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Full Bibliography of Urban Studies Conducted by the USGS NAWQA Program

Downtown Denver, Colorado

Topical Studies

Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems (EUSE)
Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants (TANC)
Mercury in Stream Ecosystems

National- and Regional-Scope Assessments

Nutrients
Pesticides
VOCs
Trace Elements
Ecology

Special Studies

Contaminant Trends in Lake Sediments (CLTS)
Miscellaneous Special Studies

Other NAWQA Urban Publications

Study Design
SVOCs (Semivolatile Organic Compounds)
DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon)
SOCs (Synthetic Organic Compounds)
Bacteria

 

(Studies may be tabulated more than once below, if appropriate to a category)

Topical Studies

Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems EUSE)

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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, and Hamilton, Pixie, 2002, Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 042-02, 2 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.
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.
Gregory, M. Brian, and Bryant, Wade L., 2003, Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems in the piedmont ecoregion of Georgia and Alabama--a study design, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 23-24, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 5 p.
McMahon, Gerald, Bales, J.D., Coles, J.F., Giddings, E.M.P., Zappia, Humbert, 2003, Use of stage data to characterize hydrologic conditions in an urbanizing environment: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 39, no. 6, p. 1529-1546.
McMahon, Gerard, and Cuffney, Thomas, 2000, Quantifying urban intensity in drainage basins for assessing stream ecological conditions: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 6, December 2000, p. 1247-1261.
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.
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.
Tate, C.M., Cuffney, T.F., McMahon, G., Giddings, E.M.P., Coles, J.R., and Zappia, Humbert, 2005, Use of an urban intensity index to assess urban effects on streams in three contrasting environmental settings, 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. 291-315.

 

Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants TANC), Urban Studies

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Eberts, Sandra, and others, 2005, Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination from urban, agricultural, and natural sources, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3022, 4 p.

 

Mercury in Stream Ecosystems, Urban Studies

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Couch, Carol A., 1997, Environmental distribution of mercury related to land use and physicochemical setting in watersheds of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, 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. 33-39.

 

 

National- and Regional-Scale Assessments

Nutrient Studies in Urban Areas

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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.
Andrews, William J., Fong, Alison L., Harrod, Leigh, and Dittes, Michael E., 1998, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground water quality in an urban part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4248, 54 p.
Ator, Scott W., and Denis, Janet M., 1997, Relation of the nitrogen and phosphorus in ground water to land use in four subunits of the Potomac River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4268, 26 p.
Berndt, Marian P., Galeone, David R., Spruill, Timothy B., and Crandall, Christy A., 1998, Ground-water quality in three urban areas in the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4234, 25 p.
Bruce, B.W., and McMahon, P.B., 1996, Shallow ground-water quality beneath a major urban center: Denver, Colorado, USA, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 186, no. 1-4, p. 129-151.
Calhoun, Daniel L., Frick, Elizabeth A., Buell, Gary R., 2003, Effects of urban development on nutrient loads and streamflow, upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1976-2001, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 23-24, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 5 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.
Edmonds, R.J., and Gellenbeck, D.J., 2002, Ground-water quality in the Salt River Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1996-98-- Relations to hydrogeology, water use, and land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4126, 60 p.
Fendick, Robert B., Jr., and Tollett, Ronald W., Quality of water from shallow wells in urban residential and light commercial areas in Lafayette parish, Louisiana, 2001 through 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4118, 58 p.
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.
