An annotated bibliography for lamprey habitat in the White Salmon River, Washington
M. Brady Allen
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1086
The October 2011 decommissioning of Condit Dam on the White Salmon River at river kilometer (rkm) 5.3 removed a significant fish passage barrier from the White Salmon River basin for the first time in nearly a century. This affords an opportunity to regain a potentially important drainage basin for Pacific...
Pharmaceuticals, hormones, anthropogenic waste indicators, and total estrogenicity in liquid and solid samples from municipal sludge stabilization and dewatering
Edward T. Furlong, James L. Gray, David M. Quanrud, Sondra S. Teske, Stephen L. Werner, Kathleen Esposito, Jeremy Marine, Wendell P. Ela, Steven D. Zaugg, Patrick J. Phillips, Beverley Stinson
2012, Open-File Report 2011-1132
The ubiquitous presence of pharmaceuticals and other emerging contaminants, or trace organic compounds, in surface water has resulted in research and monitoring efforts to identify contaminant sources to surface waters and to better understand loadings from these sources. Wastewater treatment plant discharges have been identified as an important point source...
Approaches in highly parameterized inversion - GENIE, a general model-independent TCP/IP run manager
Christopher T. Muffels, Willem A. Schreuder, John E. Doherty, Marinko Karanovic, Matthew J. Tonkin, Randall J. Hunt, David E. Welter
2012, Techniques and Methods 7-C6
GENIE is a model-independent suite of programs that can be used to generally distribute, manage, and execute multiple model runs via the TCP/IP infrastructure. The suite consists of a file distribution interface, a run manage, a run executer, and a routine that can be compiled as part of a program...
Stability of infinite slopes under transient partially saturated seepage conditions
Jonathan W. Godt, Başak Şener-Kaya, Ning Lu, Rex L. Baum
2012, Water Resources Research (48) 1-14
Prediction of the location and timing of rainfall‐induced shallow landslides is desired by organizations responsible for hazard management and warnings. However, hydrologic and mechanical processes in the vadose zone complicate such predictions. Infiltrating rainfall must typically pass through an unsaturated layer before reaching the irregular and usually discontinuous shallow water...
Indirect consequences of hypolimnetic hypoxia on zooplankton growth in a large eutrophic lake
Daisuke Goto, Kara Lindelof, David L. Fanslow, Stuart A. Ludsin, Steven A. Pothoven, James J. Roberts, Henry A. Vanderploeg, Alan E. Wilson, Tomas O. Hook
2012, Aquatic Biology (16) 217-227
Diel vertical migration (DVM) of some zooplankters in eutrophic lakes is often compressed during peak hypoxia. To better understand the indirect consequences of seasonal hypolimnetic hypoxia, we integrated laboratory-based experimental and field-based observational approaches to quantify how compressed DVM can affect growth of a cladoceran, Daphnia mendotae, in central Lake Erie, North America. To...
Geologic and environmental characteristics of porphyry copper deposits with emphasis on potential future development in the Bristol Bay Watershed, Alaska (Appendix H)
Robert R. Seal II
2012, Report, An assessment of potential mining impacts on salmon ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska: EPA 910-R-14-001A-C
This report is prepared in cooperation with the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment being conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The goal of the assessment is to help understand how future large-scale development in this watershed may affect water quality and the salmon fishery. Mining has been identified as a...
Migrated hydrocarbons in exposure of Maastrichtian nonmarine strata near Saddle Mountain, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
D. L. LePain, P. G. Lillis, K. P. Helmold, R. G. Stanley
2012, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2012-1
Magoon and others (1980) described an 83-meter- (272-foot-) thick succession of Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone, and coal exposed on the south side of an unnamed drainage, approximately 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) east of Saddle Mountain in lower Cook Inlet (figs. 1 and 2). The initial significance of this...
Delta Chromium-53/52 isotopic composition of native and contaminated groundwater, Mojave Desert, USA
John A. Izbicki, Thomas D. Bullen, Peter Martin, Brian Schroth
2012, Applied Geochemistry (27) 841-853
Chromium(VI) concentrations in groundwater sampled from three contaminant plumes in aquifers in the Mojave Desert near Hinkley, Topock and El Mirage, California, USA, were as high as 2600, 5800 and 330 μg/L, respectively. δ53/52Cr compositions from more than 50 samples collected within these plumes ranged from near 0‰ to almost...
