Kathy, Talmage Philip, Stauffer, Joseph C., and 

Anderson, Jesse P., 1999, Relation of fish community composition to 

environmental factors and land use in part of the Upper Mississippi River 

Basin, 1995-97: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 99-4034, 32 p.

Kroening, Sharon E., and Andrews, William J., 1997, Water-quality assessment of 

part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--

Nitrogen and phosphorus in streams, streambed sediment, and ground water, 

1971-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-

4107, 61 p.

Kroening, Sharon E., Fallon, James D., and Lee, Kathy E., 2000, Water-quality 

assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and 

Wisconsin--Trace elements in streambed sediment and fish livers, 1995-96: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4031, 26 

p.

Kroening, S.E., Lee, K.E., and Goldstein, R.M., 2003, Water-quality assessment 

of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin study unit, Minnesota and 

Wisconsin--Nutrients, chlorophyll a, phytoplankton, and suspended 

sediment in streams, 1996-98, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4287, 34 p.

Lee, Kathy E., and Anderson, Jesse P., 1998, Water quality assessment of the 

Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Polychlorinated 

biphenyls in Common Carp and Walleye Fillets, 1975-95: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4126, 27 p.
December 2003

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McNellis, R.P., Fallon, J.D., and Lee, K.E., 2001,Water-quality assessment of 

part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--

Organochlorine compounds in streambed sediment and fish tissues, 1995-97: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4213, 10 

p.

Ruhl, James F., Fong, Alison L., Hanson, Paul E., and Andrews, William J., 2000, 

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: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 00-4107, 33 p.

Stark, James R., Andrews, William J., Fallon, James D., Fong, Alison L., 

Goldstein, Robert M., Hanson, Paul E., Kroening, Sharon E., and Lee, Kathy 

E., 1996, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River 

Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Environmental setting and study design: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4098, 62 

p.

Stark, James R., Fallon, James D., Fong, Alison L., Goldstein, Robert M., Hanson, 

Paul E., Kroening, Sharon E., and Lee, Kathy E., 1999, Water-quality 

assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and 

Wisconsin--Design and implementation of water-quality studies, 1995-98: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4135, 85 

p.

Talmage, Philip J., Lee, Kathy E., Goldstein, Robert M., Anderson, Jesse P., and 

Fallon, James D., 1999, Water quality, physical habitat, and fish 

community composition in streams in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, 

Minnesota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

99-4247, 18 p.

ZumBerge, Jeremy R., Lee, Kathy E., and Goldstein, Robert M., 2003, Relation of 

periphyton and benthic invertebrate communities to environmental factors 

and land use at selected sites in part of the Upper Mississippi River 

Basin, 1996-98, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 03-4121, 41 p.

ZumBerge, J.R., Perry, J.A., and Lee, K.E., 2003, Influence of local riparian 

cover and watershed runoff potential on invertebrate communities in 

agricultural streams in the Minnesota River Basin, U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4068, 13 p.

Articles and Papers:

Anderson, Jesse Paul, 1997, A comparison of temporal trends in ambient and 

compliance trace element and PCB data in Pool 2 of the Mississippi River, 

1985-95: University of Minnesota, Master of Science Thesis, 77 p.

Anderson, Jesse, and Perry, Jim, 1999, Comparison of temporal trends in ambient 

and compliance trace element and PCB data in Pool 2 of the Mississippi 

River, 1985-95: Environmental Management vol. 24, no. 4, p. 497-507.

Andrews, W.J., Trotta, L.C., and Schoenburg, M.E., 1995, Water-level declines 

from 1980-90 in major aquifers in the Twin Cities Area: Proceedings of the 

31st Annual Conference and Symposia of the American Water Resources 

Association, Houston, TX, November 5-9, 1995, p 63-72.

Kroening, Sharon E., 1996, Nitrogen and phosphorus in streams in part of the 

Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1984-93 in 

Maxwell, W.H.C., Preul, H.C., and Stout, G.E., eds., Proceedings of the 

Rivertech96 1st International Conference on New/Emerging concepts for 

Rivers, Chicago, IL, September 22-26, 1996, p. 37-44.
December 2003

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Lee, Kathy E., 1998,U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Assessment 

in the Upper Mississippi River Basin: MinneGram, Water Resources Center, 

University of Minnesota, March 1998, p. 4.

Stark, J.R., Andrews, W.J., Fallon, J.D., and Kroening, S.E., 1996, Volatile 

organic compounds in surface water and ground water in parts of the Upper 

Mississippi River Basin, 1978-94 in American Institute of Hydrology, 

Hydrology and Hydrology of Urban and Urbanizing Areas Conference, Boston, 

Massachusetts, April 21-24, 1996, p.WQE26-WQE35.

Stauffer, J.C, Goldstein, R M., and Newman, R.M., 2000, Relationship of wooded 

riparian zones and runoff potential to fish community composition in 

agricultural streams: Canadian Journal Fish. Aqaut.Science, vol. 57, p. 

307-316.

Talmage, Philip John, 2000, Relation of instream habitat and physical conditions 

to fish communities of agricultural streams in the northern Midwest: 

University of Minnesota, Master of Science Thesis, 38 p.

ZumBerge, Jeremy Ryan, 1999, Influence of local riparian cover and basin runoff 

potential on invertebrate communities in the Minnesota River Basin: 

University of Minnesota, Master of Science Thesis, 44 p.
December 2003

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Yellowstone River Basin

Fact Sheets:

Miller, Kirk, and Quinn, Tom, 1997, National Water-Quality Assessment Program-

-Yellowstone River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 149-97, 4 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Clark, Melanie L., and Gamper, Merry E., 2003, A synoptic study of fecalindicator bacteria in the Wind River, Bighorn River, and Goose Creek 

Basins, Wyoming, June-July 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 03-4055, 43 p.

Peterson, David A., and Boughton, Gregory K., 2000, Organic compounds and trace 

elements in fish tissue and bed sediment from streams in the Yellowstone 

River Basin, Montana and Wyoming, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 00-4190, 39 p.

Peterson, David A., Porter, Stephen D., and Kinsey, S.M., 2001, Chemical and 

biological indicators of nutrient enrichment in the Yellowstone River 

Basin, Montana and Wyoming, August 2000: Study design and preliminary 

results: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-

4238, 6 p.

Peterson, David A., and Zelt, Ronald B., 1999, Element concentrations in bed 

sediment of the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana, North Dakota, and 

Wyoming--A retrospective analysis: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4185, 23 p.

Zelt, Ronald B., Boughton, Greg K., Miller, Kirk A., Mason, Jon P., and Gianakos, 

Laura M., 1999, Environmental setting of the Yellowstone River Basin, 

Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 98-4269, 112 p.

Articles and Papers:

Peterson, David A., and Porter, Stephen D., 2002, Biological and chemical 

indicators of eutrophication in the Yellowstone River and major 

tributaries during August 2000: Reprint from Proceedings, 2002 National 

Monitoring Conference, National Water-Quality Monitoring Council, 13 p.
December 2003

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WESTERN REGION STUDY UNITS

Carson River Basin

Open-File Reports:

Welch, A.H., and Plume, R.W., 1987, Water-quality assessment of the Carson River 

ground-water basin, Nevada and California: Project Description: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-104, 27 p.

Welch, A.H., Plume, R.W., Frick, E.A., and Hughes, J.L., 1989, Ground-waterquality assessment of the Carson River Basin, Nevada and California: 

Analysis of available water-quality data through 1987: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 89-382, 115 p.

Articles and Papers:

Thomas, J.T., Welch, A.H., Lico, Michael S., Hughes, Jennifer L., and Whitney, 

Rita, 1993, Radionuclides in ground water of the Carson River Basin, 

western Nevada and eastern California, USA: Applied Geochemistry, vol. 8, 

p. 447-471.
December 2003

92

Central Arizona Basins

Circulars:

Cordy, Gail E., Gellenbeck, D.J., Gebler, Joseph B., Anning, David W., Coes, 

Alissa L., Edmonds, R.J., Rees, Julie A.H., and Sanger, H.W., 2001, Water 

quality in Central Arizona Basins, Arizona, 1995-98: U.S. Geological 

Survey Circular 1213, 38 p.

Fact Sheets:

Coes, Alissa, Gellenbeck, Dorinda, and Towne, Doug, 1997, Collection and 

analysis of ground-water samples in the Sierra vista Basin, Arizona, 1996: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-107-97, 2 p.

Cordy, Gail E., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Central Arizona 

Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 94-016, 2 p.

Cordy, Gail E., and Bouwer, Herman, 1999, Where do the salts go? The potential 

effects and management of salt accumulation in south-central Arizona: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet 98-170, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Beaulieu, K.M., Capesius, J.P., and Gebler, J.B., 2000, Physical-habitat and 

geomorphic data for selected river reaches in Central Arizona Basins, 

1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-90, 197 p.

Rees, Julie A.H., 1999, Converting contour-line data into data sets for a 

multilayered aquifer using a geographic information system: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-54, 29 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Coes, Alissa L., Gellenbeck, D.J., and Towne, Douglas C., 1999, Ground-water 

quality in the Sierra Vista subbasin, Arizona, 1996-97: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4056, 50 p.

Coes, Alissa L., Gellenbeck, D.J., Towne, Douglas C., Freark Maureen C., 2000, 

Ground-water quality in the upper Santa Cruz Basin, Arizona,1998: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4117, 55 p.

Cordy, Gail E., Rees, J.A., Edmonds, R.J., Gebler, J.B., Wirt, Laurie, 

Gellenbeck, D.J., and Anning, D.W., 1998, Water-quality assessment of the 

Central Arizona Basins, Arizona and Northern Mexico--Environmental 

setting and overview of water quality: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 98-4097, 72 p.

Gebler, Joseph B., 1999, Water quality of selected effluent-dependent stream 

reaches in southern Arizona as indicated by concentrations of periphytic 

chlorophyll a and aquatic-invertebrate communities: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4199, 12 p.

Gebler, Joseph B., 2000, Organochlorine compounds in streambed sediment and in 

biological tissue from streams and their relations to land use, central 

Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-

4041, 21 p.
December 2003

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Gellenbeck. D.J., and Coes, Alissa L., 1999, Ground-water quality in alluvial 

basins that have minimal urban development, South-Central Arizona: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4005, 27 p.

Articles and Papers:

Cordy, Gail E., 1996, NAWQA and AZ Water Quality: Arizona Water Resources, vol. 

5, no. 1, p. 9.

Cordy, Gail E., 1994, NAWQA--The U.S. Geological Survey’s Water-Quality 

Assessment Program in Arizona in Approaching the Millennium--Evolving 

Perspectives in Water Resources: Proceedings of the Arizona Hydrological 

Society Seventh Annual Symposium, Scottsdale, Arizona, September 22-23, 

1994, p. 255-258.

Cordy, Gail E., 1994, NAWQA--The U.S. Geological Survey’s Water-Quality 

Assessment Program in Arizona in National and Regional Initiatives: 

Impacts on Arizona’s Water Quality--Proceedings of the Arizona Section, 

American Water Resources Association Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, October 

28, 1994, 4 p.

Westerhoff, P., and Anning, D., 2000, Concentrations and characteristics of 

organic carbon in surface water in Arizona: Influence of urbanization: 

Journal of Hydrology 236, p. 202-222.

Posters:

Wirt, Laurie, and Gebler, Joseph B., 1996, Aquatic biology and water-quality of 

effluent-dominated reaches of the Santa Cruz River in Moving Beyond 

Pollical Boundaries: Water-Resource Investigations in the Upper Santa Cruz 

Basin: Arizona Hydrological Society and Bureau of Reclamation Conference, 

May 31- June 1, 1996, poster.
December 2003

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Central Columbia Plateau

Circulars:

Williamson, Alex K., Munn, Mark D., Ryker Sarah J., Wagner, Richard J., Ebbert, 

James C., and Vanderpool, Ann M., 1998, Water quality in the Central 

Columbia Plateau, Washington and Idaho, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey 

Circular 1144, 35 p.

Fact Sheets:

Gruber, S.J., and Munn, M.D., 1996, Organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in 

aquatic ecosystems of the Central Columbia Plateau: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet 170-96, 4 p.

Roberts, Lonna M., and Wagner, Richard J., 1996, Pesticides and volatile organic 

compounds in ground and surface water of the Palouse subunit, Washington 

and Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 204-96, 2 p.

Kim, Moon H., and Ebbert, James C., 1997, Irrigation and surface-water quality 

in the Quincy and Pasco Basins, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet 080-97, 2 p.

Roberts, L.M., and Jones, J.L., 1996, Agricultural pesticides found in ground 

water of the Quincy and Pasco Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

240-95 (revised), 2 p. 

Roberts, Lonna M., and Jones, Joseph L., 1996, Pesticides found in ground water 

below orchards in the Quincy and Pasco Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet 171-96, 4 p.

Roberts, Lonna M., and Wagner, Richard J., 1996, Pesticides and volatile organic 

compounds in ground and surface water of the Palouse subunit, Washington 

and Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 204-96, 2 p.

Ryker, Sarah J., and Williamson, Alex K., 1996, Pesticides in public supply wells 

of the Central Columbia Plateau: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 205-

96, 4 p.

Wagner, R.J., Ebbert, J.C., and Roberts, L.M., 1996, Are agricultural pesticides 

in surface waters of the Central Columbia Plateau? --U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 241-95 (revised), 4 p. 

Open-File Reports:

Bortleson, G.C., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Mid-Columbia 

River Basin, Washington and Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

91-164, 2 p.

Ryker, Sarah J., and Jones, Joseph L., 1995, Nitrate concentrations in ground 

water of the Central Columbia Plateau: U.S. Geological Survey Open File 

Report 95-445, 4 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Greene, Karen E., Ebbert, James C., and Munn, Mark D., 1994, Nutrients, suspended 

sediment, and pesticides in streams and irrigation systems in the Central 

Columbia Plateau in Washington and Idaho, 1959-1991: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4215, 125 p.
December 2003

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Greene, Karen E., Munn, Mark D., Ebbert, James C., 1997, Nutrients, benthic 

algae, and stream quality during low streamflow in the Palouse River 

Basin, Washington and Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4078, 38 p.

Jones, Joseph L., and Roberts, Lonna, M., 1998, Shallow ground-water quality 

beneath row crops and orchards in the Columbia Basin irrigation project 

area, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 97-4238, 29 p.

Jones, Joseph L., and Wagner, Richard J., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the 

Central Columbia Plateau in Washington and Idaho--Analysis of available 

nutrient and pesticide data for ground water, 1942-92: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4258, 119 p.

Wagner, Richard J., and Roberts, Lonna, M., 1998, Pesticides and volatile 

organic compounds in surface and ground water of the Palouse subunit, 

Central Columbia Plateau, Washington and Idaho, 1993-95: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4285, 53 p.

Wagner, Richard J., Ebbert, James C., Roberts, Lonna M., and Ryker, Sarah J., 

1996, Agricultural pesticide applications and observed concentrations in 

surface waters from four drainage basins in the Central Columbia Plateau, 

Washington and Idaho, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 95-4285, 52 p.

Articles and Papers:

Gruber, S.J., and Munn, M.D., 1998, Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides 

in agricultural waters and cholinesterase (ChE) inhibition in Common Carp 

(Cyprinus carpio): Archives of Environmental Contamination and 

Toxicology, vol. 35, p. 391-396.

Ebbert, James C., and Kim, Moon H., 1998, Relation between irrigation method, 

sediment yields, and losses of pesticides and nitrogen: Journal of 

Environmental Quality, vol. 27, no. 2, p. 372-380.

Jones, Joseph L., and Roberts, Lonna M., 1999, The relative merits of monitoring 

and domestic wells for ground water quality investigations: Ground Water 

Monitoring & Remediation, vol. 19, no. 3, p. 138-144.

