Management scenarios for the Jordan River salinity crisis
E. Farber, A. Vengosh, I. Gavrieli, Amarisa Marie, T.D. Bullen, B. Mayer, R. Holtzman, M. Segal, U. Shavit
2005, Applied Geochemistry (20) 2138-2153
Recent geochemical and hydrological findings show that the water quality of the base flow of the Lower Jordan River, between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, is dependent upon the ratio between surface water flow and groundwater discharge. Using water quality data, mass-balance calculations, and actual flow-rate measurements,...
Perchlorate isotope forensics
J.K. Böhlke, N.C. Sturchio, B. Gu, J. Horita, G.M. Brown, W.A. Jackson, J. Batista, P.B. Hatzinger
2005, Analytical Chemistry (77) 7838-7842
Perchlorate has been detected recently in a variety of soils, waters, plants, and food products at levels that may be detrimental to human health. These discoveries have generated considerable interest in perchlorate source identification. In this study, comprehensive stable isotope analyses (37Cl/35Cl and 18O/17O/16O) of perchlorate from known synthetic and natural...
Urbanization effects on stream habitat characteristics in Boston, Massachusetts; Birmingham, Alabama; and Salt Lake City, Utah
T.M. Short, E.M.P. Giddings, H. Zappia, J.F. Coles
2005, Book chapter, Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems
Relations between stream habitat and urban land-use intensity were examined in 90 stream reaches located in or near the metropolitan areas of Salt Lake City, Utah (SLC); Birmingham, Alabama (BIR); and Boston, Massachusetts (BOS). Urban intensity was based on a multi-metric index (urban intensity index or UII) that included measures...
Status and conservation of the fish fauna of the Alabama River system
Mary C. Freeman, E.R. Irwin, N.M. Burkhead, B. J. Freeman, H.L. Bart Jr.
2005, American Fisheries Society Symposium (2005) 557-585
The Alabama River system, comprising the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa subsystems, forms the eastern portion of the Mobile River drainage. Physiographic diversity and geologic history have fostered development in the Alabama River system of globally significant levels of aquatic faunal diversity and endemism. At least 184 fishes are native to...
Evaluating water management strategies with the Systems Impact Assessment Model: SIAM version 4
John M. Bartholow, John Heasley, Blair Hanna, Jeff Sandelin, Marshall Flug, Sharon Campbell, Jim Henriksen, Aaron Douglas
2005, Open-File Report 2003-82
Water from many of California's coastal rivers has been used for a wide variety of development ventures, including major agricultural diversions, hydropower generation, and contaminant assimilation from industry, agriculture and logging. Anthropogenic impacts often degrade water quality and decrease the quantity and quality of aquatic habitat. Reallocating streamflow away from...
The microbiol ecology and physiology of aryl dehalogenation reactions and implications for bioremediation
J.M. Suflita, G.T. Townsend
L. Young, C. Cerniglia, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Microbial transformation and degradation of toxic organic chemicals
No abstract available. ...
Water quality in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park — Trends and spatial characteristics of selected constituents
Ronald L. Miller, Benjamin F. McPherson, Robert Sobczak, Christine Clark
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4249
Seasonal changes in water levels and flows in Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) and Everglades National Park (EVER) affect water quality. As water levels and flows decline during the dry season, physical, geochemical and biological processes increase the breakdown of organic materials and the build-up of organic waste, nutrients, and...
Surface-Water and Ground-Water Interactions in the Central Everglades, Florida
Judson W. Harvey, Jessica T. Newlin, James M. Krest, Jungyill Choi, Eric A. Nemeth, Steven L. Krupa
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5069
Recharge and discharge are hydrological processes that cause Everglades surface water to be exchanged for subsurface water in the peat soil and the underlying sand and limestone aquifer. These interactions are thought to be important to water budgets, water quality, and ecology in the Everglades. Nonetheless, relatively few studies of...
Physical habitat dynamics in four side-channel chutes, lower Missouri River
Robert B. Jacobson, Harold E. Johnson, Mark S. Laustrup, Gary J. D’Urso, Joanna M. Reuter
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1071
Construction of the side-channel chutes has become a popular means to rehabilitate habitate of the Lower Missouri River. We studied various aspects of hydrology, hydraulics, and geomorphology of four side-channel chutes to document a range of existing conditions in the Lower Missouri River. The Cranberry Bend side-channel chute has existed...
Application of cross-borehole radar to monitor fieldscale vegetable old injection experiments for biostimulation
John W. Lane Jr., Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Roelof J. Versteeg, C.C. Casey, Peter K. Joesten
2004, Conference Paper, Proceedings: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP)
Cross-borehole radar methods were used to monitor a field-scale biostimulation pilot project at the Anoka County Riverfront Park (ACP), located downgradient of the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant, in Fridley, Minnesota. The goal of the pilot project is to evaluate biostimulation using emulsified vegetable oil to treat ground water...
Use of borehole radar methods and borehole geophysical logs to monitor a field-scale vegetable oil biostimulation pilot project at Fridley, Minnesota
John W. Lane Jr., Clifton C. Casey, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, A. Witten, Roelof J. Versteeg
2004, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds
Cross-hole and surface-to-borehole radar and conventional borehole geophysical logs were used to monitor subsurface injections of vegetable oil emulsion conducted as part of a field-scale biostimulation pilot project at the Anoka County Riverfront Park (ACP), located downgradient of the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant (NIROP), in Fridley, Minnesota. The pilot...