Flanagan, Sarah M., Montgomery, Denise L., and Ayotte, Joseph D., 2001, Shallow ground-water quality in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4042, 12 p.
Fong, Alison L.,2000, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality in three different land-use areas, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4131, 37 p.
Frick, E.A., and Buell, Gary R., 1999, Relation of land use to nutrient and suspended-sediment concentrations, loads, and yields in the upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1993-98, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 30-31, 1999, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 170-179.
Gellenbeck, D.J., and Anning, D.W., 2002, Occurrence and distribution of pesticides and volatile organic compounds in ground water and surface water of central Arizona Basins, 1996-98, and their relation to land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4144, 107 p.
Gonthier, Gerald J., 2002, Quality of shallow ground water in recently developed residential and commercial areas, Memphis vicinity, Tennessee, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4294, 105 p.
Hamilton, P.A., and Shedlock, R.J., 1989, Relations between land use and nitrate concentrations in shallow ground water, Delmarva Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Yearbook, Fiscal Year 1989, p. 38-41.
Hippe, Daniel J., Wangsness, David J., Frick, Elizabeth A., and Garrett, Jerry W., 1994, Water quality of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Ocmulgee River Basins related to flooding from tropical storm Alberto; pesticides in urban and agricultural watersheds; and nitrate and pesticides in ground water, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4183, 36 p.
Hunt, Charles D., Jr., 2004, Ground-water quality and its relation to land use on Oahu, Hawaii, 2000-01: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4305, 76 p.
Inkpen, Emily L., Tesoriero, Anthony J., Ebbert, James C., Silva, Steven R. and Sandstrom, Mark W., 2000, Ground-water quality in regional, agricultural, and urban settings in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington and British Columbia, 1996-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4100, 66 p.
Kauffman, Leon J., Baehr, Arthur L., Ayers, Mark A., and Stackelberg, Paul E., 2001, Effects of land use and travel time on the distribution of nitrate in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in southern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4117, 49 p.
Kilroy, Kathryn C., Lawrence, Stephen J., Lico, Michael S., Bevans, Hugh E., and Watkins, Sharon A., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Las Vegas Valley area and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California--Nutrients, pesticides, and suspended sediment, October 1969-April 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4106, 144 p.
Land, L.F., and Shipp, A.A., 1996, Nutrients in streams draining an agricultural and an urban area, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-322, 6 p.
Mueller, David K., and Spahr, Norman E., 2005, Water-Quality, Streamflow, and Ancillary Data for Nutrients in Streams and Rivers Across the Nation, 1992-2001: Geological Data Series 152.
Mullaney, John R., and Grady, Stephen J., 1997, Hydrogeology and water quality of a surficial aquifer underlying an urban area, Manchester, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4195, 40 p.
Neal, Edward G., and Schuster Paul F., 1996, Data on quality of shallow ground water, Las Vegas urban area, Nevada, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-552, 1 p.
Pope, Larry M., Bruce, Breton W., Rasmussen, Patrick P., and Milligan, Chad R., 2001, Quality of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential and commercial development, Wichita, Kansas, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4228, 67 p.
Robinson, James L., 2002, Ground-water quality beneath an urban residential and commercial area, Montgomery, Alabama, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4052, 37 p.
Robinson, James L., 2003, Comparison between agricultural and urban ground-water quality in the Mobile River Basin, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Repor 03-4182, 38 p.
Thiros, Susan A., 2003, Quality and sources of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential development in Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4028, 74 p.
Thomas, Mary Ann, 2000, The effect of residential development on ground-water quality near Detroit, Michigan: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 5, October 2000, p. 1023-1038.
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.
Woodside, Michael D., and Simeri, Benjamin R., 1995, Land use and nutrient concentrations and yields in selected streams in the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-457, 4 p.

