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The Long Island-New Jersey Coastal Drainages publications are shown in bold type.

Baehr, A.L., Kauffman, L.J., Charles, E.G., Baker, R.J., Stackelberg, P.E., Ayers, M.A., and Zapecza, O.S., 1999a, Sampling throughout the hydrologic cycle to characterize sources of volatile organic compounds in ground water, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Technical Meeting, Charleston, S. C., March 8-12, 1999 Proceedings--Volume 3—Subsurface contamination from point sources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99–4018C, p. 21–35.

Baehr, A.L., Stackelberg, P.E., and Baker, R.J., 1999b, Evaluation of the atmosphere as a source of volatile organic compounds in shallow ground water: Water Resources Research, v. 35, no. 1, p. 127–136.

Barbash, J.E., and Resek, E.A., 1996, Pesticides in ground water—Distribution, trends, and governing factors: Chelsea, Mich., Ann Arbor Press, 588 p.

Barbour, M.T., Gerritsen, J., Snyder, B.D., and Stribling, J.B., 1999, Rapid bioassessment protocols for use in streams and wadeable rivers—Periphyton, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish, 2d ed.: Washington, D.C., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, EPA 841–B–99–002, 226 p.

Callender, E., and Rice, K.C., 2000, The urban environmental gradient—Anthropogenic influences on the spatial and temporal distributions of lead and zinc in sediments: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 34, no. 2, p. 232–238. Callender, E., and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, Reservoir sediment cores show U.S. lead declines: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 31, no. 9, p. 424–428.

Chang, M., Kennen, J.G., and Del Corso, E.J., 2000, Evaluating temporal changes in stream condition in three New Jersey basins by using an index of biotic integrity: Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences, v. 45, no. 1, p. 1–12.

Clawges, R.M., Stackelberg, P.E., Ayers, M.A., and Vowinkel, E.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 Investigations Report 99–4027, 32 p.

Culp, J.M., Wrona, F.J., and Daview, R.W., 1986, Response of stream benthos and drift to fine sediment deposition versus transport: Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 64, p. 1345–1351.

Eckhardt, D.A.V., and Stackelberg, P.E., 1995, Relation of ground-water quality to land use on Long Island, New York: Ground Water, v. 33, no. 6, p. 1019–1033.

Ecosystem Conservation Directorate Evaluation and Interpretation Branch, 1995, Interim sediment quality guidelines: Ottawa, Ontario, Environment Canada, Soil and Sediment Quality Section, Guidlines Division, 52 p.

Fausch, K. D., Lyons, J., Karr, J.R., and Angermeier, P.L., 1990, Fish communities as indicators of environmental degradation: American Fisheries Society Symposium, v. 8, p. 123–144.

Forstner, Ulrich, and Wittman, G.T.W., eds., 1983, Metal pollution in the aquatic environment (2d ed.): New York, Springer–Verlag, 486 p.

Gilliom, R.J., Alley, W.M., and Gurtz, M.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.

Hamilton, G.C., and Meyer, R., 1994, A nine-year comparison of pesticide use in New Jersey, in Weigman, D.L., ed., New directions in pesticide research, management, and policy: Blacksburg, Virginia Water Resources Research Center, November 1–3, 1993, p. 335–365.

Karr, J.R., Yant, P.R., Fausch, K.D., and Schlosser, I.J., 1987, Spatial and temporal variability of the index of biotic integrity in three midwestern streams: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 116, no. 1, p. 1–11.

Kennen, J.G., 1999, Relation of macroinvertebrate community impairment to catchment characteristics in New Jersey streams: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 35, no. 4, p. 939–955.

Klein, R.D, 1979, Urbanization and stream quality impairment: Water Resources Bulletin vol. 15, p. 949–963.

Krabbenhoft, D.P., Wiener, J.G., Brumbaugh, W.G., Olson, M.L., DeWild, J.F., and Sabin, T.J., 1999, A national pilot study of mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems along multiple gradients, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program—Technical Meeting, Charleston, S. C., March 8–12, 1999 Proceedings— Volume 2—Contamination of hydrologic systems and related ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99–4018B, p. 147–160.

Kurtenbach, J., 1993, Index of biotic integrity study—New Jersey—Passaic, Wallkill, Delaware and Raritan drainages, summer (1990–1993): U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 32 p., plus appendixes.