Munn, Mark D., Black, Robert W., and Gruber, Steven J., 2002, Response of benthic 

algae to environmental gradients in an agriculturally dominated landscape: 

Journal of North American Benthological Society, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 221-

237.

Munn, Mark D., and Gruber, Steve J., 1997, The relationship between land use and 

organochlorine compounds in streambed sediment and fish in the central 

Columbia Plateau, Washington and Idaho, USA: Environmental Toxicology and 

Chemistry, vol. 16, no. 9, p. 1877-1887.

NAWQA-CCPT Related Publications:

Reports published by U.S. Geological Survey using NAWQA data for 

objectives beyond the scope of the NAWQA Program.

Ryker, Sarah J., and Williamson, Alex K., 1996, Pesticides in public supply wells 

of Washington State: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 122-96, prepared 

in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Health, 2 p. (also 

listed under NAWQA Related Reports)

Other:

Block, Elizabeth, 1993, Aquatic biota within the Central Columbia Plateau NAWQA 

Study Unit: A review of existing information: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Moses Lake, WA, 92 p. (prepared for USGS NAWQA CCPT)
December 2003

96

Cook Inlet Basin

Fact Sheets:

Frenzel, Steven A., 1997, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Cook Inlet 

Basin, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-153-97, 4 p.

Glass, Roy L., 2002, Ground-water age and its water-management implications, 

Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 022-02, 4 p.

Glass, Roy L., and Frenzel, Steven A., 2002,Distribution of arsenic in water and 

streambed sediments, Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-083-01, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Dorava, Joseph M., and Ness.Lee, 1999, Physical, chemical, and biological data 

for two sites on the upper Kenai River, Alaska, 1998: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 99-258, 29 p. 

http://ak.water.usgs.gov/Publications/pdf.resp/ofr99.258.pdf

Frenzel, Steven A., and Dorava, Joseph M., 1999, Water-quality data for the 

Talkeetna River and four streams in National Parks, Cook Inlet Basin: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-459, 58 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Brabets, Timothy P., Nelson, Gordon L., Dorava, Joseph M., and Milner, Alexander 

M., 1999, Water-quality assessment of the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska--

Environmental setting: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4025, 65 p.

Frenzel, Steven A., 2000, Selected organic compounds and trace elements in 

streambed sediments and fish tissues, Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4004, 39 p.

Frenzel, Steven A., 2002, Priority-pollutant trace elements in streambed 

sediments of the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska, 1998-2000: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4163, 12 p.

Glass, Roy L., 1999, Water-quality assessment of the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska-

-Summary of data through 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4116, 110 p.

Glass, Roy L., Ground-water quality in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska, 1999: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4208, 58 p.

Kyle, Rebecca E., and Brabets, Timothy P., 2001, Water temperature of streams 

in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska and implications of climate change: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4109, 24 p.

Ourso, Robert T., 2001, Effect of urbanization on benthic macroinvertebrate 

communities in streams, Anchorage, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 01-4278, 38 p.(http://water.usgs.gov/

pubs/wri/wri014278/pdf/WRIR01_4278.pdf)

Articles and Papers:

Dorava, Joseph M., and Milner, Alexander M., 2001, Role of lake regulation on 

glacier-fed rivers in enhancing salmon productivity: the Cook Inlet 

watershed, south-central Alaska, USA: Hydrological Processes, vol. 14, p. 

3149-3159.
December 2003

97

Frenzel, Steven A., and Couvillion, Charles S., 2002, Fecal-indicator bacteria 

in streams along a gradient of residential development: Journal of the 

American Water Resources Association, vol. 38, no. 1, p. 265-273.

Huckins, J.N., Petty, J.D., Cranor, W.L., and Clark, R.C., 2001, Evaluation of 

contaminant exposure and the potential impacts on aquatic habitat quality 

in the Anchorage area of the Cook Inlet Basin: U. S. Geological Survey, 

Biological Resources Division Web report, 51 p., 

http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/center/pdfdocs/cook_inlet.pdf

Markon, Carl J., 2003, A Temporal Study of Urban Development of the Municipality 

of Anchorage, Alaska: Geocarto International, v. 18, no. 3, p. 21-33.

Whitman, Matthew Scott, 2002, A protocol for assessing the impacts of 

urbanization on Coho salmon with application to Chester Creek, Anchorage, 

Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Master of Science Thesis, 79 p.

Whitman, Matthew S., Moran, Edward H., and Ourso, Robert T., 2003, Photographic 

techniques for characterizing streambed particle sizes: Transactions of 

the American Fisheries Society, v. 132, no. 3, p. 605-610.
December 2003

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Great Salt Lake Basins

Fact Sheets:

Giddings, Elise, 2000, Water-quality and macroinvertebrate communities of 

Emigration and Red Butte Creeks, Salt Lake County, Utah: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet FS-161-00, 6 p. 

Naftz, David L., Stephens, Doyle W., Callender, Edward, and Van Metre, Peter C., 

2000, Reconstructing historical changes in the environmental health of 

watersheds by using sediment cores from lakes and reservoirs in Salt Lake 

Valley, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-164-00, 6 p.(also 

listed under Trace Element Synthesis)

Thiros, S.A., 2000, Quality of shallow ground water in areas of recent 

residential and commercial development in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, 1999: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 106-00, 6 p.

Waddell, Kidd M., and Baskin, Robert L., 1994, Great Salt Lake Basins Study Unit: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 94-046, 2 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Great 

Salt Lake Basins study unit: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-132-99, 

4 p. 

Open-File Reports:

Hadley, Heidi K., 2001, Nutrient, suspended-sediment, and total suspended-solids 

data for surface water in the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and 

Wyoming, 1980-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-43, 29 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Baskin, Robert L., Waddell, Kidd M., Thiros, Susan A., Giddings, Elise M., 

Hadley, Heidi K., Stephens, Doyle W., and Gerner, Steven J., 2002, Waterquality assessment of the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Wyoming, and 

Idaho--Environmental setting and study design: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4115, 47 p.

Giddings, Elise M., Hornberger, Michelle I., and Hadley, Heidi K., 2001, Tracemetal concentrations in sediment and water and health of aquatic 

macroinvertebrate communities of streams near Park City, Summit County, 

Utah:U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-

4213, 22 p.

Giddings, Elise M., and Stephens, Doyle, 1999, Selected aquatic biological 

investigations in the Great Salt Lake Basins, 1875-1998, National WaterQuality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4132, 42 p.

Thiros, S.A., 2000, Analysis of nitrate and volatile organic compound data for 

ground water in the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, 1980-

98, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4043, 20 p.

Thiros, Susan A., 2003, Hydrogeology of Shallow Basin-Fill Deposits in Areas of 

Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 03-4029, 24 p.
December 2003

99

Thiros, Susan A., 2003, Quality and Sources of Shallow Ground Water in Areas of 

Recent Residential Development in Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, 

Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-

4028, 74 p.

Articles and Papers:

U.S. Geological Survey, 1997, NAWQA News--National Water-Quality Assessment 

Great Salt Lake Basins: U.S. Geological Survey NAWQA Great Salt Lake 

Basins Study Unit, vol. 1, Spring/Summer 1997, 4 p.
December 2003

100

Nevada Basin and Range

Circulars:

Bevans, Hugh E., Lico, Michael S., and Lawrence, Stephen J., 1998, Water quality 

in the Las Vegas Valley area and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, 

Nevada and California, 1992-96: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1170, 47 

p.

Fact Sheets:

Adams, Patricia A., Moses, Charles W., Bevans, Hugh E., Monitoring for 

pesticides in ground water in Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

FS-139-97, 2 p.

Boughton, Carol J., and Lico, Michael S., 1998, Volatile organic compounds in 

Lake Tahoe, Nevada and California, July-September 1997: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet FS-055-98, 2 p. (reprinted with revisions Oct. 1998)

Kilroy, Kathryn C., and Watkins, Sharon A., 1997, Pesticides in surface water, 

bottom sediment, crayfish, and shallow ground water in Las Vegas Valley 

area, Carson River Basin, and Truckee River Basin, Nevada and California, 

1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-075-97, 6 p.

Open-File Reports:

Bevans, H.E., and Kilroy, K.C., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program-

-Nevada Basin and Range: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-154, 

2 p.

Covay, Kenneth J., and Bevans, Hugh E., 1997, Data on ground-water quality RenoSparks area, Nevada, 1994 and 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 97-222, 1 plate.

Lawrence, Stephen J., and Pennington, Nyle, 1998, Physical and geomorphological 

measurements for selected river segments in the Carson and Truckee River 

Basins, Nevada and California, 1993-96: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 97-764, 135 p.

Lawrence, S.J., and Seiler, R.L., 2002, Physical data and biological data for 

algae, aquatic invertebrates, and fish from selected reaches on the Carson 

and Truckee Rivers, Nevada and California, 1993-97: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 02-012, available on the World Wide Web only. (http://

water.usgs.gov/pubs/of/ofr02-012/)

Neal, Edward G., and Schuster Paul F., 1996, Data on quality of shallow ground 

water, Las Vegas urban area, Nevada, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 96-552, 1 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Report:

Bevans, Hugh E., Goodbred, Steven L., Miesner, John F., Watkins, Sharon A., 

Gross, Timothy S., Denslow, Nancy D., 1996, Synthetic organic compounds 

and carp endocrinology and histology in Las Vegas Wash and Las Vegas and 

Callville Bays of Lake Mead, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 96-4266, 12 p.

Covay, Kenneth J., Banks, Juliana M., Bevans, Hugh E., and Watkins, Sharon A., 

1996, Environmental and hydrologic settings of the Las Vegas Valley area 

and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4087, 72 p.
December 2003

101

Kilroy, Kathryn C., Lawrence, Stephen J., Lico, Michael S., Bevans, Hugh E., and 

Watkins, Sharon A., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Las Vegas Valley 

area and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California--

Nutrients, pesticides, and suspended sediment, October 1969-April 1990: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4106, 144 

p.

Lawrence, Stephen J., 1998, Trace-element enrichment in streambed sediment and 

crayfish, Carson and Truckee Rivers, Nevada and California, September 

1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-

4258, 16 p.

Lico, Michael S., 1998, Quality of ground water beneath urban and agricultural 

lands in Las Vegas Valley and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada-

-Implications for water supply: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4259, 24 p.

Lico, Michael S., and Pennington, R. Nyle, 1997, Concentrations, loads, and 

yields of potentially toxic constituents in irrigation-drain systems, 

Newlands Project area, Carson Desert, Nevada, November 1994 - October 

1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-

4034, 58 p.

Rosen, Michael R., 2003 Trends in nitrate and dissolved-solids concentrations 

in ground water, Carson Valley, Douglas County, Nevada, 1985-2001: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4152, 6 p.

Articles and Papers:

Welch, Alan H., and Lico, Michael S., 1998, Factors controlling As and U in 

shallow ground water, southern Carson Desert, Nevada: Applied 

Geochemistry, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 521-539.

World-Wide Web Reports:

Reddy, Michael M., Schuster, Paul F., Gunther, Charmaine, Charlton, Scott, and 

Aiken, George, 1996, Summary Of chemical data from onsite and laboratory 

analyses of ground-water samples from the surficial aquifer, Las Vegas 

Nevada, April and August 1993 and September 1994: U.S. Geological Survey 

World-Wide Web URL http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/SW_corrosion/

index.html
December 2003

102

Oahu

Fact Sheets:

Anthony, Stephen S., 1998, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Island of 

Oahu, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-006-98, 4 p.

Brasher, Anne M., and Anthony, Stephen S., 2000, Occurrence of organochlorine 

pesticides in bed sediment and fish tissue from selected streams on the 

island of Oahu, Hawaii, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 140-

00, 6 p.

Articles and Papers:

De Carlo, Eric Heinen, and Anthony Stephen S., 2002, Spatial and temporal 

variability of trace element concentrations in an urban subtropical 

watershed, Honolulu, Hawaii: Applied Geochemistry, vol. 17, p. 475-492.
December 2003

103

Puget Sound Basin

Circulars:

Ebbert, James C., Embrey, Sandra S., Black, Robert W., Tesoriero, Anthony J., 

and Haggland, Alan L., 2000, Water quality in the Puget Sound Basin, 

Washington and British Columbia, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 

1216, 31 p.

Fact Sheets:

Bortleson, Gilbert C., 1997, Pesticides in selected small streams in the Puget 

Sound Basin, 1987-1995: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 067-97, 4 p.

Erwin, M.L., Tesoriero, A.J., 1997, Predicting ground-water vulnerability to 

nitrate in the Puget Sound Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 061-

97, 4 p.

Inkpen, E.L., and Embrey, S.S., 1998, Nutrient transport in the major rivers and 

streams of the Puget Sound Basin, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet 009-98, 4 p.

MacCoy, Dorene E., and Black, Robert W., 1998, Organic compounds and trace 

elements in freshwater streambed sediment and fish from the Puget Sound 

Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 105-98, 6 p.

Voss, Frank D., Enbrey, Sandra S., Ebbert, James C., 1999, Pesticides detected 

in urban streams during rainstorms and relations to retail sales of 

pesticides in King County, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

097-99, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Staubitz, W.W., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Puget Sound 

Basin, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-108, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Black, Robert W., and Silkey, Mariabeth, 1998, Water-quality assessment of the 

Puget Sound Basin, Washington, summary of stream biological data through 

1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-

4164, 78 p.

Bortleson, G.C., and Ebbert, J.C., 2000, Occurrence of pesticides in streams and 

ground water in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington, and British Columbia, 

1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-

4118,14 p.

Embrey, S.S., and Frans, L.M., 2003, Surface-water quality of the Skokomish, 

Nooksack, and Green-Duwamish Rivers and Thornton Creek, Puget Sound Basin, 

Washington, 1995-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4190, 192 p.

Embrey, S.S., and Inkpen, E.L., 1998, Water-quality assessment of the Puget 

Sound Basin, Washington, nutrient transport in rivers, 1980-93: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4270,30 p.
December 2003

104

Inkpen, Emily L., Tesoriero, Anthony J., Ebbert, James C., Silva, Steven R., and 

Sandstrom, Mark W., 2000, Ground-water quality in regional, agricultural, 

and urban settings in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington and British 

Columbia, 1996-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 00-4100, 66 p.

Munn, M.D., Black, R.W., Haggland, A.L., Hummling, M.A., and Huffman, R.L., 

1999, An assessment of stream habitat and nutrients in the Elwha River 

Basin: Implications for restoration: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 98-4223, 38 p.

Staubitz, Ward W., Bortleson, Gilbert C., Semans, Sheila D., Tesoriero, Anthony 

J. and Black, Robert W., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Puget Sound 

Basin, Washington, environmental setting and its implications for water 

quality and aquatic biota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4013, 76 p.

Voss, Frank D., and Enbrey, Sandra S., Ebbert, 2000, Pesticides detected in urban 

streams during rainstorms in King and Snohomish Counties, Washington, 

1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-

4098, 22 p.

Articles and Papers:

Black, Robert W., Haggland, Alan L., Voss, Frank V., 2000, Predicting the 

probability of detecting organochlorines pesticides and polychlorinated 

biphenyls in stream systems on the basis of land use in the Pacific 

northwest, USA: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 19, no. 4, 

p.1044-1054.

Embrey, Sandra S., 2001, Microbiological quality of Puget Sound Basin streams 

and identification of contaminant sources: Journal of the American Water 

Resources Association, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 407-421.

Tesoriero, Anthony J., Inkpen, Emily L., and Voss, Frank D., 1998, Assessing 

groundwater vulnerability using logistic regression: Source Water 

Assessment and Protection 98, A Technical Conference April 28-20, 1998, 

p. 157-165.

Tesoriero, Anthony J., Liebscher, Hugh, and Cox, Stephen E., 2000, Mechanism and 

rate of denitrification in an agricultural watershed: Electron and mass 

balance along groundwater flow paths: Water Resources Research, vol. 36, 

no. 6, p. 1545-1559.