 

Pesticide Studies in Urban Areas

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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.
Anderson, Chauncey W., Rinella, Frank A., and Rounds, Stewart A., 1996, Occurrence of selected trace elements and organic compounds and their relation to land use in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4234, 68 p.
Andrews, W.J., Stark, J.R., Fong, A.L., and Fallon, J.D., 2005, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality along a flow system in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, 1997-98, Scientific Investigations Series Report 2005-5120, 44p.
Andrews, William J., Fong, Alison L., Harrod, Leigh, and Dittes, Michael E., 1998, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground water quality in an urban part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4248, 54 p.
Ator, Scott W., and Denis, Janet M., 1997, Relation of the nitrogen and phosphorus in ground water to land use in four subunits of the Potomac River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4268, 26 p.
Berndt, Marian P., Galeone, David R., Spruill, Timothy B., and Crandall, Christy A., 1998, Ground-water quality in three urban areas in the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4234, 25 p.
Black, Robert W., Haggland, Alan L., Voss, Frank V., 2000, Predicting the probability of detecting organochlorines pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in stream systems on the basis of land use in the Pacific northwest, USA: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 19, no. 4, p.1044-1054.
Bradbury, J.P., and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, A land-use and water-quality history of White Rock Lake Reservoir, Dallas, Texas, based on a sediment core: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 227-237.
Brasher, A.M.D., and Wolff, R.H., 2003, relations between land use and organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, and semi-volatile organic compounds in streambed sediment and fish on the island of Oahu, Hawaii: archives of Environmental contamination and Toxicology, v. 46, p. 385-398.
Brown, Mariann F., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Pesticides in a suburban watershed, Arlington, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 159-95, 4 p.
Bruce, B.W., 1995, Denver's urban ground-water quality: Nutrients, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 106-95, 2 p.
Bruce, B.W., and McMahon, P.B., 1996, Shallow ground-water quality beneath a major urban center: Denver, Colorado, USA, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 186, no. 1-4, p. 129-151.
Burton, Carmen A., 2002, Effects of urbanization and long-term rainfall on the occurrence of organic compounds and trace elements in reservoir-sediment core, streambed sediment, and fish tissue from the Santa Ana Basin, California, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4175, 73 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.
Coupe, R.H., Manning, M.A., Foreman, W.T., Goolsby, D.A., and Majewski, M.S., 2000, Occurrence of pesticides in rain and air in urban and agricultural areas of Mississippi, April-September 1995: The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 248, p. 227-240.
DeVivo, J.C., Frick, E.A., Hippe, D.J., and Buell, G.R., 1995, Effect of restricted phosphate detergent use and mandated upgrades at two wastewater-treatment facilities on water quality, metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 1988-93, in Hatcher, Kathryn J., ed., 1995, U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 20-22.
Edmonds, R.J., and Gellenbeck, D.J., 2002, Ground-water quality in the Salt River Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1996-98-- Relations to hydrogeology, water use, and land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4126, 60 p.
Fendick, Robert B., Jr., and Tollett, Ronald W., Quality of water from shallow wells in urban residential and light commercial areas in Lafayette parish, Louisiana, 2001 through 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4118, 58 p.
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.
Flanagan, Sarah M., Montgomery, Denise L., and Ayotte, Joseph D., 2001, Shallow ground-water quality in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4042, 12 p.
Flanagan, Sarah M., Montgomery, Denise L., and Ayotte, Joseph D., 2001, Shallow ground-water quality in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4042, 12 p.
Fong, Alison L.,2000, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality in three different land-use areas, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4131, 37 p.
Gebler, Joseph B., 2000, Organochlorine compounds in streambed sediment and in biological tissue from streams and their relations to land use, central Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4041, 21 p.
Gellenbeck, D.J., and Anning, D.W., 2002, Occurrence and distribution of pesticides and volatile organic compounds in ground water and surface water of central Arizona Basins, 1996-98, and their relation to land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4144, 107 p.
Gilliom, Robert J., Barbash, J.E., Crawford, C.G., Hamilton, P.A., Martin, J.D., and Callender, Edward, Nakagaki, Naomi, Nowell, L.H., Scott, J.C., Stackelberg, P.E., Thelin, G.P. and Wolock, D.M., 2006, Pesticides in the Nation'sstreams and ground water, 1992-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1291, 172 p.
Gilliom, Robert J. and Hamilton, Pixie, 2006, Pesticides Pesticides in the Nation's streams and ground water, 1992-2001, a summary: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3028, 6 p.
Ging, Patricia B.,VanMetre, Peter C., and Callender, Edward, 1999, Bottom sediments of Lorence Creek Lake, San Antonio, Texas, reflect contaminant trends in an urbanizing watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-149-99, 4 p.
Gonthier, Gerald J., 2002, Quality of shallow ground water in recently developed residential and commercial areas, Memphis vicinity, Tennessee, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4294, 105 p.
Hippe, D.J., and Garrett, J.W., 1997, The spatial distribution of dissolved pesticides in surface water of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in relation to land use and pesticide runoff-potential ratings, May 1994, 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. 4-13.
Hippe, D.J., Hatzell, H.H., Ham, L.K., and Hardy, P.S., 1995, Pesticide occurrence and temporal distribution in streams draining urban and agricultural basins in Georgia and Florida, 1993-94, in Hatcher, Kathryn J., ed., 1995, U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, The University of Georgia, Athens Georgia, p. 1-8.
Hippe, Daniel J., Wangsness, David J., Frick, Elizabeth A., and Garrett, Jerry W., 1994, Water quality of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Ocmulgee River Basins related to flooding from tropical storm Alberto; pesticides in urban and agricultural watersheds; and nitrate and pesticides in ground water, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4183, 36 p.
