Röthlisberger channel theory: its origins and consequences
Joseph S. Walder
2010, Journal of Glaciology (56) 1079-1086
The theory of channelized water flow through glaciers, most commonly associated with the names of Hans Röthlisberger and Ron Shreve and their 1972 papers in the Journal of Glaciology, was developed at a time when interest in glacier-bed processes was expanding, and the possible relationship between glacier sliding and water...
Wind-enhanced resuspension in the shallow waters of South San Francisco Bay: Mechanisms and potential implications for cohesive sediment transport
Andreas Brand, Jessica R. Lacy, Kevin Hsu, Daniel Hoover, Steve Gladding, Mark T. Stacey
2010, Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans (115)
We investigated the driving forces of sediment dynamics at the shoals in South San Francisco Bay. Two stations were deployed along a line perpendicular to a 14 m deep channel, 1000 and 2000 m from the middle of the channel. Station depths were 2.59 and 2.19 m below mean lower...
The aquatic turtle assemblage inhabiting a highly altered landscape in southeast Missouri
Brad M. Glorioso, Allison J. Vaughn, J. Hardin Waddle
2010, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (1) 161-168
Turtles are linked to energetic food webs as both consumers of plants and animals and prey for many species. Turtle biomass in freshwater systems can be an order of magnitude greater than that of endotherms. Therefore, declines in freshwater turtle populations can change energy transfer in freshwater systems. Here we...
The effects of simulated solar UVB radiation on early developmental stages of the Northwestern Salamander (Ambystoma gracile) from three lakes
Robin D. Calfee, Edward E. Little, Christopher A. Pearl, Robert L. Hoffman
2010, Journal of Herpetology (44) 572-580
Solar ultraviolet radiation (UV) has received much attention as a factor that could play a role in amphibian population declines. UV can be hazardous to some amphibians, but the resultant effects depend on a variety of environmental and behavioral factors. In this study, the potential effects of UV on the...
Temperature inverted haloclines provide winter warm-water refugia for manatees in southwest Florida
Bradley Stith, James P. Reid, Catherine A. Langtimm, Eric D. Swain, Terry J. Doyle, Daniel H. Slone, Jeremy D. Decker, Lars E. Soderqvist
2010, Estuaries and Coasts (34) 106-119
Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) overwintering in the Ten Thousand Islands and western Everglades have no access to power plants or major artesian springs that provide warm-water refugia in other parts of Florida. Instead, hundreds of manatees aggregate at artificial canals, basins, and natural deep water sites that act as...
Suspended-sediment concentration regimes for two biological reference streams in Middle Tennessee
Timothy H. Diehl, William J. Wolfe
2010, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (46) 824-837
Temporal patterns of suspended-sediment concentration (SSC) duration and frequency (SSC regimes) were characterized and compared with biological impairment thresholds for two headwater streams in the Western Highland Rim of Tennessee. The SSC regimes were plotted as curves showing concentrations and durations of the annual longest and tenth-longest SSC excursions above...
Modeling seasonal dynamics of small fish cohorts in fluctuating freshwater marsh landscapes
Fred Jopp, Donald L. DeAngelis, Joel C. Trexler
2010, Landscape Ecology (25) 1041-1054
Small-bodied fishes constitute an important assemblage in many wetlands. In wetlands that dry periodically except for small permanent waterbodies, these fishes are quick to respond to change and can undergo large fluctuations in numbers and biomasses. An important aspect of landscapes that are mixtures of marsh and permanent waterbodies is...
A role for analytical chemistry in advancing our understanding of the occurrence, fate, and effects of Corexit Oil Dispersants
Ben Place, Brian Anderson, Abdou Mekebri, Edward T. Furlong, James L. Gray, Ron Tjeerdema, Jennifer Field
2010, Environmental Science & Technology (44) 6016-6018
On April 24, 2010, the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig resulted in the release of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As of July 19, 2010, the federal government's Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center estimates the cumulative range of oil released is 3,067,000 to 5,258,000 barrels, with...