Tesoriero, Anthony J., Loffler, Frank E., and Liebscher, Hugh, 2001, Fate and 

origin of 1,2-dichloropropane in an unconfined shallow aquifer: 

Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 35, no. 3, p. 455-461.

Tesoriero, Anthony J., and Voss, Frank D., 1997, Predicting the probability of 

elevated nitrate concentrations in the Puget Sound Basin: Implications for 

aquifer susceptibility and vulnerability: Ground Water, vol. 35, no. 6, 

November-December 1997, p. 1029-1039.
December 2003

105

Sacramento River Basin

Circulars:

Domagalski, Joseph L., Knifong, Donna L., Dileanis, Peter D., Brown, Larry R., 

May, Jason T., Connor, Valerie, and Alpers, Charles N., 2001, Water 

quality in the Sacramento River Basin, California, 1994-98: U.S. 

Geological Survey Circular 1215, 36 p.

Fact Sheets:

Domagalski, Joseph, and Brown, Larry, R., 1994, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program--The Sacramento River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet 94-029, 2 p.

Open-File Reports:

Domagalski, J.L., Dileanis, P.D., Knifong, D.L., Munday, C.M., May, J.T., 

Dawson, B.J., Shelton, J.L., and Alpers, C.N., 2000, Water-quality 

assessment of the Sacramento River Basin, California: Water-quality, 

sediment and tissue chemistry, and biological data, 1995-1998: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-391, WEB only report. (URL: http:/

/water.wr.usgs.gov/sac_nawqa/waterindex.html)

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Alpers, Charles N., Antweiler, Ronald C., Taylor, Howard E., Dileanis, Peter D., 

and Domagalski, Joseph L., eds., Metal transport in the Sacramento River, 

California, 1996-97: Volume 2: Interpretations of metal loads: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4002,106 p.

Alpers, Charles N., Taylor, Howard E., and Domagalski, Joseph L., eds., Metal 

transport in the Sacramento River, California, 1996-97: Volume 1: Methods 

and data: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-

4286, 430 p.

Brown, Larry R., and May, Jason T., 2000, Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages 

and their relations with environmental variables in the Sacramento and San 

Joaquin River Drainages, California, 1993-1997: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4125,25 p. (also listed under San 

Joaquin-Tulare River Basins)

Dawson, Barbara J. Milby, 2001, Shallow ground-water quality beneath rice areas 

in the Sacramento Valley, California, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 01-4000, 33 p.

Dawson, Barbara J. Milby, 2001, Ground-water quality in the southeastern 

Sacramento Valley Aquifer, California, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 01-4125, 24 p.

Domagalski, Joseph L., 2000, Pesticides in surface water measured at selected 

sites in the Sacramento River Basin, California,1996-1998: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4203, 24 p.

Domagalski, Joseph L., and Dileanis, Peter D., 2000, Water-quality assessment 

of the Sacramento River Basin, California--Water quality of fixed sites, 

1996-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

00-4247, 60 p.
December 2003

106

Domagalski, Joseph L., Knifong, Donna L., MacCoy, Dorene E., Dileanis, Peter D., 

Dawson, Barbara J., and Majewski, Michael S., 1998, Water quality 

assessment of the Sacramento River Basin, California--Environmental 

setting and study design: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4254, 31 p.

Maccoy, Dorene E., and Domagalski, Joseph L., 1999, Trace elements and organic 

compounds in streambed sediment and aquatic biota from the Sacramento 

River Basin, California, October and November 1995: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4151, 37 p.

Articles and Papers:

Brown, Larry R., and May, Jason T., 2000, Macroinvertebrate assemblages on woody 

debris and their relations with environmental variables in the lower 

Sacramento and San Joaquin River Drainages: Environmental Monitoring and 

Assessment vol. 64, p. 311-329. (also listed under San Joaquin-Tulare 

River Basins)

Domagalski, Joseph, 1996, Pesticides and pesticide degradation products in 

stormwater runoff: Sacramento River Basin, California: Journal of the 

American Water Resources Association, vol. 32, no. 5, October 1996, p. 

953-964.

Domagalski, J., 1998, Occurrence and transport of total mercury and methyl 

mercury in the Sacramento River Basin, California: Journal of Geochemical 

Exploration, vol. 64 (1998), p. 277-291.

Domagalski, Joseph, 2001, Mercury and methylmercury in water and sediment of the 

Sacramento River Basin, California: Applied Geochemistry 16, p. 1677-1691.

May, Jason T., and Brown, Larry R., 2002, Fish communities of the Sacramento 

River Basin: Implications for conservation of native fishes in the Central 

Valley, California: Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol. 63, p. 373-388.

Roth, D.A., Taylor, H.E., Domagalski, J., Dileanis, P., Peart, D.B., Antweiler, 

R.C., and Alpers, C.N., 2001, Distribution of inorganic mercury in 

Sacramento River water and suspended colloidal sediment material: archives 

of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 40, p. 161-172.
December 2003

107

San Joaquin-Tulare Basins

Circulars:

Dubrovsky, Neil M., Kratzer, Charles R., Brown, Larry R., Gronberg, JoAnn M., 

and Burow, Karen R., 1998, Water quality in the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins, 

California, 1992-95, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1159, 38 p.

Fact Sheets:

Domagalski, Joseph, Dubrovsky, Neil M., Kratzer, Charles R., 1995, Inputs of the 

dormant-spray pesticide, diazinon, to the San Joaquin River, California, 

February 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 133-95, 2 p. 

Open-File Reports:

Brown, Larry R., 1998, Assemblages of fishes and their associations with 

environmental variables, Lower San Joaquin River Drainage, California: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-77, 20 p.

Brown, Larry R., 1998, Concentrations of chlorinated organic compounds in biota 

and bed sediment in streams of the Lower San Joaquin River Drainage, 

California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-171, 22 p.

Burow, K.R., Weissmann, G.S., Miller, R.D., and Placzek, G., 1997, Hydrogeologic 

facies characterization of an alluvial fan near Fresno, California, using 

geophysical techniques: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-46, 15 

p.

Dubrovsky, N.M., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program--The San 

Joaquin-Tulare Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-153, 

2 p.

Kratzer, Charles R., 1998, Transport of sediment-bound organochlorine pesticides 

to the San Joaquin River, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 97-655, 30 p.

Kratzer, Charles R., 1997, Transport of diazinon in the San Joaquin River Basin, 

California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-Report 97-411, 22 p.

Panshin, Sandra Y., 1997, Determining concentrations of 2-bromoallyl alcohol and 

dibromopropene in ground water using quantitative methods: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 97-43, 7 p.

Professional Papers:

Kratzer, Charles R., and Shelton, Jennifer L., 1998, Water quality assessment 

of the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins, California: Analysis of available data 

on nutrients and suspended sediment in surface water, 1972-1990: U.S. 

Geological Survey Professional Paper 1587, 92 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Brown, Larry R., and May, Jason T., 2000, Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages 

and their relations with environmental variables in the Sacramento and San 

Joaquin River Drainages, California, 1993-1997: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4125,25 p. (also listed under 

Sacramento River Basin)
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108

Brown, Larry R., Short, Terry M., 1999, Biological, habitat, water quality 

conditions in the upper Merced River drainage, Yosemite National Park, 

California, 1993-1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4088, 56 p.

Burow, Karen R., Shelton, Jennifer L., and Dubrovsky, Neil.M., 1998, Occurrence 

of nitrate and pesticides in ground water beneath three agricultural landuse settings in the eastern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1993-1995: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4284, 51 

p.

Burow, Karen R., Panshin, Sandra Y., Dubrovsky, Neil.M., Vanbrocklin, David, and 

Fogg, Graham E., 1999, Evaluation of processes affecting 1,2-dibromo-3-

chloropropane (DBCP) concentrations in ground water in the eastern San 

Joaquin Valley, California: Analysis of chemical data and ground-water 

flow and transport simulations: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4059, 57 p.

Burow, Karen R., Stork, Sylvia V.,and Dubrovsky, Neil M., 1998, Nitrate and 

pesticides in ground water in the Eastern San Joaquin Valley, California: 

Occurrence and trends: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 98-4040, 33 p.

Gronberg, Jo Ann M., Dubrovsky, Neil.M., Kratzer, Charles R., Domagalski, Joseph 

L., Brown, Larry R., and Burow, Karen R., 1998, Environmental setting of 

the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins, California: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4205, 45 p.

Kratzer, Charles R., 1998, Pesticides in storm runoff from agricultural and 

urban areas in the Tuolumne River Basin in the vicinity of Modesto, 

California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 

98-4017, 17 p.

Kratzer, Charles R., and Biagtan, Rhodora N., 1997, Determination of traveltimes 

in the Lower San Joaquin River Basin, California, from dye-tracer studies 

during 1994-1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 97-4018, 20 p.

Panshin, Sandra Y., Dubrovsky, Neil.M., Gronberg, Jo Ann M., and Domagalski, 

Joseph L., 1998, Occurrence and distribution of dissolved pesticides in 

the San Joaquin River Basin, California: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 98-4032, 88 p.

Water-Supply Papers:

Brown, Larry R., 1996, Aquatic biology of the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins, 

California: Analysis of available data through 1992: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Supply Paper 2471, 89 p.

Domagalski, Joseph L., 1998, Pesticides in surface and ground water of the San 

Joaquin-Tulare Basins, California: Analysis of available data, 1966 

through 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2468, 74 p.

Articles and Papers:

Brown, L.R., 1997, Concentrations of chlorinated organic compounds in biota and 

bed sediment in streams of the San Joaquin Valley, California: Archives 

of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 33, p. 357-368.

Brown, Larry R., and May, Jason T., 2000, Macroinvertebrate assemblages on woody 

debris and their relations with environmental variables in the lower 

Sacramento and San Joaquin River Drainages: Environmental Monitoring and 

Assessment vol. 64, p. 311-329. (also listed under Sacramento River Basin)
December 2003

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Brown, Larry R., Kratzer, Charles R., and Dubrovsky, Neil M., 2000, Integrating 

chemical, water quality, habitat, and fish assemblage data from the San 

Joaquin River drainage, California in Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem 

Health, Chapter 3 (conference proceedings): CRC Press LLC, p. 25-62.

Chapelle, Francis H., McMahon, Peter B., Dubrovsky, Neil M., Fulii, Roger F., 

Oaksford, Edward T., and Vroblesky, Don A., 1995, Deducing the 

distribution of terminal electron-accepting processes in hydrologically 

diverse groundwater systems: Water Resources Research, vol. 31, no. 2, 

February 1995, p.359-371. 

Domagalski, Joseph L., 1997, Nonpoint sources of pesticides in the San Joaquin 

River, California: Input from winter storms, 1992 to 1993 in Laenen, 

Antonius, and Dunnete, David A., eds., River Quality Dynamics and 

Restoration: CRC Press, Inc., Lewis Publishers, ISBN 1566701384, p. 293-

306.

Domagalski, Joseph, 1996, Occurrence of dicofol in San Joaquin River, 

California: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 

57, 1996, p. 284-291.

Domagalski, Joseph, 1997, Results of a prototype surface water network design 

for pesticides developed for the San Joaquin River Basin, California: 

Journal of Hydrology 192, p. 33-50.

Domagalski, Joseph L., Dubrovsky, Neil M., Kratzer, Charles R., 1997, Pesticides 

in the San Joaquin River, California: Inputs from dormant sprayed 

orchards: Journal of Environmental Quality, vol.26, no. 2, p. 454-465.

Dubrovsky, N.M., Burow, K.R., and Gronberg, J.M., 1995, Effects of two 

contrasting agricultural land uses on shallow groundwater quality in the 

San Joaquin Valley, California: Design and preliminary interpretation, in 

Wagner, B.J., Illangasekare, T.H., and Jensen, K.H., 1995, Models for 

assessing and monitoring groundwater quality: IAHS Publication no. 227, 

p. 49-57.

Dubrovsky, Neil M., Kratzer, Charles R., Panshin, Sandra Y., Gronberg, JoAnn M., 

and Kuivila, Kathryn M., 2000, Pesticide transport in the San Joaquin 

River Basin in Steinheimer, Thomas R., Ross, Lisa J., and Spittler, Terry, 

D., eds. American Chemical Society Symposium Series, Agrochemical Fate and 

Movement, Washington, D.C., p.306-322.

Kratzer, Charles R., 1999, Transport of diazinon in the San Joaquin River Basin, 

California: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 35, 

no. 2, p.379-395.

Leland, Harry V., Brown, Larry R., and Mueller, David K., 2001, Distribution of 

algae in the San Joaquin River, California, in relation to nutrient 

supply, salinity and other environmental factors: Freshwater Biology, vol. 

46, p. 1139-1167.

Pereira, Wilfred E., Domagalski, Joseph L., Hostettler, Frances D., Brown, Larry 

R., and Rapp, John B., 1996, Occurrence and accumulation of pesticides and 

organic contaminants in river sediment, water and clam tissues from the 

San Joaquin River and tributaries, California: Environmental Toxicology 

and Chemistry, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 172-179.

Spurlock, F., Burow, K., and Dubrovsky, N., 2000, Chlorofluorocarbon dating of 

herbicide-containing well waters in Fresno and Tulare Counties, 

California: Journal of Environmental Quality, vol.29, no.2, p. 475-483.
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Southern California Basins

Fact Sheets:

Hamlin, Scott N., Belitz, Kenneth, and Paybins, Katherine S., 1999, Sana Ana 

Basin--National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet 054-99, 4 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Burton, Carmen A., 2002, Effects of urbanization and long-term rainfall on the 

the occurrence of organic compounds and trace elements in reservoirsediment core, streambed sediment, and fish tissue from the Santa Ana 

Basin, California, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 02-4175, 73 p.

Hamlin, Scott N., Belitz, Kenneth, Kraja, Sarah, and Dawson, Barbara, 2002, 

Ground-water quality in the Santa Ana watershed, California: Overview and 

data summary: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 02-4243, 137 p.

Shelton, Jennifer L., Burow, Karen R., Belitz, Kenneth, Dubrovsky, Neil M., 

Land, Michael, and Gronberg, JoAnn, 2001, Low-level volatile organic 

compounds in active public supply wells as ground-water tracers in the Los 

Angeles physiographic basin, California, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4188, 29 p.
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Upper Snake River Basin

Circulars:

Clark, G.M., Maret, T.R., Rupert, M.G., Maupin, M.A., Low, W.H., and Ott, D.S., 

1998, Water quality in the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and Wyoming, 

1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1160, 35 p.

Fact Sheets:

Low, Walton H., 1997, Activities of the National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program in the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and Western Wyoming, 1991-

2001: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-198-96, 4 p.

Maret, Terry R., 1995, Mercury in streambed sediment and aquatic biota in the 

Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, 1992: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 089-95, 2 p. 

Maupin, Molly, 1996, Estimated water use at dairy farms in Gooding, Jerome, and 

Twin Falls Counties, Idaho, 1990-93: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 

111-96, 2 p.

Rupert, Michael G., 1999, Improvements to the DRASTIC ground-water vulnerability 

mapping method: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 066-99, 6 p. 

Rupert, Michael G., Stone, M.A.J., Ott, D.S., 1996, National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program--Nitrate and pesticides in ground water: Blaine, 

Cassia, Lincoln, and Minidoka counties, south-central Idaho: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet 246-95, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Low, W.H., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program-Upper Snake River 

Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-165, 2 p.