Hoffman, Ryan S., Capel, Paul D., and Larson, Steven J., 2000, Comparison of pesticides in eight U.S. urban streams: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 19, no. 9, p. 2249-2258.
Hunt, Charles D., Jr., 2004, Ground-water quality and its relation to land use on Oahu, Hawaii, 2000-01: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4305, 76 p.
Inkpen, Emily L., Tesoriero, Anthony J., Ebbert, James C., Silva, Steven R. and Sandstrom, Mark W., 2000, Ground-water quality in regional, agricultural, and urban settings in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington and British Columbia, 1996-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4100, 66 p.
Kilroy, Kathryn C., and Watkins, Sharon A., 1997, Pesticides in surface water, bottom sediment, crayfish, and shallow ground water in Las Vegas Valley area, Carson River Basin, and Truckee River Basin, Nevada and California, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-075-97, 6 p.
Kilroy, Kathryn C., Lawrence, Stephen J., Lico, Michael S., Bevans, Hugh E., and Watkins, Sharon A., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Las Vegas Valley area and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California--Nutrients, pesticides, and suspended sediment, October 1969-April 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4106, 144 p.
Kilroy, Kathryn C., Lawrence, Stephen J., Lico, Michael S., Bevans, Hugh E., and Watkins, Sharon A., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Las Vegas Valley area and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California--Nutrients, pesticides, and suspended sediment, October 1969-April 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4106, 144 p.
Kimbrough, Robert A., and Litke, David W., 1998, Pesticides in surface water in agricultural and urban areas of the South Platte River Basin, form Denver, Colorado, to North Platte, Nebraska, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4230, 66 p.
Kolpin, Dana W., Squillace, P.J., Barbash, J.E., Zogorski, J.S., 1997, Pesticides and volatile organic compounds in shallow urban ground water of the United States, in Chilton, J., ed., Ground water in the urban environment: A.A. Balkema, Netherlands, p. 469-474.
Kratzer, Charles R., 1998, Pesticides in storm runoff from agricultural and urban areas in the Tuolumne River Basin in the vicinity of Modesto, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4017, 17 p.
Land, L.F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Pesticides in urban and agricultural streams, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-178-96, 2 p.
Land, L.F., and Brown, M.F., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Pesticides in streams draining an urban and an agricultural area, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4114, 22 p.
Lico, Michael S., 1998, Quality of ground water beneath urban and agricultural lands in Las Vegas Valley and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada--Implications for water supply: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4259, 24 p.
Maluk, Terry L., 1999, Pesticides and bacteria in an urban stream--Gills Creek, Columbia, South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-131-98, 4 p.
Mullaney, John R., and Grady, Stephen J., 1997, Hydrogeology and water quality of a surficial aquifer underlying an urban area, Manchester, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4195, 40 p.
Mullaney, John R., and Grady, Stephen J., 1997, Hydrogeology and water quality of a surficial aquifer underlying an urban area, Manchester, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4195, 40 p.
Munn, Mark D., and Gruber, Steve J., 1997, The relationship between land use and organochlorine compounds in streambed sediment and fish in the central Columbia Plateau, Washington and Idaho, USA: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 16, no. 9, p. 1877-1887.
Neal, Edward G., and Schuster Paul F., 1996, Data on quality of shallow ground water, Las Vegas urban area, Nevada, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-552, 1 p.
Nowell, L.H., Capel, P.D., and Dileanis, P.D., 1999, Pesticides in stream sediment and aquatic biota-Distribution, trends, and governing factors: Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, Pesticides in the Hydrologic System series, v. 4, 1040 p.
Phillips, P.J., Wall, G.R., Eckhardt, D.A., Freehafer, D.A., Rosenmann, L.A., 1998, Pesticide Concentrations in Surface Waters of New York State in Relation to Land Use--1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4101.
Phillips, Patrick J., Wall, Gary R., and Ryan, Christopher M., 2000, Pesticides in wells in agricultural and urban areas of the Hudson River Basin: Northeastern Geology, vol. 22, no. 1, p.1-9.
Pope, Larry M., Bruce, Breton W., Rasmussen, Patrick P., and Milligan, Chad R., 2001, Quality of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential and commercial development, Wichita, Kansas, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4228, 67 p.
Reiser, Robert G., and O’Brien, Anne K., 1999, Pesticides in streams in New Jersey and Long Island, New York, and relation to land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4261, 12 p.
Reiser, Robert G.,1999, Relation of pesticide concentrations to season, streamflow, and land use in seven New Jersey streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4154, 20 p.
Robinson, James L., 2002, Ground-water quality beneath an urban residential and commercial area, Montgomery, Alabama, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4052, 37 p.
Robinson, James L., 2003, Comparison between agricultural and urban ground-water quality in the Mobile River Basin, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Repor 03-4182, 38 p.
Thiros, Susan A., 2003, Quality and sources of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential development in Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4028, 74 p.
Thomas, Mary Ann, 2000, The effect of residential development on ground-water quality near Detroit, Michigan: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 5, October 2000, p. 1023-1038.
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.
Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, E., 1997, Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-94 identified sediment cores from White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 239-249.
Van Metre, P.C., and Manler, B.J., 1999, Town Lake bottom sediments: A chronicle of water-quality changes in Austin, Texas, 1960-98: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-183-99, 6 p.
Van Metre, P.C., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L., 1996, Water-quality trends using sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-217-96, 4 p.
Voss, Frank D., and Enbrey, Sandra S., Ebbert, 2000, Pesticides detected in urban streams during rainstorms in King and Snohomish Counties, Washington, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4098, 22 p.
Voss, Frank D., Enbrey, Sandra S., Ebbert, James C., 1999, Pesticides detected in urban streams during rainstorms and relations to retail sales of pesticides in King County, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 097-99, 4 p.

