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Stream Tracer Studies

Standard Methods for Stream Tracer Injection Studies
A list of publications of USGS standard methods for stream tracer injection studies.
Rhodamine WT Reader
Readings on the reactivity and transport characteristics of the Rhodamine WT tracer.
Bromide Stream Tracer Reference List
A reference list for the use of bromide as a stream tracer.
Transient Storage Reader 1
Essential references for starting an application of the transient storage concept of stream/hyporhiec solute transport.
Transient Storage Reader 2
A comprehensive reading list on the transient storage concept and related hyporheic zone processes.

Instant Unit Conversions (interactive conversions, made available by the Institute of Chemistry, Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany).

Microbial detection and source-tracking methods

Continuous Water-Quality Monitors

An Alkalinity Calculator is online, and Alkalinity Calculation Methods. See also Alkalinity and Acid Neutralizing Capacity, section 6.6 of the National Field Manual.

DOTABLES - dissolved oxygen saturation tables

USGS Chapters of the National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data

Ground-Water Information -- Techniques


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