Bibliography of Ecology Studies Conducted in Urban Areas by the USGS NAWQA Program

Ecology Studies

Crayfish, Orconetes sp., St. Vrain River, Boulder County, Longmont, Colorado. Photo courtesy of Robert Zuellig, U.S. Geological Survey.

Ecology Studies in Urban Areas:

Adolphson, Debbie L., Arnold, Terri L., Fitzpatrick, Faith A., Harris, Mitchell A., Richards, Kevin D., Scudder, Barbara C., and Stewart, Jana S., 2002, Physical, chemical and biological methods and data from the urban land-use-gradient study, Des Plaines and Fox River Basins, Illinois, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-459, 20 p.

Brasher, A.M.D., Wolff, R.H., and Luton, C.D., 2004, Associations among land use, habitat characteristics, and invertebrate community structure in nine streams on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4256, 47 p.

Brasher, Anne M.D., 2003, Impacts of human disturbances on biotic communities in Hawaiian streams: BioScience, v. 53, no. 11, p. 1052-1060.

Carpenter, Kurt D., and Waite, Ian R., 2000, Relations of habitat-specific algal assemblages to land use and water chemistry in the Willamette Basin, Oregon: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment vol. 64, p. 247-257.

Caskey, B.J., 2003, Relations of stream fish communities to physical and chemical parameters and land use in the Mississippi alluvial plain ecoregion: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-31, 99 p.

Coles, James F., Cuffney, Thomas F., McMahon, Gerard, and Beaulieu, Karen M., 2004, The effects of urbanization on the biological, physical, and chemical characteristics of coastal New England streams: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1695, 47 p.

Couch, Carol A., 1995, National Water-Quality Assessment Program what fish live in the streams of metropolitan Atlanta? --U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 091-95, 4 p.

Cuffney, T.F., Zappia, Humbert, Giddings, E.M.P., and Coles, J.R., 2005, Effects of urbanization on benthic macroinvertebrated assemblages in contrasting environmental settings--Boston, MA; Birmingham, AL; and Salt Lake City, UT, in Brown, L.R., Gray, R.H., Hughes, R.M., and Meador, M.R. eds., Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems: AFT Symposium 47, American Fisheries Society, p. 361-407.

DeVivo, J.C., Couch,C.A., and Freeman, B.J., 1997, Use of a preliminary index of biotic integrity in urban streams around Atlanta, Georgia, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 40-43.

Fitzpatrick, F.A., Harris, H.A., Arnold, T.L., and Richards, K.D., 2004, Urbanization influences on aquatic communities in northeastern Illinois streams: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 40, no. 2, p. 461-475.

Goldstein, Robert M., Lee, Kathy, Talmage Philip, Stauffer, Joseph C., and Anderson, Jesse P., 1999, Relation of fish community composition to environmental factors and land use in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, 1995-97: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4034, 32 p.

Kennen, Johathan G., and Ayers, Mark A., 2002, Relation of environmental characteristics to the composition of aquatic assemblages along a gradient urban land use in New Jersey, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4069, 77 p.

Leland, Harry V., 1995, Distribution of phytobenthos in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, in relation to geology, land use, and other environmental factors: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 52, May 1995, p. 1108-1129.

Leland, Harry V., and Porter, Stephen D., 2000, Distribution of benthic algae in the upper Illinois River basin in relation to geology and land use: Freshwater Biology, vol. 44, p. 279-301.

Meador, M.R., Coles, J.F., Zappia, Humbert, 2005, Fish assemblage responses to urban intensity gradients in contrasting metropolitan areas--Birmingham, Alabama and Boston, Massachusetts, in Brown, L.R., Gray, R.H.., Hughes, R.M., and Meador, M.R., eds., Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems: AFS Symposium 47, American Fisheries Society, p. 409-423.

Meador, Michael R., and Goldstein, Robert M., 2003, Assessing water quality at large geographic scales--relations among land use, water physicochemistry, riparian condition, and fish community structure: Environmental Management, v. 31, no. 4, p. 504-517

Ourso, R.T., and Frenzel, S.A., 2003, Identification of linear and threshold responses in streams along a gradient of urbanization in Anchorage, Alaska: Hydrobiologia, v. 501, p. 117-131

Ourso, Robert T., 2001, Effect of urbanization on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in streams, Anchorage, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4278, 38 p. http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri014278/pdf/WRIR01_4278.pdf

Short, T.M., Giddings, E.M.P., Zappia, Humbert, and Coles, J.F., 2005, Urbanization effects on stream habitat characteristics in Boston, MA; Birmingham, AL, and Salt Lake City, UT, in Brown, L.R. Gray, R.H., Hughes, R.M., and Meador, M.R., eds., Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems: AFS Symposium 47, American Fisheries Society, p. 317-332.

Talmage, Philip J., Lee, Kathy E., Goldstein, Robert M., Anderson, Jesse P., and Fallon, James D., 1999, Water quality, physical habitat, and fish community composition in streams in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4247, 18 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 2001, Selected findings and current perspectives on urban and agricultural water quality by the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-047-01, 2 p.

ZumBerge, Jeremy R., Lee, Kathy E., and Goldstein, Robert M., 2003, Relation of periphyton and benthic invertebrate communities to environmental factors and land use at selected sites in part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, 1996-98, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4121, 41 p.