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  <dc:contributor>R. Creswell</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Michael S. Runner</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2002</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The United States Geological Survey and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;Mississippi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; Department of Marine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;Resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; are collecting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; on the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;quality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;Mississippi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="searchword"&gt;Sound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; of the Gulf of Mexico, and streamflow &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; for its tributaries. The U.S. Geological Survey is collecting continuous &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;-level &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, continuous and discrete &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;-temperature &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, continuous and discrete specific-conductance &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, as well as chloride and salinity samples at two locations in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;Mississippi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="searchword"&gt;Sound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; and three Corps of Engineers tidal gages. Continuous-discharge &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; are also being collected at two additional stations on tributaries. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;Mississippi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; Department of Marine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;Resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; collects &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; samples at 169 locations in the Gulf of Mexico. Between 1800 and 2000 samples are collected annually which are analyzed for turbidity and fecal coliform bacteria. The continuous &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; are made available real-time through the internet and are being used in conjunction with streamflow &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, weather &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and sampling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; for the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="searchword"&gt;monitoring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; and management of the oyster reefs, the shrimp fishery and other marine species and their habitats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:title>Water quality monitoring and data collection in the Mississippi sound</dc:title>
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