Vegetation effects on fish distribution in impounded salt marshes
Eric D. Stolen, Jaime Collazo, H. Franklin Percival
2009, Southeastern Naturalist (8) 503-514
We compared the density and biomass of resident fish in vegetated and unvegetated flooded habitats of impounded salt marshes in the northern Indian River Lagoon (IRL) Estuary of east-central Florida. A 1-m2 throw trap was used to sample fish in randomly located, paired sample plots (n = 198 pairs) over 5...
Integrated watershed scale response to climate change for selected basins across the United States
Steven L. Markstrom, Lauren E. Hay
2009, Water Resources Impact (11) 8-10
As the questions of climate change has moved from “if” it is happening to “how” it is changing our environment, it has become important to have regional assessment designs to allow us to better understand how changes are occurring now and in the future. The authors are using the Precipitatation...
Introduction NE Forests 2100: A synthesis of climate change impacts on forests of the northeastern US and eastern Canada
L. E. Rustad, J.L. Campbell, R. M. Cox, J. S. Dukes, Thomas G. Huntington, A. H. Magill, J. E. Mohan, A.D. Richardson, N. L. Rodenhouse, M. R. Watson
2009, Canadian Journal of Forest Research (39) v-x
No abstract available....
Water Quality of a Drained Wetland, Caledonia Marsh on Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, after Flooding in 2006
Mary K. Lindenberg, Tamara M. Wood
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5025
The unexpected inundation of Caledonia Marsh, a previously drained wetland adjacent to Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, provided an opportunity to observe nutrient release from sediments into the water column of the flooded area and the resulting algal growth. Three sites, with differing proximity to the levee breach that reconnected the...
Collection of pyrethroids in water and sediment matrices: Development and validation of a standard operating procedure
Michelle Hladik, James L. Orlando, Kathryn Kuivila
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5012
Loss of pyrethroid insecticides onto surfaces during sample collection can confound the interpretation of analytical and toxicity test results. Sample collection devices, container materials, and water matrix composition have a significant influence on the association of pyrethroids to container walls, which can be as high as 50 percent. Any sample...
Biosolids, Crop, and Ground-Water Data for a Biosolids-Application Area Near Deer Trail, Colorado, 2004 Through 2006
Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, James G. Crock
2009, Data Series 379
From 2004 through 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey monitored the chemical composition of biosolids, crops, dust, and ground water related to biosolids applications near Deer Trail, Colorado, in cooperation with the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District. This monitoring effort was a continuation of the monitoring program begun in 1999 in cooperation...
Estimated Colorado Golf Course Irrigation Water Use, 2005
Tamara Ivahnenko
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1267
Golf course irrigation water-use data were collected as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Use Program's 2005 compilation to provide baseline information, as no golf course irrigation water-use data (separate from crop irrigation) have been reported in previous compilations. A Web-based survey, designed by the U.S. Geological Survey,...
Changes in Water Levels and Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2007
V. L. McGuire
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3005
The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.6 million acres (174,000 square miles) in parts of eight States - Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. The area overlying the High Plains aquifer is one of the primary agricultural regions in the Nation. Water-level declines began in parts...
Geophysical Investigation Along the Great Miami River From New Miami to Charles M. Bolton Well Field, Cincinnati, Ohio
R. A. Sheets, D.H. Dumouchelle
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1025
Three geophysical profiling methods were tested to help characterize subsurface materials at selected transects along the Great Miami River, in southwestern Ohio. The profiling methods used were continuous seismic profiling (CSP), continuous resistivity profiling (CRP), and continuous electromagnetic profiling (CEP). Data were collected with global positioning systems to spatially locate...
Sample collection of ash and burned soils from the October 2007 southern California Wildfires
Todd M. Hoefen, Raymond F. Kokaly, Deborah A. Martin, Carlton J. Rochester, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Greg Mendez, Eric G. Reichard, Robert N. Fisher
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1038
Between November 2 through 9, 2007 scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected samples of ash and burned soils from 28 sites in six areas burned as a result of the Southern California wildfires of October 2007, including the Harris, Witch, Santiago, Ammo, Canyon, and Grass Valley Fires. The...
Bull Trout Forage Investigations in Beulah Reservoir, Oregon - Annual Report for 2006
Brien P. Rose, Mathew G. Mesa
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1036
Beulah Reservoir on the north fork of the Malheur River in northeastern Oregon provides irrigation water to nearby farms and ranches and supports an adfluvial population of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), which are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Water management in Beulah Reservoir results in seasonal and...
Water Withdrawals, Use, and Wastewater Return Flows in the Concord River Basin, Eastern Massachusetts, 1996-2000
Lora K. Barlow, Linda M. Hutchins, Leslie A. DeSimone
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5158
Water withdrawals, use, and wastewater return flows for the Concord River Basin were estimated for the period 1996-2000. The study area in eastern Massachusetts is 400 square miles in area and includes the basins of two major tributaries, the Assabet and Sudbury Rivers, along with the Concord River, which starts...
Long-term oceanographic observations in Massachusetts Bay, 1989-2006
Bradford Butman, P. Soupy Alexander, Michael H. Bothner, Jonathan Borden, Michael A. Casso, Benjamin T. Gutierrez, Mary E. Hastings, Frances L. Lightsom, Marinna A. Martini, Ellyn T. Montgomery, Richard R. Rendigs, William S. Strahle
2009, Data Series 74
This data report presents long-term oceanographic observations made in western Massachusetts Bay at long-term site A (LT-A) (42 deg 22.6' N., 70 deg 47.0' W.; nominal water depth 32 meters) from December 1989 through February 2006 and long-term site B (LT-B) (42 deg 9.8' N., 70 deg 38.4' W.; nominal...