Source and fate of inorganic solutes in the Gibbon River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. II. Trace element chemistry
R. Blaine McCleskey, D. Kirk Nordstrom, David D. Susong, James W. Ball, Howard E. Taylor
2010, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (196) 139-155
The Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park receives inflows from several geothermal areas, and consequently the concentrations of many trace elements are elevated compared to rivers in non-geothermal watersheds. Water samples and discharge measurements were obtained from the Gibbon River and its major tributaries near Norris Geyser Basin under the...
Aquifer Storage Recovery (ASR) of chlorinated municipal drinking water in a confined aquifer
John A. Izbicki, Christen E. Petersen, Kenneth J. Glotzbach, Loren F. Metzger, Allen H. Christensen, Gregory A. Smith, David R. O’Leary, Miranda S. Fram, Trevor Joseph, Heather Shannon
2010, Applied Geochemistry (25) 1133-1152
About 1.02 × 106 m3 of chlorinated municipal drinking water was injected into a confined aquifer, 94–137 m below Roseville, California, between December 2005 and April 2006. The water was stored in the aquifer for 438 days, and 2.64 × 106 m3 of water were extracted between July 2007 and February 2008. On the basis of Cl− data, 35% of the...
Simulated impacts of artificial groundwater recharge and discharge of the source area and source volume of an Atlantic Coastal Plain Stream, Delaware, USA
Joshua W. Kasper, Judish M. Denver, Thomas E. McKenna, William J. Ullman
2010, Hydrogeology Journal (18) 1855-1866
A numerical groundwater-flow model was used to characterize the source area and volume of Phillips Branch, a baseflow-dominated stream incising a highly permeable unconfined aquifer on the low relief Delmarva Peninsula, USA. Particle-tracking analyses indicate that the source area (5.51 km2) is ~20% smaller than the topographically defined watershed (6.85...
Spatial variability in growth-increment chronologies of long-lived freshwater mussels: Implications for climate impacts and reconstructions
Bryan A. Black, Jason B. Dunham, Brett W. Blundon, Mark F. Raggon, Daniela Zima
2010, Écoscience (17) 240-250
Estimates of historical variability in river ecosystems are often lacking, but long-lived freshwater mussels could provide unique opportunities to understand past conditions in these environments. We applied dendrochronology techniques to quantify historical variability in growth-increment widths in valves (shells) of western pearlshell freshwater mussels (Margaritifera falcata). A total of 3...
Spatial dynamics of bar-headed geese migration in the context of H5N1
L. Bourouiba, Jianhong Wu, S. Newman, John Y. Takekawa, T. Natdorj, N. Batbayar, C.M. Bishop, L.A. Hawkes, P.J. Butler, M. Wikelski
2010, Journal of the Royal Society Interface (7) 1627-1639
Virulent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) since 2005 have raised the question about the roles of migratory and wild birds in the transmission of HPAI. Despite increased monitoring, the role of wild waterfowl as the primary source of the highly pathogenic H5N1 has not been clearly established. The...
Mineral Commodity Summaries 2010
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2010, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2010
Each chapter of the 2010 edition of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summaries (MCS) includes information on events, trends, and issues for each mineral commodity as well as discussions and tabular presentations on domestic industry structure, Government programs, tariffs, 5-year salient statistics, and world production and resources. The...
Saltwater intrusion in coastal regions of North America
Paul M. Barlow, Eric G. Reichard
2010, Hydrogeology Journal (18) 247-260
Saltwater has intruded into many of the coastal aquifers of the United States, Mexico, and Canada, but the extent of saltwater intrusion varies widely among localities and hydrogeologic settings. In many instances, the area contaminated by saltwater is limited to small parts of an aquifer and to specific wells and...
Groundwater conditions and studies in the Brunswick–Glynn County area, Georgia, 2008
Gregory S. Cherry, Michael F. Peck, Jaime A. Painter, Welby L. Stayton
2010, Open-File Report 2009-1275
The Upper Floridan aquifer is contaminated with saltwater in a 2-square-mile area of downtown Brunswick, Georgia. This contamination has limited development of the groundwater supply in the Glynn County area. Hydrologic, geologic, and water-quality data are needed to effectively manage water resources. Since 1959, the U.S. Geological Survey has conducted...