Ott, Douglas S., 1997, Selected organic compounds and trace elements in water, 

bed sediment, and aquatic organisms, Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and 

western Wyoming, water years 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 97-18, available only on web site-- http://wwwidaho.wr.usgs.gov/

nawqa/reports/OFR97-18.html

Ott, Douglas S., 1998, Water-quality assessment of the Upper Snake River Basin, 

Idaho and Western Wyoming--Quality-control data, water years 1992-96: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-179, 172 p., available only on web 

site--http://wwwidaho.wr.usgs.gov/nawqa/reports/OTT.OFR98-179/

datarep.html

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Clark, Gregory M., 2003, Occurrence and transport of cadmium, lead, and zinc in 

the Spokane River Basin, Idaho and Washington, water years 1999-2001: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4183, 37 p.

Clark, Gregory M., 1997, Assessment of nutrients, suspended sediment, and 

pesticides in surface water of the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and 

western Wyoming, water years 1991-95: U.S. Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 97-4020, 45 p.
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Clark, Gregory M., 1994, Assessment of selected constituents in surface water 

of the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, water years 

1975-89: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-

4229, 49 p. 

Maret, Terry R., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Upper Snake River Basin, 

Idaho and western Wyoming-summary of aquatic biological data for surface 

water through 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 95-4006, 59 p. 

Maret, Terry R., 1997, Characteristics of fish assemblages and related 

environmental variables for streams of the upper Snake River Basin, Idaho 

and Western Wyoming, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4087, 50 p.

Maret, Terry R., and Ott, Douglas S., 1997, Organochlorine compounds in fish 

tissue and bed sediment in the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and Western 

Wyoming, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 97-4080, 23 p.

Maupin, Molly A., 1997, Agricultural land-use classification using Landsat 

imagery data, and estimates of irrigation water use in Gooding, Jerome, 

Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties, 1992 water year, Upper Snake River Basin, 

Idaho and western Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4115, 29 p. 

Maupin, Molly A., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Upper Snake River Basin, 

Idaho and western Wyoming-environmental setting, 1980-92: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4221, 35 p. 

Rupert, Michael G., 1996, Nitrate (NO2+NO3-N) in ground water of the Upper Snake 

River Basin, Idaho and Western Wyoming, 1991-95: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4174, 47 p.

Rupert, Michael G., 1996, Major sources of nitrogen input and loss in the Upper 

Snake River Basin, Idaho and Western Wyoming, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4008, 15 p.

Rupert, Michael G., 1994, Analysis of data on nutrients and organic compounds 

in ground water in the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, 

1980-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-

4135, 40 p.

Articles and Papers:

Clark, Gregory M., 1994, Occurrence of pesticides in surface water in the Rock 

Creek watershed, south-central Idaho: Journal of the Idaho Academy of 

Sciences, vol. 30, no. 2, December 1994, p 61-74.

Clark, Gregory M., 1997, Occurrence and flux of selected pesticides in surface 

water of the upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming: Journal 

of Soil and Water Conservation, September-October 1997, vol. 52, no. 5, 

p. 381-388.

Clark, Gregory M., Ott, D.S., 1996, Springflow effects on chemical loads in the 

Snake River, south-central Idaho: Journal of the American Water Resources 

Association, vol. 32, no. 3, June 1996, p. 553-563.

Maret, Terry, and Low, Walton, 1995, Drawing a “big picture” of Idaho waters: 

Idaho Wildlife, Fall 1995, vol 15, issue 5, p. 12-16.
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Maret, T.R., and MacCoy, D.E., 2002, Fish assemblages and environmental 

variables associated with hard-rock mining in the Coeur D’Alene River 

Basin, Idaho: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, vol. 131, 

no. 5, p. 865-884.

Maret, Terry, and Robinson, Christopher T., and Minshall, G. Wayne, 1997, Fish 

assemblages and environmental correlates in least-disturbed streams of the 

Upper Snake River Basin: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 

vol. 126, no.2, p.200-216.

Plummer, L.N., Rupert, M.G., Busenberg, E., and Schlosser, P., 1999, Age of 

irrigation water in ground water from the eastern Snake River Plain 

aquifer, South-Central Idaho: Ground Water, vol. 38, no. 2, p. 264-283.

Books:

Maret, Terry R., 1999, Characteristics of fish assemblages and environmental 

conditions in streams of the Upper Snake River Basin in Eastern Idaho and 

Western Wyoming, in Simon, Thomas P., ed., Assessing the sustainability 

and biological integrity of water resources using fish communities, CRC 

Press LLC, p.273-299.
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114

Willamette Basin

Circulars:

Wentz, Dennis A., Bonn, Bernadine A., Carpenter, Kurt D., Hinkle, Stephen R., 

Janet, Mary L., Rinella, Frank A., Uhrich, Mark A., Waite, Ian R., Laenen, 

Antonius, and Bencala, Kenneth E., 1998, Water quality in the Willamette 

Basin, Oregon, 1991-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1161, 34 p.

Open-File Reports:

Bonn, Bernadine A., Wentz, Dennis A., and Hinkle, Stephen R., 1996, Nitrogen in 

streams and ground water, 1980-90: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

96-227, 4 p.

Harrison, Howard E., Anderson, Chauncey W., Rinella, Frank A., Gasser, Timothy 

M., and Pogue, Ted R. Jr., 1995, Analytical data from phases I and II of 

the Willamette River Basin water-quality study, Oregon, 1992-94: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-373, 171 p. 

Wentz, D.A., and McKenzie, S.W., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program--The Willamette Basin, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 91-167, 2 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Altman, Bob, Henson, Colleen, M., and Waite, Ian R., 1997, Summary of information 

of aquatic biota and their habitats in the Willamette Basin, Oregon, 

through 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 97-4023, 174 p.

Anderson, Chauncey W., Rinella, Frank A., and Rounds, Stewart A., 1996, 

Occurrence of selected trace elements and organic compounds and their 

relation to land use in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, 1992-94: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4234, 68 p.

Bonn, Bernadine A., 1998, Dioxins and furans in bed sediment and fish tissue of 

the Willamette Basin, Oregon, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4082-D, 12 p.

Bonn, Bernadine A., Hinkle, Stephen R., Wentz, Dennis A., and Uhrich, Mark A., 

1995, Analysis of nutrient and ancillary water-quality data for surface 

and ground water of the Willamette Basin, Oregon, 1980-90: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4036, 88 p. 

Hinkle, Stephen R., 1997, Quality of shallow ground water in alluvial aquifers 

of the Willamette Basin, Oregon, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4082-B, 48 p.

Rinella, Frank A., and Janet, Mary L., 1998, Seasonal and spatial variability 

of nutrients and pesticides in streams of the Willamette Basin, Oregon, 

1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-

4082-C, 57 p.

Uhrich, Mark A., and Wentz, Dennis A., 1999, Environmental setting of the 

Willamette Basin, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 97-4082-A, 20 p.
December 2003

115

Articles and Papers:

Bonn, Bernadine A., 1998, Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran 

concentration profiles in sediment and fish tissue of the Willamette 

Basin, Oregon: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 32, no. 6, p. 729-

735.

Carpenter, Kurt D., and Waite, Ian R., 2000, Relations of habitat-specific algal 

assemblages to land use and water chemistry in the Willamette Basin, 

Oregon: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment vol. 64, p. 247-257.

Hinkle, Stephen R., 1997, Regional distribution of nitrite plus nitrate in 

shallow ground water from alluvial deposits of the Willamette Basin, 

Oregon in Laenen, Antonius, and Dunnette, David A., eds., River Quality 

Dynamics and Restoration, p. 141-149.

Hinkle, S.R., Duff, J.H., Triska, F.J., Laenen, A., Gates, E.B., Bencala, K.E., 

Wentz, D.A., and Silva, S.R., 2001, Linking hyporheic flow and nitrogen 

cycling near the Willamette River-- A large river in, Oregon, USA: Journal 

of Hydrology, vol. 244, p. 157-180.

Laenen, Antonius, 1995, Willamette River water quality study--Sediment transport 

in the main stem and major tributaries: The Cutting Edge of Water Research, 

Oregon Water Resources Research Institute, vol 1, no 1, 4 p. 

Laenen, Antonius, and Bencala, Kenneth E., 2001, Transient storage assessments 

of dye-tracer injections in rivers of the Willamette Basin, Oregon: 

Journal of the American Water Resources Association vol. 37, no. 2, p. 

367-377.

Waite, Ian R., and Carpenter, Kurt D., 2000, Associations among fish assemblage 

structure and environmental variables in Willamette Basin stream, Oregon: 

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society vol. 129, p. 754-770.

Wentz, Dennis A., Waite, Ian R., and Rinella, Frank A., 1998, Comparison of 

streambed sediment and aquatic biota as media for characterizing trace 

elements and organochlorine compounds in the Willamette Basin, Oregon: 

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol. 51, p. 673-693.

Uhrich, M.A., and Wentz D.A., 1997, Water quality study design for the Willamette 

Basin, Oregon, using a geographic information system in Best, Gerry, 

Bogacka, Teresa, and Niemirycz, Elzbieta, eds., International River Water 

Quality: E & FN Spon, London, ISBN 0419215409, p. 181-189.
December 2003

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Yakima River Basin

Circulars:

Rinella, J.F., Hamilton, P.A., and McKenzie, S.W., 1993, Persistence of the DDT 

pesticide in the Yakima River Basin, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey 

Circular 1090, 24 p.

Open-File Reports:

Fuhrer, Gregory J., Cain, Daniel J., McKenzie, Stuart W., Rinella, Joseph F., 

Crawford, J. Kent, Skach, Kenneth A., Hornberger, Michelle I., Gannett, 

Marshall W., and 1995, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Yakima 

River Basin in Washington: Spatial and temporal distribution of trace 

elements in water, sediment, and aquatic biota, 1987-91: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 95-440, 190 p.

Fuhrer, Gregory J., Fluter, Shelley L., McKenzie, Stuart W., Rinella, Joseph F., 

Crawford, J. Kent, Cain, Daniel J., Hornberger, Michelle I., Bridges, 

Jennifer L., and Skach, Kenneth A., 1994, Surface-water-quality assessment 

of the Yakima River Basin in Washington: Major- and minor-element data for 

sediment, water, and aquatic biota, 1987-91: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 94-308, 223 p.

Fuhrer, Gregory J., McKenzie, Stuart W., Rinella, Joseph F., Sanzolone, Richard 

F., and Skach, Kenneth A., 1994, Surface-water-quality assessment of the 

Yakima River Basin in Washington: Analysis of major and minor elements in 

fine-grained streambed sediment, 1987: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 93-30, 131 p.

McKenzie, S.W., and Curtiss, D.A., 1989, Surface-water-quality assessment of the 

Yakima River Basin, Washington: A Pilot Study: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 89-60, 6 p.

McKenzie, S.W., and Rinella, J.F., 1987, Surface-water-quality assessment of the 

Yakima River Basin, Washington: Project Description: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 87-238, 35 p.

Rinella, J.F., McKenzie, S.W., and Fuhrer, G.J., 1992, Executive summary 

surface-water-quality assessment of the Yakima River Basin, Washington: 

Analysis of available water-quality data through 1985 water year: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-454, 13 p.

Rinella, J.F., McKenzie, S.W., and Fuhrer, G.J., 1992, Surface-water quality 

assessment of the Yakima River Basin, Washington: Analysis of available 

water-quality data through 1985 water year: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 91-453, 244 p.

Rinella, J.F., McKenzie, F.W., Crawford, J.K., Foreman, W.T., Gates, P.M., 

Furher, G.J., and Janet, M.L., 1992, Surface-water-quality assessment of 

the Yakima River Basin, Washington: Pesticide and other trace-organiccompound data for water, sediment, soil, and aqua biota, 1987-91: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-644, 153 p.

Ryder, J.L., Sanzolone, R.F., Fuhrer, G.J., and Mosier, E.L., 1992, Surfacewater-quality assessment of the Yakima River Basin in Washington: Chemical 

analysis of major, minor, and trace elements in fine-grained streambed 

sediment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-520, 60 p.
December 2003

117

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Embrey, S.S., 1992, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Yakima River Basin, 

Washington: Areal distribution of fecal-indicator bacteria, July 1988: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4073, 32 

p.

Cuffney, Thomas F., Meador, Michael R., Porter, Stephen D., and Gurtz, Martin 

E., 1997, Distribution of fish, benthic invertebrate, and algal 

communities in relation to physical and chemical conditions, Yakima River 

Basin, Washington, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4280, 94 p. (also listed under National Synthesis 

--Special Topics.)

Morace, Jennifer L., Fuhrer, Gregory J., Rinella, Joseph F., McKenzie, Stuart 

W., and Others, 1999, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Yakima River 

Basin in Washington: Overview of major findings, 1987-91: U.S. Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4113, 119 p.

Water-Supply Papers:

Rinella, Joseph F., McKenzie, Stuart W., Crawford, J. Kent, Foreman, William T., 

Fuhrer, Gregory J., Morace, Jennifer L., and Aiken, George R., 1999, 

Surface-water-quality assessment of the Yakima River Basin in Washington-

- Distribution of pesticides and other organic compounds in water, 

sediment, and aquatic biota, 1987-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply 

Paper 2354-B, 180 p.

Articles and Papers:

Leland, Harry V., 1995, Distribution of phytobenthos in the Yakima River Basin, 

Washington, in relation to geology, land use, and other environmental 

factors: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 52, May 

1995, p. 1108-1129.

Pankow, J.F., and McKenzie, S.W., 1991, Parameterizing the equilibrium 

distribution of chemicals between the dissolved, solid particulate matter, 

and colloidal matter compartments in aqueous systems: Environmental 

Science and Technology, vol. 25, p. 2046.
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NATIONAL SYNTHESIS--Program Design

Circulars:

Gilliom, Robert J., Alley, William M., and Gurtz, Martin E., 1995, Design of the 

National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Occurrence and distribution of 

water-quality conditions: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1112, 33 p.

Gilliom, Robert J., and Thelin, Gail P., 1997, Classification and mapping of 

agricultural land for national water-quality assessment: U.S. Geological 

Survey Circular 1131, 70 p.

Open-File Reports:

Gilliom, Robert J., Mueller, David K., and Nowell, Lisa H., 1998, Methods for 

comparing water-quality conditions among National Water-Quality 

Assessment Study Units, 1992-1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

97-589, 54 p.

Lopes, Thomas J., and Price, Curtis V., 1997, Study plan for urban stream 

indicator sites of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-25, 15 p.

Mueller, David K., Martin, Jeffrey D., and Lopes, Thomas J., 1997, Qualitycontrol design for surface-water sampling in the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-223, 17 p.

Robinson, Keith W., and Horn, Marilee A., 1998, Availability and suitability of 

data from public water-supplier sources for use in water-quality 

assessments: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-825,18 p.

Squillace, Paul J., and Price, Curtis V., 1996, Urban land-use study plan for 

the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 96-217, 19 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Hitt, Kerie J., 1994, Refining 1970’s land-use data with 1990 population data 

to indicate new residential development: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 94-4250, 15 p.

Toccalino, Patricia, Nowell, Lisa, Wilber, William, Zogorski, John, Donohue, 

Joyce, Eiden, Catherine, Krietzman, Sandra, Post, Gloria, 2003, 

Development of health-based screening levels for use in state- or localscale water-quality assessments: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 03-4054, 22 p.
December 2003

119

NATIONAL SYNTHESIS--Ecology

Fact Sheets:

Couch, Carol and Hamilton, Pixie, 2002, Effects of urbanization on stream 

ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-042-02, 2 p.

Smith, Stephen B., 1998, Investigations of endocrine disruption in aquatic 

systems associated with the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) 

Program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-081-98, 4 p.

Smith, Stephen B., 2000, Altered endocrine biomarkers in selected fish species 

in the Hudson River, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-113-

00, 2 p.

Open-File Reports:

Cuffney, Thomas F., 2003, User’s Manual for the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program Invertebrate Data Analysis System (IDAS): U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-172, 103 p. plus CD.