Ground-Water Quality Data in the Santa Clara River Valley Study Unit, 2007: Results from the California GAMA Program
Joseph Montrella, Kenneth Belitz
2009, Data Series 408
Ground-water quality in the approximately 460-square-mile Santa Clara River Valley study unit (SCRV) was investigated from April to June 2007 as part of the statewide Priority Basin project of the Ground-Water Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program. The GAMA Priority Basin project was developed in response to the Groundwater Quality...
Ecological assessment of streams in the Powder River Structural Basin, Wyoming and Montana, 2005-06
D. A. Peterson, P.R. Wright, G.P. Edwards Jr., E.G. Hargett, D.L. Feldman, J.R. Zumberge, Paul Dey
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5023
Energy and mineral development, particularly coalbed natural gas development, is proceeding at a rapid pace in the Powder River Structural Basin (PRB) in northeastern Wyoming. Concerns about the potential effects of development led to formation of an interagency working group of primarily Federal and State agencies to address these issues...
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center popular Web sites
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2009, General Information Product 84
No abstract available....
Annual Maximum Stages and Discharges of Selected Streams in Virginia through 2007
Samuel H. Austin, Ute Wiegand
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1007
Annual maximum stages and discharges for continuous-record and partial-record streamflow-gaging stations in Virginia are summarized through the 2007 water year. Data are included for over 500 active and discontinued streamflow-gaging stations operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and other agencies for which 2 or...
Comparative Hydrology, Water Quality, and Ecology of Selected Natural and Augmented Freshwater Wetlands in West-Central Florida
T. M. Lee, K. H. Haag, P. A. Metz, L. A. Sacks
2009, Professional Paper 1758
Comparing altered wetlands to natural wetlands in the same region improves the ability to interpret the gradual and cumulative effects of human development on freshwater wetlands. Hydrologic differences require explicit attention because they affect nearly all wetland functions and are an overriding influence on other comparisons involving wetland water quality...
Ground-Water Budgets for the Wood River Valley Aquifer System, South-Central Idaho, 1995-2004
James R. Bartolino
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5016
The Wood River Valley contains most of the population of Blaine County and the cities of Sun Valley, Ketchum, Haley, and Bellevue. This mountain valley is underlain by the alluvial Wood River Valley aquifer system which consists of a single unconfined aquifer that underlies the entire valley, an underlying confined...
Summer movements of sub-adult brook trout, landlocked Atlantic salmon, and smallmouth bass in the Rapid River, Maine
Casey A.L. Jackson, Joseph D. Zydlewski
2009, Journal of Freshwater Ecology (24) 567-581
Summer movement patterns and spatial overlap of native sub-adult brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), non-native landlocked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), and non-native smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in the Rapid River, Maine, were investigated with radio telemetry in 2005. Fishes were captured by angling, surgically implanted with radio transmitters, and tracked...
Rocky Mountain Snowpack Physical and Chemical Data for Selected Sites, 1993-2008
George P. Ingersoll, M. Alisa Mast, Donald H. Campbell, David W. Clow, Leora Nanus, John T. Turk
2009, Data Series 369
The Rocky Mountain Snowpack program established a network of snowpack-sampling sites in the Rocky Mountain region from New Mexico to Montana to monitor the chemical content of snow to help in the understanding of the effects of atmospheric deposition to this region. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the...
Factoring uncertainty into restoration modeling of in-situ leach uranium mines
Raymond H. Johnson, Michael J. Friedel
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1024
Postmining restoration is one of the greatest concerns for uranium in-situ leach (ISL) mining operations. The ISL-affected aquifer needs to be returned to conditions specified in the mining permit (either premining or other specified conditions). When uranium ISL operations are completed, postmining restoration is usually achieved by injecting reducing agents...
Water-Resources Data and Hydrogeologic Setting at the Raleigh Hydrogeologic Research Station, Wake County, North Carolina, 2005-2007
Kristen Bukowski McSwain, Richard E. Bolich, Melinda J. Chapman, Brad A. Huffman
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1377
Water-resources data were collected to describe the hydrologic conditions at the Raleigh hydrogeologic research station, located in the Piedmont Physiographic Province of North Carolina. Data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality, from May 2005 through September...
Generalized Skew Coefficients of Annual Peak Flows for Rural, Unregulated Streams in West Virginia
John T. Atkins, Jeffrey B. Wiley, Katherine S. Paybins
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1304
Generalized skew was determined from analysis of records from 147 streamflow-gaging stations in or near West Virginia. The analysis followed guidelines established by the Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data described in Bulletin 17B, except that stations having 50 or more years of record were used instead of stations with...
Patterns of Larval Sucker Emigration from the Sprague and Lower Williamson Rivers of the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon, Prior to the Removal of Chiloquin Dam - 2006 Annual Report
Craig M. Ellsworth, Torrey J. Tyler, Scott P. VanderKooi, Douglas F. Markle
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1027
In 2006, we collected larval Lost River sucker Deltistes luxatus (LRS), shortnose sucker Chasmistes brevirostris (SNS), and Klamath largescale sucker Catostomus snyderi (KLS) emigrating from spawning areas in the Williamson and Sprague Rivers. This work is part of a multi-year effort to characterize the relative abundance, drift timing, and length...
