Main Title |
Ecological health in the nation's streams, 1993-2005 / |
Author |
Carlisle, Daren M.,
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Publisher |
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, |
Year Published |
2013 |
OCLC Number |
851285660 |
ISBN |
9781411336445; 1411336445 |
Subjects |
Stream health--United States ;
Stream ecology--United States ;
Water quality--United States ;
Water quality biological assessment--United States ;
Environmental impact analysis--United States ;
Land use--Environmental aspects--United States ;
Rivers--Regulation--Environmental aspects--United States ;
Water--Pollution--United States ;
United States--Environmental conditions
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
QH541.5.S7C37 2013 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
05/24/2023 |
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Collation |
vii, 120 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-114). Format not distributed to depository libraries. "National Water-Quality Assessment Program." |
Contents Notes |
1. Overview of findings and implications -- Highlights of major findings and implications -- Biological condition and land use -- Factors associated with stream health -- Streamflow modification -- Elevated nutrients -- Elevated salinity -- Contaminant toxicity in stream water and sediments -- Priorities for filling information gaps for the biological health of streams -- 2. Stream ecology primer -- Biological communities and water quality -- Algae -- Macroinvertebrates -- Fish -- Environmental factors that influence stream biological communities -- Natural river and altered landscape -- Environmental factors influenced by agriculture and urban land use -- Dynamics of a natural stream ecosystem -- Dynamics of an agricultural ecosystem -- Dynamics of an urban stream ecosystem -- 3. Approach to assessing biological condition -- Targeted sampling across the nation's diverse land uses and natural settings -- Features of NAWQA's biological assessment -- NAWQA's biological assessment in a national context -- Chemical and physical measurement and assessment -- Biological sampling -- Assessing biological condition : the reference concept -- Assessing biological condition : general approach -- 4. National assessments of physical and chemical factors that influence stream health -- Land and water management across the nation -- Streamflow modification -- Streamflow modification and land use -- Stream temperature -- Stream riparian zones -- Stream-water salinity -- Nutrients in stream water -- Dissolved pesticides in stream water -- Pesticides and other organic contaminants in stream sediments -- Estimating the potential toxicity of streambed-sediment contaminants -- 5. Biological-condition assessment -- Integrated assessments of algal, macroinvertebrate, and fish communities -- Assessments of algal, macroinvertebrate, and fish communities -- Introduced fish species : occurrence and relations to biological condition -- Introduced macroinvertebrate species : occurrence and relations to biological condition -- 6. Factors associated with diminished biological condition -- Factors associated with diminished biological condition : summary -- Streamflow modification -- Cache La Poudre River, Colorado -- Land development within stream riparian zones -- Bachman Run and Muddy Creek, Pennsylvania -- Shingle Creek, Minnesota -- Elevated salinity -- Elevated nutrients -- Pesticides in stream water -- Zollner Creek, Oregon -- Contaminants in stream sediments -- Glossary. |
Place Published |
Reston, Virginia |
Corporate Au Added Ent |
National Water-Quality Assessment Program (U.S.); Geological Survey (U.S.), |
Title Ser Add Ent |
U.S. Geological Survey circular ; 1391. |
Alternate Title |
Quality of our nation's waters |
PUB Date Free Form |
2013 |
Series Title Untraced |
Circular / U.S. Geological Survey ; 1391 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
RDA |
LCCN |
2013025242 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20230516213020 |
Language |
eng |
SUDOCS Number |
I 19.4/2:1391 |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
05834cam 2200745 i 45010 |