Goodbred, Steven L., Gilliom, Robert J., Gross, Timothy S., Denslow, Nancy P., 

Bryant, Wade B., and Schoeb, Trenton R., 1996, Reconnaissance of 17bestradiol, 11-ketotestosterone, vitellogenin, and gonad histopathology in 

common carp of United States streams: Potential for contaminant-induced 

endocrine disruption: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-627, 47 

p. 

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Cuffney, Thomas F., Meador, Michael R., Porter, Stephen D., and Gurtz, Martin 

E., 1997, Distribution of fish, benthic invertebrate, and algal 

communities in relation to physical and chemical conditions, Yakima River 

Basin, Washington, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 96-4280, 94 p. (also listed under Yakima River 

Basin)

BRD Information and Technology Report:

Smith, Stephen B., Donahue, Anne P., Lipkin, Robin J., Blazer, Vicki S., Schmitt, 

Christopher J., and Goede, Ronald W., 2002, Illustrated field guide for 

assessing external and internal anomalies in fish: U.S. Geological Survey 

Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2002-0007, 46 p.

Articles and Papers:

Goldstein, Robert M., and DeWeese, L.Rod, 1999, Comparison of trace element 

concentrations in tissue of common carp and implications for monitoring: 

Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 35, no. 5, 

October 1999, p. 1133-1140.(also listed under National Synthesis--Trace 

Elements)

Leland, Harry V., and Porter, Stephen D., 2000, Distribution of benthic algae 

in the upper Illinois River basin in relation to geology and land use: 

Freshwater Biology, vol. 44, p. 279-301.

McMahon, Gerard, and Cuffney, Thomas, 2000, Quantifying urban intensity in 

drainage basins for assessing stream ecological conditions: Journal of the 

American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 6, December 2000, p. 

1247-1261.
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McMahon, Gerard, Gregonis, Steven M., Waltman, Sharon W., Omernik, James M., 

Thorson, Thor D., Freeouf, Jerry A., Rorick, Andrew H., and Keys, James 

E., 2001, Developing a spatial framework of common ecological regions for 

the conterminous United States: Environmental Management, vol. 28, no. 3, 

p. 293-316.

Wong, Charles S., Capel, Paul D., and Nowell, Lisa H., 2001, National-scale, 

field-based evaluation of the biota--Sediment accumulation factor model: 

Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 35, no. 9, p. 1709-1715. (also 

listed under Pesticide National Synthesis)
December 2003

121

NATIONAL SYNTHESIS--Microbiology

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Francy, Donna S., Myers, Donna N., and Helsel, Dennis R., 2000, Microbiological 

monitoring for U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-

4018, 34 p. (also listed under Protocols)

Articles and Papers:

Francy, Donna S., Helsel, Dennis H., and Nally, Rebecca A., 2000, Occurrence and 

distribution of microbiological indicators in ground water and stream 

water: Water Environment Research, vol. 72, no. 2, p. 152-161.
December 2003

122

NATIONAL SYNTHESIS--Nutrients

Circulars:

Mueller, David K., and Helsel, Dennis R., 1996, Nutrients in the Nation’s water-

-Too much of a good thing? --U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1136, 24 p.

Fact Sheets:

Graffy, Elisabeth A., Helsel, Dennis R., and Mueller, David K., 1996, Nutrients 

in the Nation’s waters: Identifying problems and progress: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 218-96, 6 p. (also listed under Outreach)

Kolpin, Dana, Hallberg, George, Sneck-Fahrer, Debra, and Libra, Robert, 1997, 

Agricultural chemicals in Iowa’s ground water, 1982-95--What are the 

trends? U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-116-97, 4 p. (also listed 

under Eastern Iowa Basins, NS--Pesticides, and NS--Trends)

Nolan, B.T., and Ruddy, B.C., 1996, Nitrate in ground waters of the United 

States--Assessing the risk: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 092-96, 4 p.

Open File Reports:

Nolan, Bernard T., 1998, Modeling approaches for assessing the risk of nonpointsource contamination of ground water: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 98-531, 15 p.

Mueller, David K., 1998, Quality of nutrient data from streams and ground water 

sampled during 1993-95 --National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-276, 25 p.

Puckett, L.J., and Triska, F.J., eds, 1996, U.S. Geological Survey nitrogen 

cycling workshop, Denver, Colorado, October 30- November 2, 1995: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-477, 88 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Litke, David W., 1999, Review of phosphorus control measures in the United States 

and their effects on water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4007, 38 p.

Mueller, David K., Hamilton, Pixie A., Helsel, Dennis R., Hitt, Kerie J., and 

Ruddy, Barbara C. 1995, Nutrients in ground water and surface water of the 

United States--An analysis of data through 1992: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4031, 74 p. 

Nolan, Bernard T., and Hitt, Kerie J., 2003, Nutrients in shallow ground waters 

beneath relatively undeveloped areas in the conterminous United States: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4289, 17 

p.

Puckett, Larry J., 1994, Nonpoint and point sources of nitrogen in major 

watersheds of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 94-4001, 9 p.

Books:

Burkart, M.R., and Stoner, J.D., 2001, Nitrogen in groundwater associated with 

agricultural systems in Follett, R.F. and Hatfield, J.L., eds., Nitrogen 

in the Environment: Elsevier, p. 123-145.
December 2003

123

Articles and Papers:

Clark, Gregory M., Mueller, David K., and Mast M. Alisa, 2000, Nutrient 

concentrations and yields in undeveloped stream basins of the United 

States: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 

4, August 2000, 849-860.

Mueller, David K., Ruddy, Barbara C., and Battaglin, William A., 1993, Relation 

of nitrate concentrations in surface water to land use in the uppermidwestern United States, 1989-1990, in Goolsby, D.A., Boyer, L.L., and 

Mallard, G.E., compilers, Selected papers on agricultural chemicals in 

water resources of the midcontinental United States: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 93-418, p. 41-50.

Mueller, David K., Ruddy, Barbara C., and Battaglin, William A., 1997, Logistic 

model of nitrate in streams of the upper-midwestern United States: Journal 

of Environmental Quality, vol. 26, no.5, p. 1223-1230.

Nolan, Bernard T., 1999, Nitrate behavior in ground waters of the southeastern 

USA: Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 28, no. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1999, 

p. 1518-1527.

Nolan, Bernard T., 2000, Nutrients in groundwaters of the conterminous United 

States, 1992-1995: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 34, no. 7, 

p. 1156-1165.

Nolan, Bernard T., 2001, Relating nitrogen sources and aquifer susceptibility 

to nitrate in shallow ground waters of the United States: Ground Water, 

vol. 39, no. 2, p. 290-299.

Nolan, Bernard T., Hitt, Kerie J., and Ruddy, Barbara C., 2002, Probability of 

nitrate contamination of recently recharged groundwaters in the 

conterminous United States: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 36, 

no. 10, p. 2138-2145.

Nolan, Bernard T., Ruddy, Barbara C., Hitt, Kerie J., and Helsel, Dennis R., 

1997, Risk of nitrate in ground waters of the United States-- A national 

perspective: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 31, no. 8, p. 229-

2236.

Nolan, Bernard T., Ruddy, Barbara C., Hitt, Kerie J., and Helsel, Dennis R., 

1998, A National look at nitrate contamination of ground water: Water 

Conditioning & Purification, vol. 39, no. 12, January 1998, p. 76-79.

Puckett, Larry J., and Cowdery, Timothy K., 2002, Transport and fate of nitrate 

in a glacial outwash aquifer in relation to ground water age, land use 

practices, and redox processes: Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 31, 

no. 3, p. 782-796.

Puckett, Larry J., Cowdery, Timothy K., McMahon, Peter B., Thornes, Lan H., and 

Stoner, Jeffrey D., 2002, Using chemical, hydrologic, and age dating 

analysis to delineate redox processes and flow path in the riparian zone 

of a glacial outwash aquifer-stream system: Water Resources Research, vol. 

38, no. 8, 20 p.

Puckett, Larry J., 1999, Estimation of nitrate contamination of an AgroEcosystem Outwash Aquifer using a nitrogen mass-balance budget: Journal 

of Environmental Quality, vol. 28, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1999, p. 2015-

2025.(also listed under Red River of the North)

Puckett, Larry J., 1995, Identifying the major sources of nutrient water 

pollution: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 29, no. 9, September 

1995, p 408-414.
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Wilber, William G., and Davis, Jerri V., 1994, Assessing the quality of the 

Nation’s water--Point versus nonpoint sources of phosphorus in rivers: 

U.S. Geological Survey Yearbook, Fiscal Year 1993, p. 48-49.

Pamphlets:

Puckett, L.J., 1994, Nonpoint and point sources of nitrogen in major watersheds 

of the United States: Based on U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 94-4001, 6 p.
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125

NATIONAL SYNTHESIS--Nutrients--SPARROW Modeling 

Fact Sheets:

Alexander, R.B., Slack, J.R., Ludtke, A.S., Fitzgerald, K.K., and Schertz, T.L., 

1997, Data from selected U.S. Geological Survey national stream waterquality monitoring networks (WQN) on CD-ROM: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-013-97, 2 p.

Open-File Report:

Alexander, Richard B., Smith, Richard A., Focazio, Michael J., and Horn, 

Marillee A., 1999, Source-area characteristics of large public surfacewater supplies in the conterminous United States: An information resource 

for source-water assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-

248, CD-ROM.

Books:

Sauer, T.J., Alexander, R.B., Brahana, J.V., and Smith, R.A., 2001, The 

importance and role of watersheds in the transport of nitrogen in Follett, 

R.F., and Hatfield, J.L., eds., Chapter 7 Nitrogen in the Environment, p. 

147-181.

Digital Data Series:

Alexander, R.B., Slack, J.R., Ludtke, A.S., Fitzgerald, K.K., and Schertz, T.L., 

1996, Data from selected U.S. Geological Survey national stream waterquality monitoring networks (WQN): U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data 

Series, DDS-37, 

Articles and Papers:

Alexander, Richard B., Elliott, Alexander H., Shankar, Ude, and McBride, Graham 

B., 2002, Estimating the sources and transport of nutrients in the Waikato 

River Basin, New Zealand: Water Resources Research 2002 (in press).

Alexander, Richard B., Johnes, Penny J., Boyer, Elizabeth W., and Smith, Richard 

A., 2002, A comparison of models for estimating the riverine export of 

nitrogen from large watersheds: Biogeochemistry, vol. 57, no. 58, p. 295-

339.

Alexander, Richard B., Smith, Richard A., and Schwarz, Gregory E., 2000, Effect 

of stream channel size on the delivery of nitrogen to the Gulf of Mexico: 

Nature, vol. 403, February 17, 2000, p. 758-761.

Alexander, Richard B., Smith, Richard A., Schwarz, Gregory E., Preston, Stephen 

D., Brakebill, John W., Srinivasan, Raghavan, and Pacheco, Percy A., 2000, 

Atmospheric nitrogen flux from the watersheds of major estuaries of the 

United States: An application of the SPARROW watershed model: American 

Geophysical Union, p. 119-170.

Alexander, Richard B., Slack, James R., Fitzgerald, A.S., Schertz, and T.L., 

1997, Data from selected U.S. Geological Survey national stream water 

quality monitoring networks: Water Resources Research, vol. 34, no. 9, p. 

2401-2405.

Smith, Richard A., Alexander, Richard B., Tasker, Gary D., Price, Curtis V., 

Robinson, Keith W., White, Dale A., 1993, Statistical modeling of waterquality in regional watersheds: Watershed ‘93, p. 751-754.

Smith, Richard A., Schwarz, Gregory E., and Alexander, Richard B., 1997, 

Regional interpretation of water-quality monitoring data: Water Resources 

Research, December 1997, vol. 33, no. 12, p. 2781-2798.
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126

NATIONAL SYNTHESIS--Pesticides

Fact Sheets:

Barbash, J.E., 1996, Pesticides in ground water--Current understanding of the 

distribution and major influences: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 244-

95, 4 p.

Kolpin, Dana, Hallberg, George, Sneck-Fahrer, Debra, and Libra, Robert, 1997, 

Agricultural chemicals in Iowa’s ground water, 1982-95--What are the 

trends? U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-116-97, 4 p. (also listed 

under Eastern Iowa Basins, and NS--Nutrients)

Majewski, M.S., 1995, Pesticides in the atmosphere--Current understanding of 

distribution and major influences: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 152-

95, 4 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1997, Pesticides in surface waters--Current 

understanding of distribution and major influences: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet FS-039-97, 4 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 2000, Pesticides in stream sediment and aquatic biota: 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 092-00, 4 p.

Open-File Reports:

Martin, Jeffrey D., Gilliom, Robert J., and Schertz, Terry L., 1999, Summary and 

evaluation of pesticides in field blanks collected for the National WaterQuality Assessment Program, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 98-412, 102 p.

Nowell, Lisa H., and Resek, Elizabeth A., 1994, Summary of national standards 

and guidelines for pesticides in water, bed sediment, and aquatic 

organisms and their application to water-quality assessments: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-44, 115 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Barbash, Jack E., Thelin, Gail P., Kolpin, Dana W., and Gilliom, Robert J., 1999, 

Distribution of major herbicides in ground water of the United States: 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4245, 57 

p.

Capel, Paul D., Lin, Ma, and Wotzka, Paul J., 1998, Wet atmospheric deposition 

of pesticides in Minnesota, 1989-94: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 97-4026, 43 p.

Capel, Paul D., Winterstein, Thomas A., Larson, Steven J., 2001, Selected data 

from field studies of pesticide runoff to surface waters: U.S.Geological 

Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4284, 70 p.

Larson, Steven J., Gilliom, Robert J., Capel, Paul D., 1999, Pesticides in 

streams of the United States--Initial results from the National WaterQuality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 98-4222, 92 p.

Martin, Jeffrey D., Variability of pesticide detections and concentrations in 

field replicate water samples collected for the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program, 1992-97: Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-

4178, 84 p.
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127

Munn, Mark D., and Gilliom, Robert J., 2001, Pesticide toxicity index for 

freshwater aquatic organisms: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 01-4077,55 p. (released as a web-only report URL: 

http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri014077/

Wong, Charles S., Capel, Paul D., Nowell, Lisa H., 2000, Organochlorine 

pesticides and PCBs in stream sediment and aquatic biota--Initial results 

from the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, 1992-1995: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4053, 88 p.

Books: 

Barbash, J.E. and Resek, E.A., 1996, Pesticides in ground water: Distribution, 

trends, and governing factors: Volume 2 of the series--Pesticides in the 

Hydrologic System: Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, Michigan, 590 p. 

Larson, S.J., Capel, P.D., and Majewski, M.S, 1997, Pesticides in surface 

waters: Distribution, trends, and governing factors: Volume 3 of the 

series--Pesticides in the Hydrologic System: Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, 

Michigan, 390 p. 

Majewski, M.S., and Capel, P.D., 1995, Pesticides in the atmosphere-- 

Distribution, trends, and governing factors: Volume 1 of the series--

Pesticides in the Hydrologic System: Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, Michigan, 

228 p. 

Nowell, Lisa H., Capel, Paul D., and Dileanis, Peter D., 1999, Pesticides in 

stream sediment and aquatic biota: Distribution, trends, and governing 

factors: Volume 4 of the series--Pesticides in the Hydrologic System: 

Lewis Publishers, 1001 p. 

Articles and Papers:

Barbash, Jack E., Thelin, Gail P., Kolpin, Dana W., and Gilliom, Robert J., 2001, 

Major herbicides in ground water: Results from the National Water-Quality 

Assessment: Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 30, no. 3, p. 831-845.

Capel, P.D., 1993, Organic chemical concepts, Chapter 7, in Alley, W.M., ed., 

Regional ground-water quality: New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, p. 155-

179.

Capel, P.D., and Larson, S.J., 1995, A chemodynamic approach for estimating 

losses of target organic chemicals from water during sample holding time: 

Chemosphere, vol. 30, no. 6, p. 1097-1107.