 

Studies of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) in Urban Areas

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Flanagan, Sarah M., Montgomery, Denise L., and Ayotte, Joseph D., 2001, Shallow ground-water quality in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4042, 12 p.
Fong, Alison L.,2000, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality in three different land-use areas, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4131, 37 p.
Gellenbeck, D.J., and Anning, D.W., 2002, Occurrence and distribution of pesticides and volatile organic compounds in ground water and surface water of central Arizona Basins, 1996-98, and their relation to land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4144, 107 p.
Ging, Patricia B.,VanMetre, Peter C., and Callender, Edward, 1999, Bottom sediments of Lorence Creek Lake, San Antonio, Texas, reflect contaminant trends in an urbanizing watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-149-99, 4 p.
Gonthier, Gerald J., 2002, Quality of shallow ground water in recently developed residential and commercial areas, Memphis vicinity, Tennessee, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4294, 105 p.
Hunt, Charles D., Jr., 2004, Ground-water quality and its relation to land use on Oahu, Hawaii, 2000-01: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4305, 76 p.
Inkpen, Emily L., Tesoriero, Anthony J., Ebbert, James C., Silva, Steven R. and Sandstrom, Mark W., 2000, Ground-water quality in regional, agricultural, and urban settings in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington and British Columbia, 1996-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4100, 66 p.
Kolpin, Dana W., Squillace, P.J., Barbash, J.E., Zogorski, J.S., 1997, Pesticides and volatile organic compounds in shallow urban ground water of the United States, in Chilton, J., ed., Ground water in the urban environment: A.A. Balkema, Netherlands, p. 469-474.
Lico, Michael S., 1998, Quality of ground water beneath urban and agricultural lands in Las Vegas Valley and the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada--Implications for water supply: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4259, 24 p.
Moran, Michael J., Hamilton, P.A., Zygorski, J.S. 2006, Volatile organic compounds in the Nation's ground water and drinking-water supply wells; a summary: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3048, 6 p.
Lopes, T.J., Fallon, J.D., Rutherford, D.W., and Hiatt, M.H., 2000, Volatile organic compounds in storm water from a parking lot: Journal of Environmental Engineering, Dec., p. 1137-1143.
Lopes, Thomas J. and Bender, David A., 1998, Nonpoint sources of volatile organic compounds in urban areas--Relative importance of land surfaces and air: Environmental Pollution, vol. 101 (1998), p. 221-230.
Lopes, Thomas J., and Dionne, Shannon G., 1998, A review of semivolatile and volatile organic compound in highway runoff and urban stormwater: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-409, 67 p.
Mullaney, John R., and Grady, Stephen J., 1997, Hydrogeology and water quality of a surficial aquifer underlying an urban area, Manchester, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4195, 40 p.
Neal, Edward G., and Schuster Paul F., 1996, Data on quality of shallow ground water, Las Vegas urban area, Nevada, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-552, 1 p.
Pankow, James F., Luo, Wentai, Bender, David A., Isabelle, Lorene M., Hollinsworth, Jay S., Chen, Cai, Asher, William E., and Zogorski, John S., 2003, Concentrations and co-occurrence correlations of 88 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the ambient air of 13 semi-rural to urban locations in the United States: Atmospheric Environment, v. 37, p. 5023-5046.
Pankow, James F., Thomson, Neil R., Johnson, Richard L., Baehr, Arthur L, and Zogorski, John S., 1997, The urban atmosphere as a non-point source for the transport of MTBE and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to shallow groundwater: Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 31, no. 10, 1997, p. 2821-2828.
Pope, Larry M., Bruce, Breton W., Rasmussen, Patrick P., and Milligan, Chad R., 2001, Quality of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential and commercial development, Wichita, Kansas, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4228, 67 p.
Robinson, James L., 2002, Ground-water quality beneath an urban residential and commercial area, Montgomery, Alabama, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4052, 37 p.
Robinson, James L., 2003, Comparison between agricultural and urban ground-water quality in the Mobile River Basin, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Repor 03-4182, 38 p.
Shelton, Jennifer L., Burow, Karen R., Belitz, Kenneth, Dubrovsky, Neil M., Land, Michael, and Gronberg, JoAnn, 2001, Low-level volatile organic compounds in active public supply wells as ground-water tracers in the Los Angeles physiographic basin, California, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4188, 29 p.
Squillace, Paul J., Moran, Michael J., and Price, Curtis V., 2004, VOCs in shallow groundwater in new residential/commercial areas of the United States: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 28, no. 20, p. 5327-5338.
Squillace, Paul J., Pope, Daryll A., and Price, Curtis A., 1995, Occurrence of the gasoline additive MTBE in shallow ground water in urban agricultural areas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 114-95, 4 p.
Thiros, Susan A., 2003, Quality and sources of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential development in Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4028, 74 p.
Thomas, Mary Ann, 2000, The effect of residential development on ground-water quality near Detroit, Michigan: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 5, October 2000, p. 1023-1038.
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.
Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, E., 1997, Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-94 identified sediment cores from White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 239-249.
Van Metre, P.C., and Manler, B.J., 1999, Town Lake bottom sediments: A chronicle of water-quality changes in Austin, Texas, 1960-98: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-183-99, 6 p.
Van Metre, P.C., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L., 1996, Water-quality trends using sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-217-96, 4 p.
Zygorski, John, S., Carter, J.M., Ivanhneneko, Tamara, Lapham, W.W., Moran, M.J., Rowe, B.L., Aquillace, P.J., and Toccalino, P.L., 2006, The quality of our Nation's water - volatile organic compounds in the Nation's ground water and drinking-water supply wells: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1292, 101 p.

