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Water and Sediment Quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, During Water Year 2004

Edited By Paul F. Schuster


U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1258

 

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Overview

This report contains water-quality and sediment-quality data from samples collected in the Yukon River Basin from March through September during the 2004 water year (WY). Samples were collected throughout the year at five stations in the basin (three on the main stem Yukon River, one each on the Tanana and Porcupine Rivers). A broad range of physical, chemical, and biological analyses are presented.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction

CHAPTER 2 - Fixed-Station Samples

CHAPTER 3 - Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Characterization

CHAPTER 4 - Dissolved Major Cations and Trace Elements

CHAPTER 5 - Mercury Analyses

CHAPTER 6 - Dissolved Gasses and Dissolved Inorganic Carbon

CHAPTER 7- Sediment Chemistry

CHAPTER 8 - Sediment Mineralogy

CHAPTER 9 - Sediment Concentration and Percent Organic Matter (OM)

CHAPTER 10 – Total Particulate Carbon (TPC), Particulate Inorganic Carbon (PIC), Particulate Organic Carbon (POC), and Total Particulate Nitrogen (TPN)

CHAPTER 11 - Isotopic Analysis of Suspended Particulate Organic matter (POM)

CHAPTER 12 - Uranium Isotopes

References Cited

 

Figures

 

1. Map showing location of fixed-station water-quality sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.

 

Tables

 

1. Summary of site characteristics at five fixed stations in the Yukon River Basin.
2. USGS National Water Quality Laboratory analyses-Yukon River at Eagle, Alaska.
3. USGS National Water Quality Laboratory analyses-Porcupine River near Fort Yukon, Alaska.
4. USGS National Water Quality Laboratory analyses-Yukon River near Stevens Village, Alaska.
5. USGS National Water Quality Laboratory analyses-Tanana River at Nenana, Alaska.
6. USGS National Water Quality Laboratory analyses-Yukon River at Pilot Station, Alaska.
7. Dissolved organic carbon concentrations and fractionation analyses from fixed-station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.
8. Selected dissolved major cations and trace elements from fixed-station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.
9. Mercury and methylmercury concentrations from fixed-station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.
10. Carbon dioxide, methane, and dissolved inorganic carbon concentrations from fixed-station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.
11. Sediment chemistry data from fixed-station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.
12. Sediment mineralogy data from fixed-station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.
13. Suspended sediment concentrations and percent organic matter in sediment from fixed-station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.
14. Total particulate carbon, particulate inorganic carbon, particulate organic carbon, and total particulate nitrogen concentrations from fixed-station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.
15. Suspended sediment isotopic data from fixed-station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin.
16. Uranium concentration and 234U/238U isotopic activity ratio analyses in water samples from fixed- station sampling sites in the Yukon River Basin

 


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