Capel, Paul D., and Larson, Steven J., 2001, Effect of scale on the behavior of 

atrazine in surface waters: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 35, 

no. 4, p. 648-657.

Capel, Paul D., Larson, Steven J., and Winterstein, Thomas A., 2001, The behavior 

of 39 pesticides in surface waters as a function of scale: Hydrological 

Processes, vol. 15, p. 1251-1269.

Capel, P.D., Ma, Lin, Schroyer, B.R., Larson, S.J., and Gilchrist, T.A., 1995, 

Analysis and detection of the new corn herbicide acetochlor in river water 

and rain: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 29, no. 6, p. 1702-

1705.

Capel, Paul D.,Zhang, Hua, 2000, Estimation of potential loss of two pesticides 

in runoff in Fillmore County, Minnesota using a field-scale process-based 

model and a geographic information system in Steinheimer, Thomas, R., 

Ross, Lisa J., and Spittler, Terry D., eds., ACS Symposium Series 175--

Agrochemical fate and movement, Chapter 12, p. 172-184.
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128

Foreman, W.T., Majewski, M.S., Goolsby, D.A., Wiebe, F.W., and Coupe, R.H., 

2000, Pesticides in the atmosphere of the Mississippi River Valley, part 

II--air: The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 248, p. 213-216.

Gilliom, Robert J., 2001, Pesticides in the hydrologic system-- what do we know 

and what’s next? Hydrological Processes, vol. 15, p. 3197-3201.

Gilliom, Robert J., Barbash, Jack E., Kolpin, Dana W., and Larson, Steven J., 

1999, Testing water quality for pesticide pollution: Environmental Science 

& Technology, April 1, 1999, p 164A - 169A.

Graffy, Elisabeth A., 1998, Low-level detection of pesticides...so what? Journal 

of Soil and Water Conservation, vol. 53, no. 1, First Quarter 1998, p. 11-

12. (also listed under Outreach)

Hoffman, Ryan S., Capel, Paul D., and Larson, Steven J., 2000, Comparison of 

pesticides in eight U.S. urban streams: Environmental Toxicology and 

Chemistry, vol. 19, no. 9, p. 2249-2258.

Kolpin, Dana W., 1997, Agricultural chemicals in ground water of the midwestern 

United States: Relations to land use: Journal of Environmental Quality, 

vol. 26, no. 4, July-August 1997, p. 1025-1037. (also listed under NS-- 

Nutrients)

Kolpin, Dana W., Barbash, Jack E., and Gilliom, Robert J., 1998, Occurrence of 

pesticides in shallow ground water of the United States: Initial results 

from the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Environmental Science 

& Technology, vol. 32, no. 5, p. 558-566.

Kolpin, Dana W., Barbash, Jack E., and Gilliom, Robert J., 2000, Pesticides in 

ground water of the United States, 1992-1996: Ground Water, vol. 38, no. 

6, p. 858-863.

Kolpin, D.W., Nations, B.K., Goolsby, D.A., and Thurman, E.M., 1996, Acetochlor 

in the hydrologic system in the midwestern United States, 1994: 

Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 30, no. 5, p. 1459-1464.

Kolpin, Dana W., Squillace, P.J., Barbash, J.E., Zogorski, J.S., 1997, 

Pesticides and volatile organic compounds in shallow urban ground water 

of the United States, in Chilton, J., ed., Ground water in the urban 

environment: A.A. Balkema, Netherlands, p. 469-474.(also listed under NS-

-VOCs)

Larson, Steven J., Capel, Paul D., 1995, Goolsby, D.A., Zaugg, S.D., and 

Sandstrom, M.W., 1995, Relations between pesticide use and riverine flux 

in the Mississippi River Basin: Chemosphere, vol. 31, no. 5, p. 3305-3321.

Larson, Steven J., and Gilliom, Robert J., 2001, Regression models for 

estimating herbicide concentrations in U.S. streams from watershed 

characteristics: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 

37, no. 5, p. 1349-1367.

Lui, Shiping, Yen, Steven T., Kolpin, Dana W., 1996, Pesticides in ground water: 

Do atrazine metabolites matter? --Journal of the American Water Resources 

Association, vol. 32, no. 4, Auguat 1996, p. 845-853.

Majewski, M.S., 1997, Error evaluation of methyl bromide aerodynamic flux 

measurements, Chapter 12, in Seiber, J.N., and others, eds, Fumigants-- 

environmental fate, exposure, and analysis: ACS Symposium Series, vol. 

652, p. 135-153.
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129

Majewski, Michael S., Foreman, William T., and Goolsby, Donald A., 2000, 

Pesticides in the atmosphere of the Mississippi River Valley, part I--

rain: The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 248, p. 201-212.

Majewski, Michael S., Foreman, William T., Goolsby, Donald A., and Nakagaki, 

Naomi, 1998, Airborne pesticide residues along the Mississippi River: 

Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 32, no. 23, p. 3689-3698.

Majewski, M.S., McChesney, M.M., Woodrow, J.E., Prueger, J.H., Seiber, J.N., 

1995, Aerodynamic measurements of methyl bromide volatilization from 

tarped and nontarped fields: Journal Environmental Quality, vol. 24, no. 

4, p. 742-752.

Majewski, M.S., 1994, Pesticides in the atmosphere, in U.S. Geological Survey 

earth science in the public service 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Yearbook 

1994, p. 48-51. 

Nowell, L.H., and Resek, E.A., 1994, National standards and guidelines for 

pesticides in water, sediment, and aquatic organisms: Application to 

water-quality assessments, in Ware, G.W., ed., Reviews of environmental 

contamination and toxicology, vol. 140: Springer-Verlag, New York, 221 p.

Wong, Charles S., Capel, Paul D., and Nowell, Lisa H., 2001, National-scale, 

field-based evaluation of the biota--Sediment accumulation factor model: 

Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 35, no. 9, p. 1709-1715. (also 

listed under Ecology National Synthesis)
December 2003

130

NATIONAL SYNTHESIS--Trace Elements

Fact Sheets:

Ging, Patricia B.,VanMetre, Peter C., and Callender, Edward, 1999, Bottom 

sediments of Lorence Creek Lake, San Antonio, Texas, reflect contaminant 

trends in an urbanizing watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS149-99, 4 p. (also listed under South Central Texas)

Naftz, David L., Stephens, Doyle W., Callender, Edward, and Van Metre, Peter C., 

2000, Reconstructing historical changes in the environmental health of 

watersheds by using sediment cores from lakes and reservoirs in Salt Lake 

Valley, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-164-00, 6 p. (also 

listed under Great Salt Lakes)

Van Metre, P.C., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L., 1996, Water-quality trends using 

sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas Texas: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet FS-217-96, 4 p. (also listed under Trinity River Basin)

Van Metre, P.C., and Manler, B.J., 1999, Town Lake bottom sediments: A chronicle 

of water-quality changes in Austin, Texas, 1960-98: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet FS-183-99, 6 p.

Van Metre, P.C., Manler, B.J., and Callender, E., 1996, Water-quality trends in 

the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo basin using sediment cores from reservoirs: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-221-96, 8 p. (also listed under Rio Grande 

Valley)

Welch, Alan H., Watkins, Sharon A., Helsel, Dennis R., and Focazio, Michael J., 

2000, Arsenic in ground-water resources of the United States: U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-063-00, 4 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Focazio, Michael J., Welch, Alan H., Watkins, Sharon A., Helsel, Dennis R., and 

Horn, Marilee A., 2000, A retrospective analysis on the occurrence of 

arsenic in ground-water resources of the United States and limitations in 

drinking-water-supply characterizations: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report WRIR 99-4279, 21 p.

Books:

Welch, Alan H., Stollenwerk, Kenneth G., eds., 2003, Arsenic in ground water--

geochemistry and occurrence: Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 475 p.

Articles and Papers:

Bradbury, J.P., and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, A land-use and water-quality history 

of White Rock Lake Reservoir, Dallas, Texas, based on a sediment core: 

Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 227-237. (also listed under Trinity 

River Basin)

Callender, Edward, and Rice, Karen C., 2000, The urban environmental gradient: 

Anthropogenic influences on the spatial and temporal distributions of lead 

and zinc in sediments: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 34, no. 

2, p. 232-238.

Callender, Edward, and Van Metre, Peter C., 1997, Reservoir sediment cores show 

U.S. lead declines: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 31, no. 9, 

1997, p. 424A-428A.
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131

Goldstein, Robert M., and DeWeese, L.Rod, 1999, Comparison of trace element 

concentrations in tissue of common carp and implications for monitoring: 

Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 35, no. 5, 

October 1999, p. 1133-1140. (also listed under National Synthesis--

Ecology)

Rice, Karen C., 1999, Trace-element concentrations in streambed sediment across 

the conterminous United States: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 

33, no. 15, p. 2499-2504.

Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, E., 1996, Identifying water-quality trends in 

the Trinity River, Texas, USA, 1969-1992, using sediment cores from Lake 

Livingston: Environmental Geology, vol. 28, no. 4, p. 190-200. (also 

listed under Trinity River Basin)

Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, E., 1997, Water-quality trends in White Rock 

Creek Basin from 1912-94 identified sediment cores from White Rock Lake 

reservoir, Dallas, Texas: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 239-249. 

(also listed under Trinity River Basin)

Van Metre, Peter C., Callender, Edward, and Fuller, Christopher C., 1998, 

Similar rates of decrease of persistent, hydrophobic and particle-reactive 

contaminants in riverine systems: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 

32, no. 21, 1998, p. 3312-3317.

Van Metre, P.C., Callender, E., and Fuller, C.C., 1997, Historical trends in 

organochlorine compounds in river basins identified using sediment cores 

from reservoirs: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 31, no. 8, p. 

2339-2344.

Van Metre, P.C., Mahler, B.J., and Callender, Edward, 2000, Trends in 

organochlorine and radionuclide concentrations in the Upper Rio Grande 

based on sediment core analyses from Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico: 

International Journal of Sediment Research, vol. 13, no. 4, Dec. 1998, p. 

1-11.

Van Metre, Peter C., Mahler, Barbara J., and Furlong, Edward T., 2000, Urban 

sprawl leaves its PAH signature: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 

34, no. 19, p. 4064-4070.

Welch, Alan H., Helsel, Dennis R., Focazio, Michael J. and Watkins, Sharon A., 

2000, Arsenic in ground water supplies of the United States in Chappell. 

W.R., Abernathy, C.O., and Calderon, R.L., eds., Arsenic Exposure and 

Health Effects: 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.

Welch, Alan, Ryker, Sarah, Helsel, Dennis, and Hamilton, Pixie, 2001, Arsenic 

in ground water of the United States: An overview: Water Well Journal, 

February 2001, p. 30-33.

Welch, Alan H., Westjohn, D.B. Helsel, Dennis R., and Wanty, Richard B., 2000, 

Arsenic in ground water of the United States: Occurrence and geochemistry: 

Ground Water, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 589-604.
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NATIONAL SYNTHESIS--Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

Fact Sheets:

Delzer, Gregory C., and Setmire, James G., 1999, Quality of methyl tert-butyl 

ether (MTBE) data for ground-water samples collected during 1993-95 as 

part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 101-99, 4 p.

Clawges, Rick, Rowe, Barbara, and Zogorski, John, 2001, National survey of MTBE 

and other VOCs in community drinking-water sources: U.S. Geological Survey 

Fact Sheet FS-064-01, 4 p.

Moran, Michael, Grady, Stephen, and Zogorski, John, 2001, Occurrence and 

distribution of volatile organic compounds in drinking water supplied by 

community water systems in northeast and mid-atlantic regions of the 

United States, 1993-98: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-089-01, 4 p.

Squillace, Paul J., Pankow, James F., Korte, Nic E., and Zogorski, John S., 1996, 

Environment behavior and fate of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE): U.S. 

Geological Survey Fact Sheet 203-96, 6 p.

Squillace, Paul J., Pope, Daryll A., and Price, Curtis A., 1995, Occurrence of 

the gasoline additive MTBE in shallow ground water in urban agricultural 

areas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 114-95, 4 p. 

Zogorski, John S., Moran, Michael J., and Hamilton, Pixie A., 2001, MTBE and 

other volatile organic compounds--New findings and implications on the 

quality of source waters used for drinking-water supplies: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet FS-105-01, 2 p.

Open-File Reports:

Bender, David A., Asher, William E., and Zogorski, John S., 2003, LakeVOC--A 

Deterministic Model to Estimate Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations 

in Reservoirs and Lakes: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-212, 

283 p.

Bender, David A., Zogorski, John S., Halde, Michael J., and Rowe, Barbara L., 

1999, Selection procedure and salient information for volatile organic 

compounds emphasized in the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-182,32 p.

Brachtl, Elise V., Price, Curtis V., and Clawges, Rick M., 1997, Selected 

bibliography of the fuel oxygenate methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) with 

emphasis on water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-564, 

25 p.

Delzer, G.C., and Ivahnenko, Tamara, 2003, A review of literature for methyl 

tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in sources of drinking water in the United States: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-322, 16 p.

Grady, Stephen J., and Casey, George D., 1999, A plan for assessing the 

occurrence and distribution of methyl tert-butyl ether and other volatile 

organic compounds in drinking water and ambient ground water in the 

Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 99-207, 36 p.

Halde, Michael J., Delzer, Gregory C., and Zogorski, John S., 1999, Study design 

and analytical results used to evaluate a surface-water point sampler for 

volatile organic compounds: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-

651, 31 p.
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133

Ivahnenko, Tamara, Grady, Stephen J., and Delzer, Gregory C., 2001, Design of a 

national survey of methyl tert-butyl ether and other volatile organic 

compounds in drinking-water sources: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 01-271, 42 p.

Lapham, Wayne W., and Tadayon, Saeid, 1996, Plan for assessment of the 

occurrence, status, and distribution of volatile organic compounds in 

aquifers of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-

199, 44 p.

Lopes, Thomas J., and Dionne, Shannon G., 1998, A review of semivolatile and 

volatile organic compound in highway runoff and urban stormwater: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-409, 67 p.

Love, Jason T., Delzer, Gregory C., Abney, Sonja R., and Zogorski, John S., 1999, 

Study design and analytical results used to evaluate stability of volatile 

organic compounds in water matrices: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 98-637, 156 p.

Rowe, Barbara L., Grady, Stephen, Zogorski, John, Koch, Bart, and Tratnyek, 

Paul, 2001, Initial findings: National survey of MTBE, other ether 

oxygenates, and other VOCs in community drinking-water sources: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-399, 2’x3’ poster.

Rowe, Barbara L., Landrigan, Sondra J., and Lopes, Thomas J., 1997, Summary of 

published aquatic toxicity information and water-quality criteria for 

selected volatile organic compounds: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 97-563, 60 p. 

Squillace, Paul J., and Moran, Michael J., 2000, Estimating the likelihood of 

MTBE occurrence in drinking water supplied by ground-water sources in the 

Northeast and Mid-atlantic regions of the United States: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 00-343, 10 p.

Squillace, Paul J., Zogorski, John S., Wilber, William G., and Price, Curtis V., 

1995, A preliminary assessment of the occurrence and possible sources of 

MTBE in ground water of the United States, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 95-456, 15 p. 

Taglioli, Brandon L., Delzer, Gregory C., and Zogorski, John S., 2001, Study 

design and analytical results used to evaluate carry-over contamination 

by volatile organic compounds in surface- and ground-water sampling 

procedures: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-384, 36 p.

Professional Papers:

Rathbun, R.E., 1998, transport, behavior, and fate of volatile organic compounds 

in streams: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1589, 151 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Delzer, G.C., and Ivahnenko, Tamara, 2003, Occurrence and temporal variability 

of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and other volatile organic compounds in 

select sources of drinking water: Results of the focused survey: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4084, 65 p.