Occurrence of organic wastewater-indicator compounds in urban streams of the Atlanta area, Georgia, 2003-2006
Stephen J. Lawrence, Jacob H. LaFontaine
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5209
Between March 2003 and January 2006, 863 water samples were collected from streams in seven urban watersheds with varying land uses within or near the City of Atlanta, Georgia. Sixty-four sampling sites representing three site types were established in those watersheds. The first type consisted of sites within three watersheds...
Analysis and simulation of water-level, specific conductance, and total phosphorus dynamics of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, 1995-2006
Paul Conrads, Edwin A. Roehl Jr.
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5244
The Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) was established in 1951 through a license agreement between the South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as part of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act. Under the license agreement, the State of Florida owns the land...
Low-flow frequency and flow duration of selected South Carolina streams in the Broad River basin through March 2008
Wladmir B. Guimaraes, Toby D. Feaster
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1305
In 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, initiated a study to update low-flow statistics at continuous-record streamgaging stations operated by the U.S. Geological Survey in South Carolina. This report presents the low-flow statistics for 23 selected streamgaging stations in...
Public water-supply systems and associated water use in Tennessee, 2005
John A. Robinson, Jaala M. Brooks
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1226
Public water-supply systems in Tennessee provide water to for domestic, industrial, and commercial uses, and municipal services. In 2005, more than 569 public water-supply systems distributed about 920 million gallons per day (Mgal/d) of non-purchased surface water and groundwater to a population of nearly 6 million in Tennessee. Surface-water sources...
Surface-water quality-assurance plan for the USGS Georgia Water Science Center, 2010
Anthony J. Gotvald
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1263
The U.S. Geological Survey requires that each Water Science Center prepare a surface-water quality-assurance plan to describe policies and procedures that ensure high quality surface-water data collection, processing, analysis, computer storage, and publication. The Georgia Water Science Center's standards, policies, and procedures for activities related to the collection, processing, analysis,...
Aquatic assessment of the Ely Copper Mine Superfund site, Vershire, Vermont
Robert R. Seal II, Richard G. Kiah, Nadine M. Piatak, John M. Besser, James F. Coles, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Denise M. Argue, Denise M. Levitan, Jeffrey R. Deacon, Christopher G. Ingersoll
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5084
The Ely Mine, which operated from 1821 to 1905, and its area of downstream impact constitute the Ely Copper Mine Superfund site. The site was placed on the National Priorities List in 2001. The mine comprises underground workings, foundations from historical structures, several waste-rock piles, roast beds associated with the...
Contamination movement around a permeable reactive barrier at Solid Waste Management Unit 12, Naval Weapons Station Charleston, North Charleston, South Carolina, 2009
Don A. Vroblesky, Matthew D. Petkewich, Kevin J. Conlon
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5086
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast investigated natural and engineered remediation of chlorinated volatile organic compound groundwater contamination at Solid Waste Management Unit 12 at the Naval Weapons Station Charleston, North Charleston, South Carolina, beginning in 2000. In early 2004, groundwater contaminants began moving around...
Nitrate-N movement in groundwater from the land application of treated municipal wastewater and other sources in the Wakulla Springs springshed, Leon and Wakulla Counties, Florida, 1966-2018
J. Hal Davis, Brian G. Katz, Dale W. Griffin
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5099
The City of Tallahassee began a pilot study in 1966 at the Southwest Farm sprayfield to determine whether disposal of treated municipal wastewater using center pivot irrigation techniques to uptake nitrate-nitrogen (nitrate-N) is feasible. Based on the early success of this project, a new, larger Southeast Farm sprayfield was opened...
Occurrence and distribution of organic chemicals and nutrients and comparison of water-quality data from public drinking-water supplies in the Columbia aquifer in Delaware, 2000-08
Betzaida Reyes
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5206
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Geological Survey, conducted a groundwater-quality investigation to (a) describe the occurrence and distribution of selected contaminants, and (b) document any changes in groundwater quality in the Columbia aquifer public water-supply wells...
