Benthic cover on coral reefs of Isla Del Culebra (Puerto Rico) 1991-1998 and a comparison of assessment techniques
V.H. Garrison, E.A. Shinn, J. Miller, M. Carlo, R. W. Rodriguez, K. Koltes
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1398
Oceanic Pb-isotopic sources of Proterozoic and Paleozoic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity, southeastern Alaska
Robert A. Ayuso, Susan M. Karl, John F. Slack, Peter J. Haeussler, Peter E. Bittenbender, Gregory A. Wandless, Anna Colvin
2005, Professional Paper 1732-E
Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity in southeastern Alaska are associated with Late Proterozoic through Cambrian volcanosedimentary rocks of the Wales Group and with Ordovician through Early Silurian felsic volcanic rocks of the Moira Sound unit (new informal name). The massive sulfide deposits in...
Science to sustain terminal lakes: The Walker River Basin Study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3124
Section 2507 of Public Law 107-171 (2002 Farm Bill) provided $200,000,000 to be used by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to provide water to at-risk natural desert terminal lakes. This bill was later amended under Public Law 108-7, Section 207 to include language 'Restoration...
Coral disease and health workshop: Coral histopathology II, July 12-14, 2005
S. B. Galloway, Cheryl M. Woodley, S. M. McLaughlin, Thierry M. Work, V. S. Bochsler, Carol U. Meteyer, Louis Sileo, E. C. Peters, E. Kramarsky-Winters, J. Frank Morado, P. G. Parnell, D. S. Rotstein, R. A. Harely, T. L. Reynolds
2005, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 56 and CRCP 4
The health and continued existence of coral reef ecosystems are threatened by an increasing array of environmental and anthropogenic impacts. Coral disease is one of the prominent causes of increased mortality among reefs globally, particularly in the Caribbean. Although over 40 different coral diseases and syndromes have been reported worldwide,...
A Science Framework for Connecticut River Watershed Sustainability
Stephen Rideout, Craig Nicolson, Susan L. Russell-Robinson, Ellen L. Mecray
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1292
Introduction: This document outlines a research framework for water resource managers and land-use planners in the four-state Connecticut River Watershed (CRW). It specifically focuses on developing the decision-support tools and data needed by managers in the watershed. The purpose of the Science Framework is to identify critical research issues and...
Digital Mapping Techniques '05--Workshop Proceedings, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 24-27, 2005
David R. Soller
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1428
Introduction: The Digital Mapping Techniques '05 (DMT'05) workshop was attended by more than 100 technical experts from 47 agencies, universities, and private companies, including representatives from 25 state geological surveys (see Appendix A). This workshop was similar in nature to the previous eight meetings, held in Lawrence, Kansas (Soller, 1997),...
Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Modeling Output Online
Yao Yin, Jim Rogala, John Sullivan, Jason J. Rohweder
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1233
Introduction The ability to predict the distribution of submersed aquatic vegetation in the Upper Mississippi River on the basis of physical or chemical variables is useful to resource managers. Wildlife managers have a keen interest in advanced estimates of food quantity such as American wildcelery (Vallisneria americana) population status to give...
Lead isotopic compositions of soil and near-surface till profiles from a watershed containing arsenic-enriched groundwater in coastal Maine
Robert Ayuso, Nora Foley, Gregory Wandless, Jeremy Dillingham, Anna Colvin
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5112
Lead isotope compositions of soils and near-surface tills from an area of coastal Maine known to have groundwater with anomalously high arsenic contents were measured in order to determine the source of the lead and, by inference, possible sources of arsenic. Five soil and till sites were selected for detailed...
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center - 2005
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3108
Inventory of gate-sensing equipment at 14 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams in Texas
Glenn R. Harwell
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1439
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a worldwide organization that provides engineering services, environmental restoration, and construction support for a wide variety of civil and military projects. The primary civil mission of the USACE is developing and managing the Nation's water resources. USACE develops projects to reduce flood...
Louisiana ground-water map no.18, potentiometric surface, 2003, Jasper Aquifer System in west-central Louisiana
Jeffrey A. Brantly, Ronald C. Seanor
2005, Scientific Investigations Map 2861
User's Manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey: Ground-water site-inventory system
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1251
The Ground-Water Site-Inventory (GWSI) System is a ground-water data storage and retrieval system that is part of the National Water Information System (NWIS) developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The NWIS is a distributed water database in which data can be processed over a network of workstations and file...
Surface gamma-ray survey of the Barre West quadrangle, Washington and Orange Counties, Vermont
Gregory J. Walsh, Aaron M. Satkoski
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5276
This study was designed to determine the levels of naturally occurring radioactivity in bedrock from surface measurements at outcrops during the course of 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping and to determine which rock types were potential sources of radionuclides. Elevated levels of total alpha particle radiation (gross alpha) occur in a public water...
Water resources data, Alaska, water year 2004
D. F. Meyer, H.R. Best, R.H. Host, R.P. Murray, G. L. Solin
2005, Water Data Report AK-04-1
Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Alaska consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stages of lakes; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This volume contains records for water discharge at 115 gaging stations; stage or contents only at 3...