Delzer, Gregory, C., Zogorski, John S., Lopes, Thomas J., and Bosshart, Robin 

L., 1996, Occurrence of the gasoline oxygenate MTBE and BTEX compound in 

urban stormwater in the United States, 1991-1995: U.S. Geological Survey 

Water-Resource Investigations Report 96-4145, 6 p.
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134

Grady, S.J., 2003, A national survey of methyl tert-butyl ether and other 

volatile organic compounds in drinking-water sources: Results of the 

random survey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 02-4079, 85 p.

Grady, Stephen J., and Casey, George D., 2001, Occurrence and distribution of 

methyl tert-butyl ether and other volatile organic compounds in drinking 

water Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4228, 123 p.

Lundgren, Robert F., and Lopes, Thomas J., 1999, Occurrence, distribution, and 

trends of volatile organic compounds in the Ohio River and its major 

tributaries, 1987-96: U.S. Geologcial Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 99-4257, 99 p.

Moran, Michael J., Lapham, Wayne W., Rowe, Barbara L., and Zogorski, John S., 

2002, Occurrence and status of volatile organic compounds in ground water 

from rural, untreated, self-supplied domestic wells in the United States, 

1986-99: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-

4085, 51 p.

Books:

Zogorski, J.S., Baehr, A.L., Bauman, B.J., Conrad, D.L., Drew, R.T., Korte, 

N.E., Lapham, W.W., Morduchowitz, A., Pankow, J.F., and Washington, E.R., 

1997, Significant findings and water-quality recommendations of the 

Interagency Oxygenated Fuel Assessment, in Kostecki, P.T., Calabrese, 

E.J., and Bonazountas, Marc, eds.,Contaminated Soils: Amherst, Mass., 

Amherst Scientific Publishing, v. 2, p. 661-679.

Articles and Papers:

Baehr, Arthur L., Baker, Ronald J. and Lahvis, Matthew A., 1997, Transport of 

methyl tert-butyl ether across the water table to the unsaturated zone at 

a gasoline-spill site in Beaufort, S.C. in Proceedings of the American 

Chemical society, 213th ACS National meeting, 1997: San Francisco, CA, 

American, American Chemical Society, vol. 37, no. 1. 

Baehr, Arthur L., Stackelberg, Paul E., Baker, Ronald J., Hauffman, Leon J., 

Hopple, Jessica A., and Ayers, Mark A., 1997, Design of a sampling network 

to determine the occurrence and movement of methyl tert-butyl ether and 

other organic compounds through the urban hydrologic cycle in Proceedings 

of the American Chemical society, 213th ACS National meeting, 1997: San 

Francisco, CA, American, American Chemical Society, vol. 37, no. 1, p. 

400-401.

Bender, David A., Zogorski, John S., Luo, Wentai, Pankow, James F., Majewski, 

Michael, and Baker, Ronald, 2000, Atmosphere-water interaction of 

chloroform, toluene, and MTBE in small perennial urban streams in

Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management 93rd Annual Conference and 

Exposition, June 18-22, 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Buxton, Herbert T., Landmeyer, James E., Baehr, Arthur L., Church, Clinton D., 

and Tratnyek, Paul G., 1998, Interdisciplinary investigation of subsurface 

contaminant transport and fate at point-source releases of gasoline 

containing MTBE: Petroleum Hydrocarbon Conference, November 11-14, 1997, 

Houston, Texas, p. (in press)

Church, Clinton D., Isabelle, Lorne M., Pankow, James F., Rose, Donna L., and 

Tratnyek, Paul G., 1997, Method for determination of methyl tert-butyl 

ether and its degradation products in water: Environmental Science & 

Technology, vol. 31, no. 12, p. 3723-3726.
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Johnson, Richard, Pankow, James, Bender, David, Price, Curtis, and Zogorski, 

John, 2000, MTBE--To what extent will past releases contaminate community 

water supply wells? Environmental Science & Technology, May 2000, p. 210-

216.

Johnson, Richard L., Thoms, R.Brad, and Zogorski, John S., 2003, Effects of daily 

precipitation and evaportranspiration patterns on flow and VOC transport 

to groundwater along a watershed flow path: Environmental Science and 

Technology, v. 37, no. 21, p. 4944-4954.

Kolpin, Dana W., Squillace, P.J., Barbash, J.E., Zogorski, J.S., 1997, 

Pesticides and volatile organic compounds in shallow urban ground water 

of the United States, in Chilton, J., ed., Ground water in the urban 

environment: A.A. balkema, Netherlands, p. 469-474.(also listed under NS-

-Pesticides)

Landmeyer, James E., Chapelle, Francis H., Bradley, Paul M., Pankow, James F., 

Church, Clinton D., and Tratnyek, Paul G., 1998, Fate of MTBE to benzene 

in a gasoline-contaminated aquifer (1993-98): Ground Water Monitoring & 

Remediation, (in press).

Lapham, Wayne W., Moran, Michael J., and Zogorski, John S., 2000, Enhancements 

of nonpoint source monitoring of volatile organic compounds in ground 

water: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 

6, December 2000, p. 1321-1334.

Lapham, Wayne W., Neitzert, Kathleen M., Moran, Michael J. and Zogorski, John 

S., 1997, USGS complies data set for national assessment of VOCs in ground 

water: Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, Fall 1997, p. 147-157.

Lopes, Thomas J. and Bender, David A., 1998, Nonpoint sources of volatile organic 

compounds in urban areas--Relative importance of land surfaces and air: 

Environmental Pollution, vol. 101 (1998), p. 221-230.

Lopes, Thomas J., Fallon, James D., and Maluk, Terry L., 2000,Compositing water 

samples for analysis of volatile organic compounds: Journal of 

Environmental Engineering, August 2000, p. 769-773.

Lopes, Thomas J., Fallon, James D., Rutherford, David W., and Hiatt, Michael H., 

2000, Volatile organic compounds in storm water from a parking lot: 

Journal of Environmental Engineering, December 2000, p. 1137-1143.

Lopes, Thomas J., and Furlong, Edward T., 2001, Occurrence and potential adverse 

effects of semivolatile organic compounds in stream bed sediments, United 

States, 1992-95: Environment Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 20, no. 4, p. 

727-737.

Lopes, Thomas J. Furlong, Edward T., and Pritt, Jeffrey W., 1997, Occurrence and 

distribution of semivolatile organic compounds in stream bed sediments, 

United States, 1992-95, in Little, E.E., DeLonay, A.J., and Greenberg, 

B.M., eds., Environment Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Seventh Volume, 

ASTM STP 1333, 1998, (in press). 

Moran, Michael J., Clawges, Rick M., and Zogorski, John S., 2000, Identifying 

the usage patterns of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and other oxygenates 

in gasoline using gasoline surveys in Proceedings of the American Chemical 

society, 219th ACS National meeting, 2000: San Francisco, CA, American, 

American Chemical Society, vol. 40, no. 1, p. 209-218.

Moran, M.J., Clawges, R.M., and Zogorski, J.S., 2002, Methyl tert-butyl ether 

in ground and surface water of the United States, in Diaz, A.F., and 

Drogos, D.L., Oxygenates in Gasoline (Symposium Series 799): Washington, 

D.C., American Chemical Society, p 2-16.
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Moran, Michael J., Halde, Mike J., Clawges, Rick M., and Zogorski, John S., 2000, 

Relations between the detection of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in 

surface and ground water and its content in gasoline in Proceedings of the 

American Chemical society, 219th ACS National meeting, 2000: San 

Francisco, CA, American, American Chemical Society, vol. 40, no. 1, p. 

195-198.

Moran, Michael, and Hamilton, Pixie, 2003, Volatile organic compounds in ground 

water from rural private wells: Water Well Journal, March 2003, p. 32-35.

Moran, Michael J., Zogorski, John S., and Squillace, Paul J., 2000, MTBE in 

groundwater of the United States--Occurrence, potential sources, and longrange transport: Soil, Sediment & Groundwater MTBE special issue, p. 57-

62.

Moran, Michael J., Zogorski, John S., and Squillace, Paul J., 1999, MTBE in 

ground water of the United States--Occurrence, potential sources, and 

long-range transport in Proceedings of the 1999 Water Resources 

Conference, American Water Works Association (in press).

Pankow, James F., Luo, Wentai, Bender, David A., Isabelle, Lorene M., 

Hollingsworth, Jay S., Chen, Cai, Asher, William E., and Zogorski, John 

S., 2003, Concentrations and co-occurrence correlations of 88 volatile 

organic compounds (VOCs) in the ambient air of 13 semi-rural to urban 

locations in the United States: Atmospheric Environment, v. 37, p. 5023-

5046. 

Pankow, James F., Luo, Wentai, Isabelle, Lorne M., Bender, David A., and Baker, 

Ronald J., 1998, Determination of wide range of volatile organic compounds 

(VOCs) in ambient air using multisorbent adsorption/thermal desorption 

(ATD) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS): Analytical 

Chemistry (in press).

Pankow, J.F., Rathbun, R.E., and Zogorski, J.S., 1996, Calculated volatilization 

rates of fuel oxygenate compounds and other gasoline-related compounds 

from rivers and streams: Chemosphere, vol. 33, no. 5, p. 921-937.

Pankow, James F., Thomson, Neil R., Johnson, Richard L., Baehr, Arthur L, and 

Zogorski, John S., 1997, The urban atmosphere as a non-point source for 

the transport of MTBE and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to 

shallow groundwater: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 31, no. 

10, 1997, p. 2821-2828.

Squillace, Paul J., Moran, Michael J., Lapham, Wayne W., Price, Curtis V., 

Clawges, Rick M., and Zogorski, John S., 1999, Volatile organic compounds 

in untreated ambient groundwater of the United States, 1985-95: 

Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 33, p. 4176-4187.

Squillace, Paul J., Pankow, James F., Korte, Nic E., and Zogorski, John S., 1997, 

Review of the environmental behavior and fate of methyl tert-butyl ether: 

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 16, no. 9, September 1997, 

p. 1836-1844.

Squillace, Paul J., Zogorski, John S., Wilber, William G., and Price, Curtis V., 

1996, A preliminary assessment of the occurrence and possible sources of 

MTBE in ground water of the United States, 1993-94: Environmental Science 

and Technology, vol. 30, p. 1721-30,(also published as USGS Open-File 

Report 95-456).

Zogorski, John S., 1997, Occurrence of MTBE in shallow ground water: U.S. 

Geological Survey Yearbook 1995 Understanding the Earth, p. 30-31.
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Zogorski, John S., Delzer, Gregory C., Bender, David A., Squillace, Paul J., 

Lopes, Thomas J., Baehr, Arthur L., Stackelberg, Paul E., Landmeyer, James 

E., Boughton, Carol J., Lico, Michael S., Pankow, James F., Johnson, 

Richard L., and Thomson, Neil R., 1998, MTBE: Summary of findings and 

research by the U.S. Geological Survey: Proceedings of the 1998 Annual 

Conference of the American Water Works Association (in press).

Zogorski, John S., Morduchowitz, Abraham, Baehr, Arthur L., Bauman, Bruce J., 

Conrad, Dwayne L., Drew, Robert T., Korte, Nic E., Lapham, Wayne W., 

Pankow, James F., and Washington, Evelyn R., 1997, Fuel oxygenates and 

water quality, in 1997, Interagency assessment of oxygenated fuels: 

National Science and Technology Council Committee on Environmental and 

Natural Resources, p. 2-5 - 2-71. (Also listed under NAWQA related 

reports)
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NATIONAL SYNTHESIS--National Summary Reports

Circulars:

Fuhrer, Gregory J., Gilliom, Robert J., Hamilton, Pixie A., Morace, Jennifer L., 

Nowell, Lisa H., Rinella, Joseph F., Stoner, Jeffrey D., and Wentz, Dennis 

A., 1999, The quality of our Nation’s waters--Nutrients and pesticides: 

U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1225, 82 p.

Fact Sheets:

U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, The quality of our Nation’s waters-- Nutrients and 

pesticides: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 116-99, 4 p.

Journal Articles:

Squillace, Paul J., Scott, Jonathon, Moran, Michael J., Nolan, B.T., and Kolpin, 

Dana W., 2002, VOCs, pesticides, nitrate, and their mixtures in 

groundwater used for drinking water in the United States: Environmental 

Science & Technology, vol. 36, no. 9, p. 1923-1930.
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OUTREACH

Fact Sheets:

Brigham, Mark E., Krabbenhoft, David P., and Hamilton, Pixie A., 2003, Mercury 

in stream ecosystems--New studies initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey, 

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 016-03, 4 p.

Cordy, Gail E., 2001, A primer on water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Fact 

Sheet FS-027-01, 2.

Graffy, Elisabeth A., Helsel, Dennis R., and Mueller, David K., 1996, Nutrients 

in the Nation’s waters: Identifying problems and progress: U.S. Geological 

Survey Fact Sheet 218-96, 6 p. (also listed under Nutrient National 

Synthesis)

Erwin, Martha L., and Hamilton, Pixie A., 2002, Monitoring our rivers and 

streams: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 077-02, 4 p.

Mallard, Gail E., and Hamilton, Pixie A., 2002, Monitoring and assessing our 

Nation’s water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 076-02, 6 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 2001, Selected findings and current perspectives on 

urban and agricultural water quality by the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-047-01, 2 p.

Articles and Papers:

Gilliom, Robert J., Mueller, David K., Zogorski, John S., and Ryker, Sarah J., 

2002, A national look at water quality: Water Resources Impact, vol. 4, 

no. 4, July 2002, p. 12-16.

Graffy, Elisabeth A., 1998, Low-level detection of pesticides...so what? Journal 

of Soil and Water Conservation, vol. 53, no. 1, First Quarter 1998, p. 11-

12. (also listed under Pesticide National Synthesis)

Hamilton, Pixie, 2000, Fertile research: The U.S. Geological Survey’s National 

Water-Quality Assessment Program provides food for thought on the 

variability of water quality across the nation: Water Environment and 

Technology, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 26-32.

Hamilton, Pixie, 2000, Water quality: Why geology matters: Geotimes, June 2000, 

p. 20-23.

Hamilton, Pixie, 2002, Water-quality patterns in some of the Nation’s major 

river basins and aquifers: Water Resources Impact, vol. 4, no. 4, July 

2002, p. 5-11.

Hamilton, Pixie, and Miller, Timothy L., 2002, Managing the water above & below: 

Geotimes, May 2002, p. 21-24.

Hirsch, Robert M., Miller, Timothy L., and Hamilton, Pixie A., 2001, Using 

today’s science to plan for tomorrow’s water policies: Environment, vol. 

43, no. 1, January/February 2001, 11 p. 

Miller, Timothy L., 2002, Assessing the quality of the Nation’s water resources: 

Water Resources Impact, vol. 4, no. 4, July 2002, p. 3-4.

Mueller, David K., Lapham, Wayne W., Gurtz, Martin E., and VanMetre, Peter C., 

2002, Changes in water quality over time: Water Resources Impact, vol. 4, 

no. 4, July 2002, p. 22-25.
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Welch, Alan, Ryker, Sarah, Helsel, Dennis, and Hamilton, Pixie, 2001, Arsenic 

in ground water of the United States: An overview: Water Well Journal, 

February 2001, p. 30-33. (also listed under Trace Element National 

Synthesis)

Wilber, William G., and Couch, Carol A., 2002, Assessing five national 

priorities in water resources: Water Resources Impact, vol. 4, no. 4, July 

2002, p. 17-21.

Wolock, David M., and Kauffman, Leon K., 2002, Estimating water-quality 

conditions in unmonitored water resources: Water Resources Impact, vol. 

4, no. 4, July 2002, p. 26-31.
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PROTOCOLS

Open-File Reports:

Crawford, J. Kent, and Luoma, Samuel N., 1992, Guidelines for studies of 

contaminants in biological tissues for the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-494, 69 p.