Effects of river regulation on aeolian landscapes, Colorado River, southwestern USA
Amy E. Draut
2012, Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface (117)
Connectivity between fluvial and aeolian sedimentary systems plays an important role in the physical and biological environment of dryland regions. This study examines the coupling between fluvial sand deposits and aeolian dune fields in bedrock canyons of the arid to semiarid Colorado River corridor, southwestern USA. By quantifying significant differences...
R-SWAT-FME user's guide
Yiping Wu, Shu-Guang Liu
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1071
R program language-Soil and Water Assessment Tool-Flexible Modeling Environment (R-SWAT-FME) (Wu and Liu, 2012) is a comprehensive modeling framework that adopts an R package, Flexible Modeling Environment (FME) (Soetaert and Petzoldt, 2010), for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model (Arnold and others, 1998; Neitsch and others, 2005). This...
Preliminary investigation of the effects of sea-level rise on groundwater levels in New Haven, Connecticut
David M. Bjerklie, John R. Mullaney, Janet Radway Stone, Brian J. Skinner, Matthew A. Ramlow
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1025
Global sea level rose about 0.56 feet (ft) (170 millimeters (mm)) during the 20th century. Since the 1960s, sea level has risen at Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 0.38 ft (115 mm), at a rate of 0.008 ft (2.56 mm + or - 0.58 mm) per year. With regional subsidence, and with...
Manning's roughness coefficient for Illinois streams
David T. Soong, Crystal D. Prater, Teresa M. Halfar, Loren A. Wobig
2012, Data Series 668
Manning's roughness coefficients for 43 natural and constructed streams in Illinois are reported and displayed on a U.S. Geological Survey Web site. At a majority of the sites, discharge and stage were measured, and corresponding Manning's coefficients—the n-values—were determined at more than one river discharge. The n-values discussed in this...
Lineament analysis of mineral areas of interest in Afghanistan
Bernard E. Hubbard, Thomas J. Mack, Allyson L. Thompson
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1048
During a preliminary mineral resource assessment of Afghanistan (Peters and others, 2007), 24 mineralized areas of interest (AOIs) were highlighted as the focus for future economic development throughout various parts of the country. In addition to located mineral resources of value, development of a viable mining industry in Afghanistan will...
Air-water oxygen exchange in a large whitewater river
Robert O. Hall, Theodore A. Kennedy, Emma J. Rosi-Marshall
2012, Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments (2) 1-11
Air–water gas exchange governs fluxes of gas into and out of aquatic ecosystems. Knowing this flux is necessary to calculate gas budgets (i.e., O2) to estimate whole‐ecosystem metabolism and basin‐scale carbon budgets. Empirical data on rates of gas exchange for streams, estuaries, and oceans are readily available. However, there are...
Acute lead toxicosis via ingestion of spent ammunition in a free-ranging cougar (Puma concolor)
Julia Burco, Anne Mary Myers, Krysten Schuler, Colin Gillin
2012, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (48) 216-219
Lead toxicity has long been documented and acknowledged as a significant health issue of water birds and avian scavengers. However, few instances of toxic effects to higher mammalian carnivores have been documented. Here we present an acute case of lead toxicity in a free-ranging cougar (Puma concolor) in Oregon....
MERGANSER: an empirical model to predict fish and loon mercury in New England lakes
James B. Shanley, Richard Moore, Richard A. Smith, Eric K. Miller, Alison Simcox, Neil Kamman, Diane Nacci, Keith Robinson, John M. Johnston, Melissa M. Hughes, Craig Johnston, David Evers, Kate Williams, John Graham, Susannah King
2012, Environmental Science & Technology (46) 4641-4648
MERGANSER (MERcury Geo-spatial AssessmeNtS for the New England Region) is an empirical least-squares multiple regression model using mercury (Hg) deposition and readily obtainable lake and watershed features to predict fish (fillet) and common loon (blood) Hg in New England lakes. We modeled lakes larger than 8 ha (4404 lakes), using...