User's manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Water-quality System (QWDATA)
Dorinda Gellenbeck, Carolyn J. Oblinger, Donna L. Runkle, Terry L. Schertz, Jonathon C. Scott, Robert L. Taylor
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1081
This user documentation is designed to be a reference for the Water-Quality System (QWDATA) within the National Water Information System (NWIS). For the new user, the 'Introduction' and 'Getting Started' sections are the recommended places to begin. The experienced user may want to go straight to the details provided in...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Tuzigoot National Monument
Brian F. Powell, E.W. Albrecht, William Lee Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt, P. Anning, K. Docherty
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1347
Executive Summary From 2002 to 2004, we surveyed for plants and vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) at Tuzigoot National Monument (NM) and adjacent areas in Arizona. This was the first effort of its kind in the area and was part of a larger effort to inventory vascular plants and vertebrates...
Geologic Map Database of Texas
Douglas B. Stoeser, Nancy Shock, Gregory N. Green, Gayle M. Dumonceaux, William D. Heran
2005, Data Series 170
The purpose of this report is to release a digital geologic map database for the State of Texas. This database was compiled for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Program, National Surveys and Analysis Project, whose goal is a nationwide assemblage of geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and other data. This release...
GIS compilation of data collected from the Pulley Ridge Deep Coral Reef region
VeeAnn Cross, D.C. Twichell, R. B. Halley, K.T. Ciembronowicz, B. D. Jarrett, E. S. Hammar-Klose, A. C. Hine, S. D. Locker, D. F. Naar
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1089
Pulley Ridge is a chain of drowned barrier islands that extends almost 200 km in 60-90 m water depths (Fig. 1). This drowned ridge is located on the Florida Platform in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico about 250 km west of Cape Sable, Florida (Jarrett and others, 2005). These islands...
Water resources data, North Carolina, water year 2004. Volume 2: Ground-water records
S. S. Howe, P.L. Breton, M. J. Chapman
2005, Water Data Report NC-04-2
Water-resources data for the 2004 water year for North Carolina consist of records of stage, discharge, water quality for streams; stage and contents for lakes and reservoirs; precipitation; and ground-water levels and water quality of ground water. Volume 1 contains discharge records for 217 gaging stations; stage and contents for...
Summary of significant floods in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1994 through 1998 water years
C. A. Perry
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5194
This volume is a compilation of significant floods that occurred at streamgages throughout the United States and Puerto Rico from October 1, 1993, through September 30, 1998. A significant flood in this report refers to a peak-flow discharge(instantaneous or time averaged) that is in the top 5 percent of all...
Stratabound copper-silver deposits of the Mesoproterozoic Revett Formation, Montana and Idaho, with a section on databases and spatial-data files for the geology and mineral deposits of the Revett Formation
David E. Boleneus, Larry M. Appelgate, John H. Stewart, Michael L. Zientek, Mary H. Carlson, D. W. Chase
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5231
The western Montana copper belt in western Montana and northern Idaho contains several large stratabound copper-silver deposits in fine- to medium-grained quartzite beds of the Revett Formation of the Mesoproterozoic (1,470-1,401 Ma) Belt Supergroup. Production from the deposits at the Troy Mine and lesser production from the Snowstorm Mine has...
Water resources data, Florida, water year 2005. Volume 3A: Southwest Florida surface water
Richard L. Kane, Mark Dickman
2005, Water Data Report FL-05-3A
Water resources data for the 2005 water year in Florida consist of continuous or daily discharges for 429 streams, periodic discharge for 9 streams, continuous or daily stage for 218 streams, periodic stage for 5 streams, peak stage for 28 streams and peak discharge for 28 streams, continuous or daily...
Water resources data, Florida, water year 2005. Volume 3B: Southwest Florida ground water
Richard L. Kane
2005, Water Data Report FL-05-3B
Water resources data for the 2005 water year in Florida consist of continuous or daily discharges for 429 streams, periodic discharge for 9 streams, continuous or daily stage for 218 streams, periodic stage for 5 streams, peak stage for 28 streams and peak discharge for 28 streams, continuous or daily...
Water Resources Data: Hawaii and Other Pacific Areas, Water Year 2004. Volume 1. Hawaii
B.H. Shimizu, D.C. Nishimoto, R.I. Taogoshi, P.C. Teeters
2005, Water Data Report HI-04-1
Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Hawaii consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and springs; water levels and quality of water wells; and rainfall totals. * Water discharge for 66 gaging stations on streams, springs, and ditches. * Water-quality data for 4 streams, and...
Crustal structure and earthquake hazards of the subduction zone in southwestern British Columbia and western Washington
Michael A. Fisher, Roy D. Hyndman, Samuel Y. Johnson, Thomas M. Brocher, Robert S. Crosson, Ray E. Wells, Andrew J. Calvert, Uri S. ten Brink
2005, Professional Paper 1661-C
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