Water use in Kansas, 1990-2000
Joan F. Kenny, Cristi V. Hansen
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3133
This fact sheet compares water use in 1990, 1995, and 2000 for the 12 major river basins in Kansas. Of these 3 years, irrigation water use was largest in 1990 and smallest in 1995, largely because of differing climatic conditions. Irrigation averaged about 85 percent of total water use in...
Land surface analysis of the Florida Everglades
J. W. Jones, J. Neubauer
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3132
No abstract available....
Wastewater chemicals in Colorado's streams and ground water
Lori A. Sprague, William A. Battaglin
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3127
No abstract available....
Gulf Coast Geology (GCG) online
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3143
Demonstration-site development and phytoremediation processes associated with trichloroethene (TCE) in ground water, Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field, Fort Worth, Texas
Sachin D. Shah, Christopher L. Braun
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3087
A field-scale phytoremediation demonstration study was initiated in 1996 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, at a site on Naval Air StationJoint Reserve Base Carswell Field (NAS–JRB) adjacent to Air Force Plant 4 (AFP4) in Fort Worth, Tex. (fig. 1). Trichloroethene (TCE) has...
Floods of November 1996 through January 1997 in the Umpqua River Basin, Oregon
John C. Risley
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3134
Novel geophysical and geochemical techniques used to study submarine groundwater discharge in Biscayne Bay, Florida
Peter W. Swarzenski, Bill Burnett, Chris Reich, Henrieta Dulaiova, Richard Peterson, Jeff Meunier
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3117
IntroductionSubmarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is a problem of major proportions on a world-wide scale. The ubiquitous nature of SGD along varied coastlines and its importance to coastal water and geochemical budgets have recently been thrust into the global spotlight . For example, the discharge of nutrient-enriched groundwater into coastal waters...
Belowground dynamics in mangrove ecosystems
Karen L. McKee
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3126
Mangrove ecosystems are tropical/subtropical communities of primarily tree species that grow in the intertidal zone. These tidal communities are important coastal ecosystems that are valued for a variety of ecological and societal goods and services (fig. 1). Mangrove wetlands are important filters of materials moving between the land and sea,...
Global change impacts on mangrove ecosystems
Karen L. McKee
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3125
Mangroves are tropical/subtropical communities of primarily tree species that grow in the intertidal zone. These tidal forests are important coastal ecosystems that are valued for a variety of ecological and societal goods and services. Major local threats to mangrove ecosystems worldwide include clearcutting and trimming of forests for urban, agricultural,...
Wildlife health: Thirty years of science
Paul Slota
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3094
For three decades the USGS National Wildlife Health Center has responded to threats to the health of the Nation’s wildlife with unparallelled science and field support....
Changing Salinity Patterns in Biscayne Bay, Florida
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3108
Biscayne Bay, Fla., is a 428-square-mile (1,109-square-kilometer) subtropical estuarine ecosystem that includes Biscayne National Park, the largest marine park in the U.S. national park system (fig. 1). The bay began forming between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago as sea level rose and southern Florida was flooded. Throughout most of its...
Lightning gaps in the mangrove forest of Everglades National Park
Kevin R.T. Whelan, Thomas J. Smith III
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3016
Isotopic views of food web structure in the Florida Everglades
Bryan E. Bemis, Carol Kendall
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3138
IntroductionNearly one million acres of the Everglades are under a health advisory that discourages the human consumption of largemouth bass and several other fish because of high mercury contents. Food web structure (base of food web, number of trophic steps) plays a potentially critical role in determining the patterns of...
Natural restoration basics for wetlands
Beth A. Middleton
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3053
Around the world, dams, diversions, and drainage systems reengineer rivers for navigation, farming, and urban development, and this has caused vast changes in the environmental conditions of the flood plains adjacent to these rivers (Middleton, 2002). Even though “flood pulses,” the periodic overflow of these rivers, were once the most...
Development of a long-term sampling network to monitor restoration success in the southwest coastal Everglades: Vegetation, hydrology, and sediments
Thomas J. Smith III
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3015
Introduction and HistoryHurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm, crossed the southern Florida peninsula on the morning of August 24, 1992. Following the storm, the National Park Service conducted an environmental damage assessment to gauge the storm's impacts on the natural resources of south Florida Park Service holdings. Although hurricanes have...
Monitoring Colonias along the United States-Mexico border
Laura M. Norman, Jean W. Parcher, Alven H. Lam
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3070
The Colonias Monitoring Program provides a publicly accessible, binational, GIS database to enable civic leaders and c itizens to inventory, analyze, and monitor growth, housing, and infrastructure in border communities. High-technology tools are provided to support planning efforts and development along the border, using a sustainable and comprehensive approach. The...
2003 assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Upper Cretaceous Navarro and Taylor Groups, Western Gulf Province, Gulf Coast region, Texas
T. S. Dyman
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3114
South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) metadata for the U.S. Geological Survey Greater Everglades place-based studies
Jo Anne Stapleton, Roy Sonenshein
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3107
Beginning in 1995 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) funded scientific research to support the restoration of the Greater Everglades area and to supply decision makers and resource mangers with sound data on which to base their actions. However, none of the research and resulting data is useful if it can?t...
Simulated effects of projected ground-water withdrawals by the city of Albuquerque, 2004-40, for reduced water use per person
Laura M. Bexfield, Douglas P. McAda
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3081
No abstract available....
Seismic monitoring of the Atwood building in Anchorage, Alaska
Mehmet Çelebi, Jill McCarthy, Niren Biswas, Lisa Wald, Robert Page, Jamison Steidl
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3103
Tundra swans on the upper Mississippi River
Kevin Kenow
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3118
The ongoing Pu'u 'O'o-Kupaianaha eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i
Christina Heliker, Steven R. Brantley
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3085
No abstract available....
Partnerships - Working Together to Build The National Map
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3059
Through The National Map, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is working with partners to ensure that current, accurate, and complete base geographic information is available for the Nation. Designed as a network of online digital databases, it provides a consistent geographic data framework for the country and serves as a...
The USGS role in mapping the nation's submerged lands
Bill Schwab, John Haines
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3082
The seabed provides habitat for a diverse marine life having commercial, recreational, and intrinsic value. The habitat value of the seabed is largely a function of the geological structure and related geological, biological, oceanologic, and geochemical processes. Of equal importance, the nation's submerged lands contain energy and mineral resources and...
New Zealand coal resources
Tim A. Moore, Robert B. Finkelman
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3089
