Defining fish nursery habitats: An application of otolith elemental fingerprinting in Tampa Bay, Florida
Janet A. Ley, Carole C. McIvor, Ernst B Peebles, Holly Rolls, Suzanne T. Cooper
2009, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the fifth Tampa Bay area scientific information symposium basis 5
Fishing in Tampa Bay enhances the quality of life of the area's residents and visitors. However, people's desire to settle along the Bay's shorelines and tributaries has been detrimental to the very habitat believed to be crucial to prime target fishery species. Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) and red drum (Sciaenops...
Planning for an uncertain future - Monitoring, integration, and adaptation
Richard M. Webb, Darius J. Semmens, editor(s)
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5049
The 6.7 billion human inhabitants of the earth have the ability to drastically alter ecosystems and the populations of species that have taken eons to evolve. By better understanding how our actions affect the environment, we stand a better chance of designing successful strategies to manage ecosystems sustainably. Toward this...
Hydrogeology and Groundwater Resources of the Coastal Aquifers of Southeastern Massachusetts
John P. Masterson, Donald A. Walter
2009, Circular 1338
The glacially derived aquifer systems of southeastern Massachusetts compose the largest groundwater reservoir in the State. Population increases, land-use changes, and climate change in this area could lead to three primary environmental effects that relate directly to groundwater resources - (1) increases in pumping that could adversely affect environmentally sensitive...
Coastal Circulation and Sediment Dynamics in War-in-the-Pacific National Historical Park, Guam; measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity, and turbidity, June 2007-January 2008
Curt D. Storlazzi, M. Katherine Presto, Joshua B. Logan
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1195
Flow in and around coral reefs affects a number of physical, chemical and biologic processes that influence the health and sustainability of coral reef ecosystems. These range from the residence time of sediment and contaminants to nutrient uptake and larval retention and dispersal. As currents approach a coast they diverge...
Quality of Surface Water in Missouri, Water Year 2008
William Otero-Benitez, Jerri V. Davis
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1214
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2008 water year (October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008), data were collected at 67 stations,...
Scientific Framework for Stormwater Monitoring by the Washington State Department of Transportation
R.W. Sheibley, V.J. Kelly, R. J. Wagner
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1236
The Washington State Department of Transportation municipal stormwater monitoring program, in operation for about 8 years, never has received an external, objective assessment. In addition, the Washington State Department of Transportation would like to identify the standard operating procedures and quality assurance protocols that must be adopted so that their...
Late Cenozoic geology and lacustrine history of Searles Valley, Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California
George I. Smith
2009, Professional Paper 1727
Searles Valley is an arid, closed basin lying 70 km east of the south end of the Sierra Nevada, California. It is bounded on the east and northeast by the Slate Range, on the west by the Argus Range and Spangler Hills, and on the south by the Lava Mountains;...
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Western Region; Santa Barbara Channel Coastal and Ocean Science
Samuel Y. Johnson
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3077
USGS coastal and ocean science in the Western United States and the Pacific integrates scientific expertise in geology, water resources, biology, and geography. Operating from 10 major science centers in the Western Region, the USGS is addressing a broad geographic and thematic range of important coastal and marine issues. In...
Defining restoration targets for water depth and salinity in wind-dominated Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. coastal marshes
J.A. Nyman, Megan K. LaPeyre, Andral W. Caldwell, Sarai C. Piazza, C. Thom, C. Winslow
2009, Journal of Hydrology (376) 327-336
Coastal wetlands provide valued ecosystem functions but the sustainability of those functions often is threatened by artificial hydrologic conditions. It is widely recognized that increased flooding and salinity can stress emergent plants, but there are few measurements to guide restoration, management, and mitigation. Marsh flooding can be estimated over large...
Multivariate Statistical Models for Predicting Sediment Yields from Southern California Watersheds
Joseph E. Gartner, Susan H. Cannon, Dennis R. Helsel, Mark Bandurraga
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1200
Debris-retention basins in Southern California are frequently used to protect communities and infrastructure from the hazards of flooding and debris flow. Empirical models that predict sediment yields are used to determine the size of the basins. Such models have been developed using analyses of records of the amount of material...
Groundwater quality data in the Mojave study unit, 2008: Results from the California GAMA Program
Timothy M. Mathany, Kenneth Belitz
2009, Data Series 440
Groundwater quality in the approximately 1,500 square-mile Mojave (MOJO) study unit was investigated from February to April 2008, as part of the Priority Basin Project of the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program. The GAMA Priority Basin Project was developed in response to the Groundwater Quality Monitoring Act of...
Water Use in Wisconsin, 2005
Cheryl A. Buchwald
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1076
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Wisconsin Water Science Center is responsible for presenting data collected or estimated for water withdrawals and diversions every 5 years to the National Water-Use Information Program (NWUIP). This program serves many purposes such as quantifying how much, where, and for what purpose water is used;...
Erratum to Sources and temporal dynamics of arsenic in a New Jersey watershed, USA
Julia Barringer, Jennifer L. Bonin, Michael J. DeLuca, T. Romagna, K. Cenno, Marzooq Alebus, T. Kratzer, B. Hirst
2009, Science of the Total Environment (408) 169
No abstract available...
Application guide for AFINCH (Analysis of Flows in Networks of Channels) described by NHDPlus
David J. Holtschlag
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5188
AFINCH (Analysis of Flows in Networks of CHannels) is a computer application that can be used to generate a time series of monthly flows at stream segments (flowlines) and water yields for catchments defined in the National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDPlus) value-added attribute system. AFINCH provides a basis for integrating...