LeaMond, C.E., Haefner, R.J., Cauller, S.J., and Stackelberg, P.E., 1992, Ground-water quality in five areas of differing land use in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91–180, 67 p.

Long, E.R., and Morgan, L.G., 1991, The potential for biological effects on sediment-sorbed contaminants tested in the National Status and Trends Program: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Technical Memo NOS/OMA 52, 175 p.

Long, G.R., Chang, M., and Kennen, J.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 Water-Resources Investigations Report 99–4235, 29 p.

Modica, E., Buxton, H.T., and Plummer, L.N., 1998, Evaluating the source and residence times of groundwater seepage to streams, New Jersey Coastal Plain: Water Resources Research, v. 34, no. 11, p. 2797–2810.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 1994a, Ambient biomonitoring network, Arthur Kill, Passaic, Hackensack, and Wallkill River drainage basins: 22 p.

_____ 1994b, The establishment of ecoregion biological reference sites for New Jersey streams: 17 p.

_____ 1998, Surface water quality standards: Office of Environmental Planning, April 1998: 122 p.

O’Brien, A.K., 1997. Presence and distribution of trace elements in New Jersey streambed sediments: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 33, no 2, p. 387–403.

O’Brien, A.K., Reiser, R.G., and Gylling, H., 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.

Phillips, P.J., Eckhardt, D.A., Terracciano, S.A., and Rosenmann, L., 1999, Pesticides and their metabolites in wells of Suffolk County, New York, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99–4095, 12 p.

Plafkin, J.L., Barbour, M.T., Porter, K.D., Gross, S.K., and Hughes, R.M., 1989, Rapid bioassessment protocols for use in streams and rivers—benthic macroinvertebrates and fish: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA/444/4–89/001, 174 p.

Reiser, R.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, 19 p.

Reiser, R.G., and O’Brien, A.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.

_____ 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, 11 p.

Spinello, A.G., Busciolano, R., Pena-Cruz, G., and Winowitch, R.B., 2000, Water resources data—New York— Water Year 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report NY–99–2, v. 2. Long Island, 229 p.

Squillace, P.J., Moran, M.J., Lapham, W.W., Price, C.V., Clawges, R.M., and Zogorski, J.S., 1999, Volatile organic compounds in untreated ambient groundwater of the United States, 1985–1995: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 33, no. 23, p. 4176–4187.

Stackelberg, P.E., 1997, Presence and distribution of chlorinated organic compounds in streambed sediments, New Jersey: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 33, no. 2, p. 271–284.

Stackelberg, P.E., Hopple, J.A., and Kauffman, L.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, P.E., Kauffman, L.J., Baehr, A.L., and Ayers, M.A., 2000, Comparison 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 Water-Resources Investigations Report 00–4123, 78 p.

Stackelberg, P.E., Kauffman, L.J., Ayers, M.A., and Baehr, A.L., in press, Frequently co-occurring pesticides and volatile organic compounds in public-supply and monitoring wells, southern New Jersey: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 20, no. 4, April 2001.

Szabo, Zoltan, Rice, D.E., MacLeod, C.L., and Barringer, T.H., 1997, Relation of distribution of radium, nitrate, and pesticides to agricultural land use and depth, Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, New Jersey Coastal Plain, 1990–91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96–4165A, 119 p.

Terracciano, S.A., and O'Brien, A.K., 1997, Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in streams on Long Island, New York, and in New Jersey—Overview of available data and reconnaissance sampling: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS–063–97 4 p.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1992, Action levels for poisonous or deleterious substances in human food and animal feed: Washington, D.C., 16 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, The quality of our Nation’s waters—Nutrients and pesticides: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1225, 82 p.

Velz, C.J., 1984, Applied stream sanitation (2d ed.): New York, John Wiley and Sons, 800 p.

Vogue, P.A., Kerle, E.A., and Jenkins, J.J., 1994, OSU extension pesticide properties database. (Accessed August 15, 1998 on the World Wide Web at URL http://ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/ppdmove.html)

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Ayers, M.A., Kennen, J.G., and Stackelberg, P.E., 2000, Water Quality in the Long Island–New Jersey Coastal Drainages New Jersey and New York, 1996–98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1201, 40 p., on-line at https://pubs.water.usgs.gov/circ1201/

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