Cuffney, T.F., Gurtz, M.E., and Meador, M.R., 1993, Methods for collecting 

benthic invertebrate samples as part of the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-406, 66 p.

Cuffney, T.F., Gurtz, M.E., and Meador, M.R., 1993, Guidelines for the 

processing and quality assurance of benthic invertebrate samples collected 

as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 93-407, 80 p.

Edsall, Thomas A.,Behrendt, Thomas E., Cholwek, Gary, Frey, Jeffrey W., Kennedy, 

Gregory W., and Smith, Stephen B., 1997, Use of remote-sensing techniques 

to survey the physical habitat of large rivers: U.S. Geological Survey 

Contribution number 983 of the Great Lakes Science Center, 20 p.

Gurtz, Martin E., and Muir, Thomas A., 1994, Report on the interagency biological 

methods workshop: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-490, 85 p.

Hardy, M.A., Leahy, P.P., and Alley, W.M., 1989, Well installation and 

documentation, and ground-water sampling protocols for the pilot National 

Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

89-396, 36 p.

Koterba, Michael T., Wilde, Franceska D., and Lapham, Wayne W., 1995, Groundwater data-collection protocols and procedures for the National WaterQuality Assessment Program: Collection and documentation of water-quality 

samples and related data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-399, 

113 p.

Lapham, Wayne W., Wilde, Franceska D., and Koterba, Michael T., 1995, Groundwater data-collection protocols and procedures for the National WaterQuality Assessment Program: Selection, installation, and documentation of 

wells, and collection of related data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 95-398, 69 p.

Meador, Michael R., and Gurtz, Martin E., 1994, Biology as an integrated 

component of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-83, 4 p.

Meador, Michael R., Cuffney, Thomas F., and Gurtz, Martin E., 1993, Methods for 

sampling fish communities as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-104, 40 p.

Meador, M.R., Hupp, C.R., Cuffney, T.F., and Gurtz, M.E., 1993, Methods for 

characterizing stream habitat as part of the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-408, 48 p.

Moulton II, Stephen R., Kennen, Johathan G., Goldstein, Robert M., and Hambrook, 

Julie A., 2002, Revised protocols for sampling algal, invertebrate, and 

fish communities as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-150, 75 p.

Porter, S.G., Cuffney, T.F., Gurtz, M.E., and Meador, M.R., 1993, Methods for 

collecting algal samples as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-409, 39 p.
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Shelton, Larry R., 1994, Field guide for collecting and processing stream-water 

samples for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 94-455, 42 p.

Shelton, Larry R., 1997, Field guide for collecting samples for analysis of 

volatile organic compounds in stream water for the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-401, 14 p.

Shelton, Larry R., and Capel, Paul D., 1994, Guideline for collecting and 

processing samples of stream bed sediment for analysis of trace elements 

and organic contaminants for the National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-458, 20 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Fitzpatrick, Faith A., Waite, Ian R., D’Arconte, Patricia J., Meador, Michael 

R., Maupin, Molly A., and Gurtz, Martin E., 1998, Revised methods for 

characterizing stream habitat in the National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-

4052, 67 p.

Francy, Donna S., Myers, Donna N., and Helsel, Dennis R., 2000, Microbiological 

monitoring for U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-

4018, 34 p. (also listed Microbiology National Synthesis and Lake ErieLake Saint Clair Drainage)

Koterba, Michael T., 1998, Ground-water data-collection protocols and procedures 

for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Collection, 

documentation, and compilation of required site, well, subsurface, and 

landscape data for wells: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 98-4107, 91 p.

Walsh, S.J., and Meador, M.R., 1998, Guidelines for quality assurance and 

quality control of fish taxonomic data collected as part of the National 

Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 98-4239, 33 p.

Articles and Papers:

Gurtz, M.E., 1993, Design of biological components of the National Water-Quality 

Assessment (NAWQA) Program, chapter 15, in Loeb, S.L., and Spacie, A., 

eds., Biological monitoring of aquatic systems: Boca Raton, Fla., Lewis 

Publishers, p. 323-354.

Other:

Charles, Donald F., Knowles, Candia, and Davis, Robin S., eds., 2002, Protocols 

for the analysis of algal samples collected as part of the U.S. Geological 

Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program: The National Academy of 

Sciences Report No. 02-06, 124 p.
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OTHER REPORTS FROM THE NAWQA PROGRAM

Circulars:

Elder, J.F., 1989, Applicability of ambient toxicity testing to national or 

regional water-quality assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 89-55 and Circular 1049, 102 p.

Hirsch, R.M., Alley, W.M., and Wilber, W.G., 1988, Concepts for a National WaterQuality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1021, 42 p.

Fact Sheets:

U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, Key features of the National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-053-99, 2 p.

Gilliom, Robert J., Hamilton, Pixie A., and Miller, Timothy L., 2001, The 

National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Entering a new decade of 

investigations: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 071-01, 6 p.

Open-File Reports:

Capel, Paul D., Nacionales, Fernando C., and Larson, Steven J., 1995, Precision 

of a splitting device for water samples: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 95-293, 6 p. 

Hirsch, R.M., Alley, W.M., and Wilber, W.G., 1988, A summary of the U.S. 

Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-95, 7 p.

Leahy, P.P., 1990, Implementation plan for the National Water-Quality Assessment 

Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-174, 10 p.

Leahy, P.P., and Thompson, T.H., 1994, U.S. Geological Survey National WaterQuality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-

70, 4 p.

Leahy, P.P., and Wilber, W.G., 1991, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-54, 2 p.

Mallard, Gail E., Armbruster, Jeffrey T., Broshears, Robert E., Evenson, Eric 

J., Luoma, Samuel N., Phillips, Patrick J., and Prince, Keith R., 1999, 

Recommendations for cycle II of National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) 

Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-470, 52 p.

Mattraw, H.C., Wilber, W.G., and Alley, W.M., 1989, Quality-assurance plan for 

the pilot National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological 

Survey Open-File Report 88-726, 21 p.

Sandstrom, M.W., Wydoski, D.S., Schroeder, M.P., Zamboni, J.L., and Foreman, 

W.T., 1992, Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National 

Water Quality Laboratory--Determination of organonitrogen herbicides in 

water by solid-phase extraction and capillary-column gas chromatography/

mass spectrometry with selected-ion monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 91-519.

Sylvester, M.A., 1992, National Water Quality Assessment Program: U.S. 

Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-145.
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Sorenson, Stephen K., ed., 1994, Proceedings abstracts American Water Resources 

Association’s symposium on the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) 

Program--November 7-9, 1994, Chicago, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 94-397, 21 p.

Wilber, W.G., and Alley, W.W., 1988, National Water-Quality Assessment pilot 

program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-312, 2 p.

Professional Paper:

Domagalski, Joseph, Zinquan, Zhou, Chao, Lin, et al, 2001, Comparative waterquality assessment of the Hai He River Basin in the People’s Republic of 

China and three similar basins in the United States: U.S. Geological 

Survey Professional Paper 1647, 58 p.

Water-Supply Papers:

Katz, B.G., 1993, Biogeochemical and hydrological processes controlling the 

transport and fate of 1,2-dibromoethane (EDB) in soil and ground water, 

central Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2402, 35 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Capel, Paul D., and Larson, Steven J., 1996, Evaluation of selected information 

on splitting devices for water samples: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 95-4141, 103 p.

Scott, J.C., 1989, A computerized data-base system for land-use and land-cover 

data collected at ground-water sampling sites in the pilot National WaterQuality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources 

Investigations Report 89-4172, 139 p.

Articles, and Papers:

Alley, W.M., and Cohen, Philip, 1991, A scientifically based nationwide 

assessment of groundwater quality in the United States: Environmental 

Geology and Water Science, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 17-22.

Alley, W.M., Wilber, W.G., and Leahy, P.P., 1990, Hydrologic basin approach to 

national water-quality assessment in the United States, in Hooghart, J.C., 

Posthumus, C.W.S., and Warmerdam. P.M.M., eds., Hydrologic Research Basins 

and the Environments: Proceedings and Information No.44, The Hague, p. 

285-294.

Alley, W.M., and Wilber, W.G., 1988, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: 

1988 U.S. Geological Survey Year Book, p. 37-39.

Choquette, A.F., and Katz, B.G., 1989, Grid-based ground water sampling: Lessons 

from an extensive regional network for 1,2-dibromoethane (EDB) in Florida, 

in Ragone, S.E., ed., Regional Characterization of Water Quality: 

Proceedings of the Baltimore Symposium, May 1989, National Association of 

Hydrological Sciences Publication No. 182, p.79-86.

Cohen, Philip, Alley, W.M., and Wilber, W.G., 1988, Monitoring ground-waterquality--A multi-billion dollar national crossroad: Proceedings of the 

International Conference on Advances in Ground-Water Hydrology, p. 527-

532.

Cohen, Philip, Alley, W.M., and Wilber, W.G., 1988, National water-quality 

assessment: Future directions of the U.S. Geological Survey: American 

Water Resources Association Bulletin December 1988, vol. 24, no. 26, 5 p.
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Foreman, W.T., Zaugg, S.D., Faires, L.M., Wener, M.G., Lilker, T.J., and 

Rogerson, P.F., 1992, Analytical interferences of mercuric chloride 

preservative in environmental water samples: Determination of organic 

compounds isolated by continuous liquid--Liquid extraction or closed-loop 

stripping: Environmental Science Technology, vol. 26, no. 7, p. 1307-1312.

Foster, G.D., and Rogerson, P.F., 1990, Enhanced preconcentration of pesticides 

from water using the goulden large-sample extractor: International Journal 

of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, vol. 41, p. 105-117.

Helsel, Dennis R., 1995, Design of a relational water-quality assessment 

program: 1995 Proceedings of the Biometrics Section of the American 

Statistical Association, p. 60-67.

Katz, B.G., 1989, Persistence of a soil fumigant (1,2-dibromoethane) in ground 

water, Florida, USA: Hydrological Science and Technology, vol. 5, no. 1-

4, p. 65-74.

Leahy, P.P., 1992, Consistent data on water quality--It’s long overdue: 

Geotimes, December 1992, p 5.

Leahy, P.P., Ryan, B.J., and Johnson, A. Ivan, 1993, An introduction to the U.S. 

Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Water 

Resources Bulletin July/August 1993, vol. 29, no. 4, p. 529-532. 

(Reprinted 1993, U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality 

Assessment Program (NAWQA), American Water Resources Association 

Monograph Series No. 19.)

Leahy, P.P., and Wilber, W.G., 1991, The National Water-Quality Assessment 

(NAWQA) Program--A basis for water-resource policy development: 

Irrigation and drainage Proceedings 1991, Honolulu, HI, p. 711-717. 

Leahy, P.P., and Schmidt, N.E., Jr., 1992, Volunteer for Science Program: 

Proceedings of Third National Citizens' Volunteer Water Monitoring 

Conference, 12 p.

Murdoch, Peter S., Baron, Jill S., and Miller, Timothy L., 2002, Potential 

effects of climate change on surface-water quality in North America: 

Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 2, 

p.347-366.

Rubin, J., Bennett, J.P., Hirsch, R.M., Luoma, S.N., 1985, Principles of 

national, perennial acquisition and analysis of data on water quality: 

Final report of ad hoc committee on principles of water-quality data 

acquisition and utilization, 49 p.

Pamphlets:

U.S. Geological Survey, 2001, National Water-Quality (NAWQA) Assessment Program 

Study Units, 2001-2012: NAWQA Map accompaniment to U.S. Geological Fact 

Sheet 071-01, 1 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 2001, National Water-Quality (NAWQA) Assessment Program 

Study Areas, 1991-2001: Pamphlet advertisement for 1994 Study-Unit Summary 

Reports, 4 p.
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NAWQA-RELATED PUBLICATIONS

Reports published by U.S. Geological Survey using NAWQA data for 

objectives beyond the scope of the NAWQA Program.

Fact Sheets:

Ryker, Sarah J., and Williamson, Alex K., 1996, Pesticides in public supply wells 

of Washington State: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 122-96, prepared 

in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Health, 2 p. (also 

listed under Central Columbia Plateau)

Erwin, Martha L., and Munn, Mark D., 1997, Are walleye from Lake Roosevelt 

contaminated with mercury? U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 102-97, 4 p.

Volwimkel, E.F., Clawges, R.M., Buxton, D.E., Stedfast, D.A., and Louis, J.B., 

1996, Vulnerability of public drinking water supplies in New Jersey to 

pesticides: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-165-96, 4 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports:

Robertson, Dale M., 1996, Use of frequency-volume analyses to estimate 

regionalized yields and loads of sediment, phosphorus, and polychlorinated 

biphenyls to Lakes Michigan and Superior: U.S. Geological Survey WaterResources Investigations Report 96-4092, 47 p.

Articles, and Papers:

Clark, G.M., and Goolsby, D.A., 1999, Occurrence and transport of acetochlor in 

streams of the Mississippi River Basin: Journal of Environmental Quality, 

vol. 28, no. 6, p. 1787-1795.

Goolsby, D.A., 2000, Mississippi Basin nitrogen flux believed to cause Gulf 

hypoxia: EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 81, no. 29, 

p. 321 & 326-327.

Gregory, M.B., and Frick, E.A., 2001, Summary of fecal-coliform bacteria 

concentrations in streams of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation 

Area, Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, May.October 1994 and 1995: in 

Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2001 Georgia Water Resources 

Conference, Athens, Ga., Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The 

University of Georgia, p. 718-721. (also listed under ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint River Basin)

Gregory, M.B., and Frick, E.A., 2001, Indicator-bacteria concentrations in 

streams of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, March 1999-

April 2000: in Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2001 Georgia Water 

Resources Conference, Athens, Ga., Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 

The University of Georgia, p. 510-513. (also listed under ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint River Basin)

Williamson, Sandy (Alex K.), 2001, Get comfortable with uncertainty in resource 

management decisions: Washington State University, E-Water Newsletter, 

Winter 2001, no. 2, http://www.wsu.edu/swwrc/newsletter.

Other Reports:

Zogorski, John S., Morduchowitz, Abraham, Baehr, Arthur L., Bauman, Bruce J., 

Conrad, Dwayne L., Drew, Robert T., Korte, Nic E., Lapham, Wayne W., 

Pankow, James F., and Washington, Evelyn R., 1997, Fuel oxygenates and 

water quality, in 1997, Interagency assessment of oxygenated fuels: 

National Science and Technology Council Committee on Environmental and 

Natural Resources, p. 2-5 - 2-71.
December 2003

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NAWQA-RELATED OUTSIDE PUBLICATIONS

Reports and articles on the NAWQA Program written and published by sources 

outside U.S. Geological Survey.

Daukantas, Patricia, 2001, Easy mapping, WEB viewer makes data warehouse simpler 

for everyone: Government Computer News, vol. 20, number 32, p. 27-28.

Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), 1995, Identifying threats to 

water-quality, 6 p.

Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), 2001, Sprawl leaves its 

footprint in water, 2 p.

National Research Council, 1990, A Review of the U.S.G.S. National Water-Quality 

Assessment Pilot Program: National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 153 p.

National Research Council, 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: The 

challenge of national synthesis: National Academy Press,1994, Washington, 

D.C., 51 p.

National Research Council, 2002, Opportunities to improve the U.S.G.S. National 

Water-Quality Assessment Program: National Academy Press, Washington, 

D.C., 238 p.

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina State University 

College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, 1996, Technical Notes--Nutrients 

in ground water and surface water of the United States: NWQEP Notes--The 

NCSU Water Quality Group Newsletter, no. 76, March 1996, p. 1-6.

Water Resources Research Center, The University of Arizona, 1996, NAWQA and AZ 

water quality, Arizona Water Resource, vol. 5, no. 1, March-April 1996, 

p. 9.

Wiseth, Kelli, 2001, <finding> meaning: Oracle, September/October 2001, p. 78-

79.