Dendrogeomorphic Assessment of the Rattlesnake Gulf Landslide in the Tully Valley, Onondaga County, New York
Kathryn L. Tamulonis, William M. Kappel
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5134
Dendrogeomorphic techniques were used to assess soil movement within the Rattlesnake Gulf landslide in the Tully Valley of central New York during the last century. This landslide is a postglacial, slow-moving earth slide that covers 23 acres and consists primarily of rotated, laminated, glaciolacustrine silt and clay. Sixty-two increment cores...
Passage and behavior of radio-tagged adult Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentata) at the Willamette Falls Project, Oregon, 2005-07
Matthew G. Mesa, Robert J. Magie, Elizabeth S. Copeland
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1223
We used radio telemetry to monitor passage and describe behavior characteristics of adult Pacific lampreys, Entosphenus tridentata, during their upstream migration at the Willamette Falls Project (Project) on the Willamette River near Portland, Oregon. Our objectives were to document: (1) specific routes of passage at the dam and falls; (2)...
Near-field receiving water monitoring of trace metals and a benthic community near the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay, California: 2008
Daniel J. Cain, Janet K. Thompson, Jessica Dyke, Francis Parcheso, Samuel N. Luoma, Michelle I. Hornberger
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1193
Results reported herein include trace element concentrations in sediment and in the clam Macoma petalum (formerly reported as Macoma balthica (Cohen and Carlton, 1995)), clam reproductive activity, and benthic macroinvertebrate community structure for a mudflat one kilometer south of the discharge of the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (PARWQCP) in South San...
Characteristics of the April 2007 Flood at 10 Streamflow-Gaging Stations in Massachusetts
Phillip J. Zarriello, Carl S. Carlson
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5068
A large 'nor'easter' storm on April 15-18, 2007, brought heavy rains to the southern New England region that, coupled with normal seasonal high flows and associated wet soil-moisture conditions, caused extensive flooding in many parts of Massachusetts and neighboring states. To characterize the magnitude of the April 2007 flood, a...
Bankfull discharge and channel characteristics of streams in New York State
Christiane I. Mulvihill, Barry P. Baldigo, Sarah J. Miller, Douglas DeKoskie, Joel DuBois
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5144
Equations that relate drainage area to bankfull discharge and channel characteristics (such as width, depth, and cross-sectional area) at gaged sites are needed to help define bankfull discharge and channel characteristics at ungaged sites and can be used in stream-restoration and protection projects, stream-channel classification, and channel assessments. These equations...
Organic Compounds in Running Gutter Brook Water Used for Public Supply near Hatfield, Massachusetts, 2003-05
Craig J. Brown, Thomas J. Trombley
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3076
The 258 organic compounds studied in this U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessment generally are man-made, including pesticides, solvents, gasoline hydrocarbons, personal-care and domestic-use products, and pavement and combustion-derived compounds. Of these 258 compounds, 26 (about 10 percent) were detected at least once among the 31 samples collected approximately monthly during...
AnalyzeHOLE - An Integrated Wellbore Flow Analysis Tool
Keith Halford
2009, Techniques and Methods 4-F2
Conventional interpretation of flow logs assumes that hydraulic conductivity is directly proportional to flow change with depth. However, well construction can significantly alter the expected relation between changes in fluid velocity and hydraulic conductivity. Strong hydraulic conductivity contrasts between lithologic intervals can be masked in continuously screened wells. Alternating intervals...
Mercury, methylmercury, and other constituents in sediment and water from seasonal and permanent wetlands in the Cache Creek settling basin and Yolo Bypass, Yolo County, California, 2005-06
Mark Marvin-DiPasquale, Charles N. Alpers, Jacob A. Fleck
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1182
This report presents surface water and surface (top 0-2 cm) sediment geochemical data collected during 2005-2006, as part of a larger study of mercury (Hg) dynamics in seasonal and permanently flooded wetland habitats within the lower Sacramento River basin, Yolo County, California. The study was conducted in two phases. Phase...
Adjustment of pesticide concentrations for temporal changes in analytical recovery, 1992-2006
Jeffrey D. Martin, Wesley W. Stone, Duane S. Wydoski, Mark W. Sandstrom
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5189
Recovery is the proportion of a target analyte that is quantified by an analytical method and is a primary indicator of the analytical bias of a measurement. Recovery is measured by analysis of quality-control (QC) water samples that have known amounts of target analytes added ('spiked' QC samples). For pesticides,...
Shallow Groundwater Movement in the Skagit River Delta Area, Skagit County, Washington
Mark E. Savoca, Kenneth H. Johnson, Elisabeth T. Fasser
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5208
Shallow groundwater movement in an area between the lower Skagit River and Puget Sound was characterized by the U.S. Geological Survey to assist Skagit County and the Washington State Department of Ecology with the identification of areas where water withdrawals from existing and new wells could adversely affect streamflow in...
Potentiometric Surface of the Upper Floridan Aquifer, West-Central Florida, May 2009
Anita G. Ortiz
2009, Scientific Investigations Map 3093
The Floridan aquifer system consists of the Upper and Lower Floridan aquifers separated by the middle confining unit. The middle confining unit and the Lower Floridan aquifer in west-central Florida generally contain highly mineralized water. The water-bearing units containing fresh water are herein referred to as the Upper Floridan aquifer....