Methods for evaluating temporal groundwater quality data and results of decadal-scale changes in chloride, dissolved solids, and nitrate concentrations in groundwater in the United States, 1988-2010
Bruce D. Lindsey, Michael G. Rupert
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5049
Decadal-scale changes in groundwater quality were evaluated by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Samples of groundwater collected from wells during 1988-2000 - a first sampling event representing the decade ending the 20th century - were compared on a pair-wise basis to samples from the same wells...
Reconnaissance of contaminants in selected wastewater-treatment-plant effluent and stormwater runoff entering the Columbia River, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2008-10
Jennifer L. Morace
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5068
Toxic contamination is a significant concern in the Columbia River Basin in Washington and Oregon. To help water managers and policy makers in decision making about future sampling efforts and toxic-reduction activities, a reconnaissance was done to assess contaminant concentrations directly contributed to the Columbia River through wastewater-treatment-plant (WWTP) effluent...
Water quality studied in areas of unconventional oil and gas development, including areas where hydraulic fracturing techniques are used, in the United States
David D. Susong, Tanya J. Gallegos, Gretchen P. Oelsner
2012, Fact Sheet 2012-3049
Domestic oil and gas production and clean water are critical for economic growth, public health, and national security of the United States. As domestic oil and gas production increases in new areas and old fields are enhanced, there is increasing public concern about the effects of energy production on surface-water...
Preliminary observations of voluminous ice-rich and water-rich lahars generated during the 2009 eruption of Redoubt, Alaska
Christopher F. Waythomas, Thomas C. Pierson, Jon J. Major, William E. Scott
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1078
Redoubt Volcano in south-central Alaska began erupting on March 15, 2009, and by April 4, 2009, had produced at least 20 explosive events that generated plumes of ash and lahars. The 3,108-m high, snow- and -ice-clad stratovolcano has an ice-filled summit crater that is breached to the north. The volcano...
Characterization of the Highway 95 Fault in lower Fortymile Wash using electrical and electromagnetic methods, Nye County, Nevada
Jamie P. Macy, Levi Kryder, Jamieson Walker
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5060
The Highway 95 Fault is a buried, roughly east-west trending growth fault at the southern extent of Yucca Mountain and Southwestern Nevada Volcanic Field. Little is known about the role of this fault in the movement of groundwater from the Yucca Mountain area to downgradient groundwater users in Amargosa Valley....
Evaluation of the effects of Middleton's stormwater-management activities on streamflow and water-quality characteristics of Pheasant Branch, Dane County, Wisconsin 1975-2008
Warren A. Gebert, William J. Rose, Herbert S. Garn
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5014
Few long-term data sets are available for evaluating the effects of urban stormwater-management practices. Over 30 years of data are available for evaluating the effectiveness of such practices by the city of Middleton, Wis. Analysis of streamflow and water-quality data collected on Pheasant Branch, demonstrates the relation between the changes...
Changes in sediment volume in Alder Lake, Nisqually River Basin, Washington, 1945-2011
Jonathan A. Czuba, Theresa D. Olsen, Christiana R. Czuba, Christopher S. Magirl, Casey C. Gish
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1068
The Nisqually River drains the southwest slopes of Mount Rainier, a glaciated stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of western Washington. The Nisqually River was impounded behind Alder Dam when the dam was completed in 1945 and formed Alder Lake. This report quantifies the volume of sediment deposited by the Nisqually...
Characterization of nutrients and fecal indicator bacteria at a concentrated swine feeding operation in Wake County, North Carolina, 2009-2011
Stephen L. Harden, Shane W. Rogers, Michael A. Jahne, Carrie E. Shaffer, Douglas G. Smith
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1047
Hydrologic and water-quality data were collected during October 2009–January 2011 to characterize nutrient and bacteria concentrations in stormwater runoff from agricultural fields that receive wastewater originating at a swine facility at North Carolina State University's Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory (LWRFL) in Wake County, North Carolina. The swine facility consists...
Quality of surface-water supplies in the Triangle area of North Carolina, water year 2008
M. J. Giorgino, R. B. Rasmussen, C.A. Pfeifle
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1013
Surface-water supplies are important sources of drinking water for residents in the Triangle area of North Carolina, which is located within the upper Cape Fear and Neuse River Basins. Since 1988, the U.S. Geological Survey and a consortium of governments have tracked water-quality conditions and trends in several of the...