Scientific advances provide opportunities to improve pediatric environmental health
Michael M. Reddy, Micaela B. Reddy, Carol F. Reddy
2004, Journal of Pediatrics (145) 153-156
The health consequences of contaminants in the environment, with respect to the health of children and infants, recently have been dramatically brought to public attention by the motion pictures Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action. These productions focused public attention on the potential link between water contaminants and pediatric health,...
Climate change, growing season length, and transpiration: Plant response could alter hydrologic regime
Thomas G. Huntington
2004, Plant Biology (6) 651-653
No abstract available...
Herpetofaunal inventories of the National Parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume I. Everglades National Park
Kenneth G. Rice, J. Hardin Waddle, Marquette E. Crockett, Brian M. Jeffery, H. Frankin Percival
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1065
Amphibian declines and extinctions have been documented around the world, often in protected natural areas. Concern for this alarming trend has prompted the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service to document all species of amphibians that occur within U.S. National Parks and to search for any signs that...
Nutrient controls on biocomplexity of mangrove ecosystems
Karen L. McKee
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3124
Mangrove forests are important coastal ecosystems that provide a variety of ecological and societal services. These intertidal, tree-dominated communities along tropical coastlines are often described as “simple systems,” compared to other tropical forests with larger numbers of plant species and multiple understory strata; however, mangrove ecosystems have complex trophic structures,...
Anthropogenic and natural variation in ridge and slough pollen assemblages
C.E. Bernhardt, Debra A. Willard, M. Marot, C. W. Holmes
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1448
We present pollen evidence documenting the response of sawgrass ridge and slough systems of the Florida Everglades to hydrologic changes during the last 3,500 years. Sediment cores and surface samples were collected in three transects across sawgrass ridges and sloughs in Water Conservation Area 3A to determine the age of...
SUTRA-MS: A version of SUTRA modified to simulate heat and multiple-solute transport
Hughes, D. Joseph, Ward E. Sanford
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1207
No abstract available....
Effects of Abandoned Coal-Mine Drainage on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Mahanoy Creek Basin, Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania, 2001
Charles A. Cravotta III,
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5291
This report assesses the contaminant loading, effects to receiving streams, and possible remedial alternatives for abandoned mine drainage (AMD) within the Mahanoy Creek Basin in east-central Pennsylvania. The Mahanoy Creek Basin encompasses an area of 157 square miles (407 square kilometers) including approximately 42 square miles (109 square kilometers) underlain...
Quantification of Hydrologic Processes and Assessment of Rainfall-Runoff Models in Miami-Dade County, Florida
David A. Chin, Raul D. Patterson
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5191
Chloroethene biodegradation potential, ADOT/PF Peger Road Maintenance Facility, Fairbanks, Alaska
Paul M. Bradley, Frances H. Chapelle
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1428
A series of 14C-radiotracer-based microcosm experiments were conducted to assess: 1) the extent, rate and products of microbial dechlorination of trichloroethene (TCE), cis-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) and vinyl chloride (VC) in sediments at the Peger Road site; 2) the effect of three electron donor amendments (molasses, shrimp and crab chitin, and 'Hydrogen...
Chloroethene biodegradation potential in the "lower" contaminant plume, River Terrace RV Park, Soldotna, Alaska
Paul M. Bradley, Frances H. Chapelle
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1427
No abstract available....
Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from 56 U.S. lakes and reservoirs sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992-2001
Peter Van Metre, Jennifer T. Wilson, Christopher C. Fuller, Edward Callender, Barbara Mahler
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5184
The U.S. Geological Survey Reconstructed Trends National Synthesis study collected sediment cores from 56 lakes and reservoirs between 1992 and 2001 across the United States. Most of the sampling was conducted as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The primary objective of the study was to determine trends...
An autonomous, electromagnetic seepage meter to study coastal groundwater/surface-water exchange
Peter W. Swarzenski, Matt Charette, Christian D. Langevin
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1369
The bi-directional exchange of groundwater with coastal surface waters may influence not only coastal-water and geochemical budgets, but may also impact and direct coastal ecosystem change. For example, the widespread discharge of nutrient-enriched submarine groundwater into an estuary or lagoon may contribute directly to the onset and duration of eutrophication,...
Hydrology of the unconfined Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, Forked River and Cedar, Oyster, Mill, Westecunk, and Tuckerton Creek Basins and adjacent basins in the southern Ocean County area, New Jersey, 1998-99
Alison D. Gordon
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4337
Estimating flood-peak discharge magnitudes and frequencies for rural streams in Illinois
David T. Soong, Audrey L. Ishii, Jennifer B. Sharpe, Charles F. Avery
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5103
Flood-peak discharge magnitudes and frequencies at streamflow-gaging sites were developed with the annual maximum series (AMS) and the partial duration series (PDS) in this study. Regional equations for both flood series were developed for estimating flood-peak discharge magnitudes at specified recurrence intervals of rural Illinois streams. The regional equations are techniques for estimating...