 

Trace Element Studies in Urban Areas

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Anderson, Chauncey W., Rinella, Frank A., and Rounds, Stewart A., 1996, Occurrence of selected trace elements and organic compounds and their relation to land use in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4234, 68 p.
Ator, Scott W., and Denis, Janet M., 1997, Relation of the nitrogen and phosphorus in ground water to land use in four subunits of the Potomac River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4268, 26 p.
Berndt, Marian P., Galeone, David R., Spruill, Timothy B., and Crandall, Christy A., 1998, Ground-water quality in three urban areas in the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4234, 25 p.
Bradbury, J.P., and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, A land-use and water-quality history of White Rock Lake Reservoir, Dallas, Texas, based on a sediment core: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 227-237.
Chalmers, Ann, 2002, Trace Elements and Organic Compounds in Streambed Sediment and Fish Tissue of Coastal New England Streams, 1998-1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Investigation Report 02-4179, 30 p.
Callender, Edward, and Rice, Karen C., 2000, The urban environmental gradient: Anthropogenic influences on the spatial and temporal distributions of lead and zinc in sediments: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 232-238.
De Carlo, Eric Heinen, and Anthony Stephen S., 2002, Spatial and temporal variability of trace element concentrations in an urban subtropical watershed, Honolulu, Hawaii: Applied Geochemistry, vol. 17, p. 475-492.
Edmonds, R.J., and Gellenbeck, D.J., 2002, Ground-water quality in the Salt River Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1996-98-- Relations to hydrogeology, water use, and land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4126, 60 p.
Fong, Alison L.,2000, Water-quality assessment of part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--Ground-water quality in three different land-use areas, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4131, 37 p.
Gellenbeck, D.J., and Anning, D.W., 2002, Occurrence and distribution of pesticides and volatile organic compounds in ground water and surface water of central Arizona Basins, 1996-98, and their relation to land use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4144, 107 p.
Ging, Patricia B.,VanMetre, Peter C., and Callender, Edward, 1999, Bottom sediments of Lorence Creek Lake, San Antonio, Texas, reflect contaminant trends in an urbanizing watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-149-99, 4 p.
Hunt, Charles D., Jr., 2004, Ground-water quality and its relation to land use on Oahu, Hawaii, 2000-01: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4305, 76 p.
Reddy, Michael M., Schuster, Paul F., Gunther, Charmaine, Charlton, Scott, and Aiken, George, 1996, Summary Of chemical data from onsite and laboratory analyses of ground-water samples from the surficial aquifer, Las Vegas Nevada, April and August 1993 and September 1994: U.S. Geological Survey World-Wide Web URL http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/SW_corrosion/index.html
Reddy, Michael M., Schuster, Paul F., Gunther, Charmaine, Charlton, Scott, and Aiken, George, 1996, Summary Of chemical data from onsite and laboratory analyses of ground-water samples from the surficial aquifer, Las Vegas Nevada, April and August 1993 and September 1994: U.S. Geological Survey World-Wide Web URL http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/SW_corrosion/index.html
Ruetter, David C., 1996, National water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Well and water-quality data from the outcrop of Woodbine aquifer in urban Tarrant County, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-413, 32 p.
Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, E., 1997, Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-94 identified sediment cores from White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 239-249.
Van Metre, P.C., and Manler, B.J., 1999, Town Lake bottom sediments: A chronicle of water-quality changes in Austin, Texas, 1960-98: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-183-99, 6 p.
Van Metre, P.C., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L., 1996, Water-quality trends using sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-217-96, 4 p.

 

Ecology Studies in Urban Areas

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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.

