Ecological science and sustainability for the 21st century
Margaret A. Palmer, Emily S. Bernhardt, Elizabeth A. Chornesky, Scott L. Collins, Andrew P. Dobson, Clifford S. Duke, Barry Gold, Robert B. Jacobson, Sharon E. Kingsland, Rhonda H. Kranz, Michael J. Mappin, M. Luisa Martinez, Fiorenza Micheli, Jennifer L. Morse, Michael L. Pace, Mercedes Pascual, Stephen S. Palumbi, O. J. Reichman, Alan R. Townsend, Monica G. Turner
2005, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (3) 4-11
Ecological science has contributed greatly to our understanding of the natural world and the impact of humans on that world. Now, we need to refocus the discipline towards research that ensures a future in which natural systems and the humans they include coexist on a more sustainable planet. Acknowledging that...
The drought of 1998-2002 in North Carolina — Precipitation and hydrologic conditions
J. Curtis Weaver
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5053
Drought conditions prevailed across much of North Carolina during 1998-2002, resulting in widespread record-low streamflow and ground-water levels in many areas. During this 4-year period, the drought was continuous in areas of western North Carolina, although eastern areas of the State had some periods of relief from tropical storms in...
The fishes of Buffalo National River, Arkansas, 2001-2003
James C. Petersen, B. G. Justus
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5130
During June through September 2001 and 2002, extensive fish community sampling was conducted at 29 sites within the boundaries of Buffalo National River. Samples were collected using backpack, tote barge, and boat electrofishing equipment. Kick seining also was used at all sites. To supplement these results, samples were collected in...
Use of a ground-water flow model to delineate contributing areas to the Puchack Well Field, Pennsauken township and vicinity, Camden county, New Jersey
Daryll A. Pope, Martha K. Watt
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5101
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Well Head Protection Program, developed in response to the 1986 Federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, requires delineation of Well Head Protection Areas (WHPA's), commonly called contributing areas, for all public and non-community water-supply wells in New Jersey. Typically, WHPA's for public...
Preliminary Precambrian basement structure map of the continental United States— An interpretation of geologic and aeromagnetic data
Paul K. Sims, Richard W. Saltus, Eric D. Anderson
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1029
No abstract available....
Digital data and derivative products from a high-resolution aeromagnetic survey of the central San Luis basin, covering parts of Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, and Rio Grande counties, Colorado, and Taos county, New Mexico
Viki Bankey, V. J. S. Grauch, Ank Webbers, Inc PRJ
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1200
This report describes data collected from a high-resolution aeromagnetic survey flown over the central San Luis basin during October, 2004, by PRJ, Inc., on contract to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The survey extends from just north of Alamosa, Colorado, southward to just northwest of Taos, New Mexico. It covers...
Channel and hillslope processes revisited in the Arroyo de los Frijoles watershed near Santa Fe, New Mexico
Allen C. Gellis, William W. Emmett, Luna Bergere Leopold
2005, Professional Paper 1704
Detailed documentation of geomorphic changes in the landscape of more than a few years is rarely possible. Channel cross sections, channel profiles, sediment deposition behind dams, and hillslope-erosion plots, originally benchmarked within several watersheds outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the 1950’s and 1960’s, for a 1966 report that documented...
Water resources data Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., water year 2004, Volume 2. Ground-water data
Stephen E. Curtin, Anita L. Anderson, Richard W. Saffer
2005, Water Data Report MD-DE-DC-04-2
Summary of significant results from studies of triazine herbicides and their degradation products in surface water, ground water, and precipitation in the midwestern United States during the 1990s
Elisabeth A. Scribner, E.M. Thurman, Donald A. Goolsby, Michael T. Meyer, William A. Battaglin, Dana W. Kolpin
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5094
Nonpoint-source contamination of water resources from triazine herbicides has been a major water-quality issue during the 1990s in the United States. To address this issue, studies of surface water, ground water, and precipitation have been carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Midwestern United States. Reconnaissance studies of 147...
Evaluation of unsaturated-zone solute-transport models for studies of agricultural chemicals
Bernard T. Nolan, E. Randall Bayless, Christopher T. Green, Sheena Garg, Frank D. Voss, David C. Lampe, Jack E. Barbash, Paul D. Capel, Barbara A. Bekins
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1196
Seven unsaturated-zone solute-transport models were tested with two data sets to select models for use by the Agricultural Chemical Team of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program. The data sets were from a bromide tracer test near Merced, California, and an atrazine study in the White River Basin,...
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 14. Interpretation of ground-water geochemistry in catchments other than the Straight Creek catchment, Red River Valley, Taos County, New Mexico, 2002-2003
D. Kirk Nordstrom, R. Blaine McCleskey, Andrew G. Hunt, Cheryl A. Naus
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5050
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New Mexico Environment Department, is investigating the pre-mining ground-water chemistry at the Molycorp molybdenum mine in the Red River Valley, New Mexico. The primary approach is to determine the processes controlling ground-water chemistry at an unmined, off-site but proximal analog. The Straight...
Estimation of agricultural pesticide use in drainage basins using land cover maps and county pesticide data
Naomi Nakagaki, David M. Wolock
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1188
A geographic information system (GIS) was used to estimate agricultural pesticide use in the drainage basins of streams that are studied as part of the U.S. Geological Survey?s National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Drainage basin pesticide use estimates were computed by intersecting digital maps of drainage basin boundaries with an...
Helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic survey data and maps, northern Bexar County, Texas
Bruce D. Smith, Michael J. Cain, Allan K. Clark, David W. Moore, Jason R. Faith, Patricia L. Hill
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1158
Analysis and mapping of post-fire hydrologic hazards for the 2002 Hayman, Coal Seam, and Missionary Ridge wildfires, Colorado
J. G. Elliott, M.E. Smith, M.J. Friedel, M. R. Stevens, C. R. Bossong, D. W. Litke, R. S. Parker, C. Costello, J. Wagner, S.J. Char, M.A. Bauer, S.R. Wilds
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5300
Wildfires caused extreme changes in the hydrologic, hydraulic, and geomorphologic characteristics of many Colorado drainage basins in the summer of 2002. Detailed assessments were made of the short-term effects of three wildfires on burned and adjacent unburned parts of drainage basins. These were the Hayman, Coal Seam, and Missionary Ridge...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona — 2003–04
Margot Truini, Jamie P. Macy, Thomas J. Porter
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1080
The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400-square-mile area of Black Mesa in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in this area because of continued industrial and municipal use, a growing population, and precipitation of about 6 to 14 inches per year. The monitoring...
Development and analysis of regional curves for streams in the non-urban valley and ridge physiographic province, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia
Jefferson N. Keaton, Terence Messinger, Edward J. Doheny
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5076
Regression relations for bankfull stream characteristics based on drainage area (often called 'regional curves') are used in natural stream channel design to verify field determinations of bankfull discharge and stream channel characteristics. Bankfull stream characteristics were assessed for stream reaches at 41 streamflow-gaging stations in the Valley and Ridge Physiographic...
Simulation of ground-water flow in coastal Georgia and adjacent parts of South Carolina and Florida-predevelopment, 1980, and 2000
Dorothy F. Payne, Malek Abu Rumman, John S. Clarke
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5089
A digital model was developed to simulate steady-state ground-water flow in a 42,155-square-mile area of coastal Georgia and adjacent parts of South Carolina and Florida. The model was developed to (1) understand and refine the conceptual model of regional ground-water flow, (2) serve as a framework for the development of...
Estimated water use in Puerto Rico, 2000
Wanda L. Molina-Rivera
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1201
Water-use data were compiled for the 78 municipios of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for 2000. Five offstream categories were considered: public-supply water withdrawals, domestic self-supplied water use, industrial self-supplied withdrawals, crop irrigation water use, and thermoelectric power fresh water use. Two additional categories also were considered: power generation instream...
Water resources data Indiana water year 2004
Scott E. Morlock, Hieu T. Nguyen, Deborah K. Majors
2005, Water Data Report IN-04-1
Geochemistry of Red Mountain Creek, Colorado, under low-flow conditions, August 2002
Robert L. Runkel, Briant A. Kimball, Katherine Walton-Day, Philip L. Verplanck
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5101
Red Mountain Creek, an acid mine drainage stream in southwestern Colorado, was the subject of a synoptic study conducted in August 2002. During the synoptic study, a solution containing lithium chloride was injected continuously to allow for the calculation of streamflow using the tracer-dilution method. Synoptic water-quality samples were collected...
Sensitivity of alpine and subalpine lakes to acidification from atmospheric deposition in Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Leora Nanus, Donald H. Campbell, Mark W. Williams
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5023
The sensitivity of 400 lakes in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks to acidification from atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur was estimated based on statistical relations between acid-neutralizing capacity concentrations and basin characteristics to aid in the design of a long-term monitoring plan for Outstanding Natural Resource Waters. Acid-neutralizing...
Occurrence of fecal-indicator bacteria and protocols for identification of fecal-contamination sources in selected reaches of the West Branch Brandywine Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Peter J. Cinotto
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5039
The presence of fecal-indicator bacteria indicates the potential presence of pathogens originating from the fecal matter of warm-blooded animals. These pathogens are responsible for numerous human diseases ranging from common diarrhea to meningitis and polio. The detection of fecal-indicator bacteria and interpretation of the resultant data are, therefore, of great...
Use of the Biotic Ligand Model to predict metal toxicity to aquatic biota in areas of differing geology
Kathleen S. Smith
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2005 National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation
This work evaluates the use of the biotic ligand model (BLM), an aquatic toxicity model, to predict toxic effects of metals on aquatic biota in areas underlain by different rock types. The chemical composition of water, soil, and sediment is largely derived from the composition of the underlying rock. Geologic...
Water resources data, Oakland County, Michigan 2001-2004
Stephen S. Aichele, S. L. Crowley, C.K. Tariska, J. Stopar
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1417
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with Oakland County, the Huron-Clinton Metropark Authority, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and the Rouge Program Office, collected streamflow, water-quality, and ground-water-level data in watersheds across Oakland County during water years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Water years begin October 1...
Effects of urban land-use change on streamflow and water quality in Oakland County, Michigan, 1970-2003, as inferred from urban gradient and temporal analysis
Stephen S. Aichele
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5016
Various adverse hydrologic effects on streams have been attributed to urban development and expanded impervious surface area, including increased high flows, decreased low flows, increased variability (commonly referred to as flashiness), nutrient enrichment, and increased dissolved solids concentrations. These effects are often observed through the use of urban-gradient studies, which...