 

 

Special Studies

Contaminant Trends in Lake Sediments (CLTS), studies in urban areas

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Bradbury, J.P., and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, A land-use and water-quality history of White Rock Lake Reservoir, Dallas, Texas, based on a sediment core: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 227-237. .
Ging, Patricia B.,VanMetre, Peter C., and Callender, Edward, 1999, Bottom sediments of Lorence Creek Lake, San Antonio, Texas, reflect contaminant trends in an urbanizing watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-149-99, 4 p.
Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, E., 1997, Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-94 identified sediment cores from White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 239-249. (also listed under Trinity River Basin)
Van Metre, P.C., and Manler, B.J., 1999, Town Lake bottom sediments: A chronicle of water-quality changes in Austin, Texas, 1960-98: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-183-99, 6 p.
Van Metre, P.C., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L., 1996, Water-quality trends using sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-217-96, 4 p.
Van Metre, P.C., and Mahler, B.J., 2005, Trends in hydrophobic organic contaminants in urban and reference lake sediments across the United States, 1970-2001, v. 39, p. 5567-5574.
Van Metre, Peter C., Mahler, Barbara J., and Furlong, Edward T., 2000, Urban sprawl leaves its PAH signature: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 34, no. 19, p. 4064-4070.

 

Miscellaneous Special Studies

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Bevans, Hugh E., Goodbred, Steven L., Miesner, John F., Watkins, Sharon A., Gross, Timothy S., Denslow, Nancy D., 1996, Synthetic organic compounds and carp endocrinology and histology in Las Vegas Wash and Las Vegas and Callville Bays of Lake Mead, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4266, 12 p.
Hippe, Daniel J., Wangsness, David J., Frick, Elizabeth A., and Garrett, Jerry W., 1994, Water quality of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Ocmulgee River Basins related to flooding from tropical storm Alberto; pesticides in urban and agricultural watersheds; and nitrate and pesticides in ground water, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4183, 36 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.
Mahler, B.J., Van Metre, P.C., Bashara, T.J., Wilson, J.T., and Johns, D.A., 2005, Parking lot sealcoat--An unrecognized source of urban polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Environmnetal Science and Technology, v. 39, p. 5560-5566.
Markon, Carl J., 2003, A temporal study of urban development of the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska: Geocarto International, v. 18, no. 3, p. 21-33.
Moring, J. Bruce, 1996, Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban streams as assessed using semipermeable membrane devices, Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 081-96, 2 p.
Moring, J.Bruce, and Rose, Donna R., 1997, Occurrence and concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in semipermeable membrane devices and clams in three urban streams of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, Texas: Chemosphere, vol. 34, no. 3, p. 551-566.
Shelton, Jennifer L., Burow, Karen R., Belitz, Kenneth, Dubrovsky, Neil M., Land, Michael, and Gronberg, JoAnn, 2001, Low-level volatile organic compounds in active public supply wells as ground-water tracers in the Los Angeles physiographic basin, California, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4188, 29 p.
Van Metre, P.C., Mahler, BJ., Soggins, Mateo, and Hamilton, Pixie A., 2006, Parking lot sealcoat--A major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban and suburban environments: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3147, 4 p.
Van Metre, Peter, and Mahler, Barbara, 2005, Parking-lot sealcoat--A major source of PAHs in urban and suburban environments: U.S. Geological Survey handout prepared for a Congressional briefing in Washington D.C. on December 2, 2005, 4 p.

 

 

Other NAWQA Urban Publications

Study Design Papers

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Couch, Carol, and Hamilton, Pixie, 2002, Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 042-02, 2 p.
Eberts, Sandra, and others, 2005, Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination from urban, agricultural, and natural sources, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3022, 4 p.
Gregory, M. Brian, and Bryant, Wade L., 2003, Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems in the piedmont ecoregion of Georgia and Alabama--a study design, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 23-24, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 5 p.
Hippe, Daniel J., Wipperfurth, Caryl J., Hopkins, Evelyn A., Frick, Elizabeth A., and Wangsness, David J., 1997, Water-quality issues related to urban development of the upper Chattahoochee River watershed: Everyone lives downstream: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report (Poster) 96-4302, 1 p.
Hitt, Kerie J., 1994, Refining 1970's land-use data with 1990 population data to indicate new residential development: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4250, 15 p.
Lopes, T.J., and Price, C.V., 1997, Study plan for urban stream indicator sites of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, OFR 97-25 (pdf version), 15 p.
Markon, Carl J., 2003, A temporal study of urban development of the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska: Geocarto International, v. 18, no. 3, p. 21-33.
McMahon, Gerard, and Cuffney, Thomas, 2000, Quantifying urban intensity in drainage basins for assessing stream ecological conditions: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 6, December 2000, p. 1247-1261.
Squillace, Paul J., and Price, Curtis V., 1996, Urban land-use study plan for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-217, 19 p.
Tate, C.M., Cuffney, T.F., McMahon, G., Giddings, E.M.P., Coles, J.R., and Zappia, Humbert, 2005, Use of an urban intensity index to assess urban effects on streams in three contrasting environmental settings, 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. 291-315.

 

SVOCs (Semi-volatile organic compounds), including PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)

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Bradbury, J.P., and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, A land-use and water-quality history of White Rock Lake Reservoir, Dallas, Texas, based on a sediment core: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 227-237.
Burton, Carmen A., 2002, Effects of urbanization and long-term rainfall on the occurrence of organic compounds and trace elements in reservoir-sediment core, streambed sediment, and fish tissue from the Santa Ana Basin, California, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4175, 73 p.
Ging, Patricia B.,VanMetre, Peter C., and Callender, Edward, 1999, Bottom sediments of Lorence Creek Lake, San Antonio, Texas, reflect contaminant trends in an urbanizing watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-149-99, 4 p.
Huckins, J.N., Petty, J.D., Cranor, W.L., and Clark, R.C., 2001, Evaluation of contaminant exposure and the potential impacts on aquatic habitat quality in the Anchorage area of the Cook Inlet Basin: U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Web report, 51 p., http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/center/pdfdocs/cook_inlet.pdf
Mahler, B.J., Van Metre, P.C., Bashara, T.J., Wilson, J.T., and Johns, D.A., 2005, Parking lot sealcoat--An unrecognized source of urban polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Environmnetal Science and Technology, v. 39, p. 5560-5566.
Moring, J. Bruce, 1996, Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban streams as assessed using semipermeable membrane devices, Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 081-96, 2 p.
Moring, J.Bruce, and Rose, Donna R., 1997, Occurrence and concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in semipermeable membrane devices and clams in three urban streams of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, Texas: Chemosphere, vol. 34, no. 3, p. 551-566.
Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, E., 1997, Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-94 identified sediment cores from White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 17, p. 239-249.
Van Metre, P.C., and Mahler, B.J., 2005, Trends in hydrophobic organic contaminants in urban and reference lake sediments across the United States, 1970-2001, v. 39, p. 5567-5574.
Van Metre, P.C., and Manler, B.J., 1999, Town Lake bottom sediments: A chronicle of water-quality changes in Austin, Texas, 1960-98: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-183-99, 6 p.
Van Metre, P.C., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L., 1996, Water-quality trends using sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-217-96, 4 p.
Van Metre, P.C., Mahler, BJ., Soggins, Mateo, and Hamilton, Pixie A., 2006, Parking lot sealcoat--A major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban and suburban environments: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3147, 4 p.
Van Metre, Peter C., Mahler, Barbara J., and Furlong, Edward T., 2000, Urban sprawl leaves its PAH signature: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 34, no. 19, p. 4064-4070.
Van Metre, Peter, and Mahler, Barbara, 2005, Parking-lot sealcoat--A major source of PAHs in urban and suburban environments: U.S. Geological Survey handout prepared for a Congressional briefing in Washington D.C. on December 2, 2005, 4 p.

 

DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon)

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Reddy, Michael M., Schuster, Paul F., Gunther, Charmaine, Charlton, Scott, and Aiken, George, 1996, Summary Of chemical data from onsite and laboratory analyses of ground-water samples from the surficial aquifer, Las Vegas Nevada, April and August 1993 and September 1994: U.S. Geological Survey World-Wide Web URL http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/SW_corrosion/index.html
Ruetter, David C., 1996, National water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas--Well and water-quality data from the outcrop of Woodbine aquifer in urban Tarrant County, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-413, 32 p.
Westerhoff, P., and Anning, D., 2000, Concentrations and characteristics of organic carbon in surface water in Arizona: Influence of urbanization: Journal of Hydrology 236, p. 202-222.

 

SOCs (Synthetic organic compounds)

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Bevans, Hugh E., Goodbred, Steven L., Miesner, John F., Watkins, Sharon A., Gross, Timothy S., Denslow, Nancy D., 1996, Synthetic organic compounds and carp endocrinology and histology in Las Vegas Wash and Las Vegas and Callville Bays of Lake Mead, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4266, 12 p.

 

Bacteria

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Gregory, M. Brian, and Frick, Elizabeth A., 2000, Fecal-coliform bacteria concentrations in streams of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, May-October 1994 and 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4139, 8 p.
Maluk, Terry L., 1999, Pesticides and bacteria in an urban stream--Gills Creek, Columbia, South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-131-98, 4 p

 

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