Dan Sullivan
Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey
Wisconsin Water Science Center
8505 Research Way
Middleton, Wisconsin 53562
Phone: 608-821-3869
Fax: 608-821-3817
Email: djsulliv@usgs.gov
Education
- Graduate study in Environmental Sciences at University of Illinois, 1990-91
- B.S. in Watershed Management/Soil Science at UW-Stevens Point, 1985
- AAS in Mechanical Design, Illinois Central College, 1981
Areas of Expertise
- Water Quality and Ecology
- Pesticide trends, transport, and fate
- Web development, including HTML, CSS, Javascript
Current Projects
- Acting USGS Co-chair, Methods and Data Comparability Board
- Lead Scientist, Upper Mississippi-Ohio-Great Lakes River Basins, NAWQA
- Chair, National Environmental Methods Index
- Western Lake Michigan Drainages NAWQA
Selected Publications
USGS series publications
Sullivan, D.J., Vecchia, A.D., Lorenz, D.L., Gilliom, R.J., and Martin, J.B., in prep, Trends in Pesticide Concentrations in Corn-Belt Streams, 1996-2006, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report.
Thomas, J.C., Lutz, M.A., Bruce, J.L., Graczyk, D.J., Richards, K.D., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Westenbroek, S.M., Scudder, B.C., Sullivan, D.J., and Bell, A.H., 2007, Water-quality characteristics for selected sites within the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District planning area, Wisconsin, February 2004–September 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5084, 187 p.
Schneider, M.A., Lutz, M.A., and others, 2004, Water-Resources-Related Information for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Planning Area, Wisconsin, 1970-2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4240, 288 p. (contributed chapters on streamflow, stream stage, and precipitation; pesticides; and fish as ecological indicator of water quality).
Diebel, Matthew W.; Sullivan, Daniel J.; 2003, Surface-Water-Resources Information for the Ho-Chunk Nation Lands and Vicinity, Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4307
Garn, H.S., Scudder, S.C., Richards, K.D., and Sullivan, D.J., 2001, Characteristics of Water, Sediment, and Benthic Communities of the Wolf River, Menominee Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, Water Years 1986-98, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4019
Sullivan, D.J., 2000, Nutrients and Suspended Solids in Surface Waters of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 1978-97: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4275 , 57 pp.
Sullivan, D.J., 2000, Fish Communities and Their Relation to Environmental Factors in the Eastern Iowa Basins in Iowa and Minnesota, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4194, 20 pp.
Arnold, Terri L.; Sullivan, Daniel J.; Harris, Mitchell A.; Fitzpatrick, Faith A.; Scudder, Barbara C.; Ruhl, Peter M.; Hanchar, Dorothea W.; Stewart, Jana S.; 1999, Environmental setting of the upper Illinois River Basin and implications for water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4268, 67 p.
Richards, K.D., Sullivan, D.J., and Stewart, J.S., 1998, Surface-water quality at fixed sites in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, and the effects of natural and human factors, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4208, 40 pp.
Sullivan, D.J., Stinson, T.W., Crawford, J.K., and Schmidt, A.R., 1998, Surface-Water-Quality Assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin -- Pesticides and Other Synthetic Organic Compounds in Water, Sediment, and Biota, 1975-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4135, 131 p.
Peters, C.A., Robertson, D.M., Saad, D.A., Sullivan, D.J., Scudder, B.C., Fitzpatrick, F.A., Richards, K.D., Stewart, J.S., Fitzgerald, S.A., and Lenz, B.N., 1998, Water quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1156, 40 pp.
Scudder, B.C., Sullivan, D.J., Fitzpatrick, F.A., and Rheaume, S.J., 1997, Trace elements and synthetic organic compounds in biota and streambed sediment of the Western Lake Michigan drainages, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4192, 34 pp.
Sullivan, D.J., 1997, Fish communities of fixed sites in the Western Lake Michigan drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4211-C , 23 pp.
Sullivan, D.J., and Peterson, E.M., 1997, Fish communities of benchmark streams in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4038-D, 23 pp.
Scudder, B.C., Sullivan, D.J., Rheaume, S.J., Parsons, S.R., and Lenz, B.N., 1996, Summary of biological investigations relating to water quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4263, 89 pp.
Sullivan, D.J., and Richards, K.D., 1996, Pesticides in streams in the Western Lake Michigan drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1993-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 107-96 , 4 pp.
Sullivan, D.J., Peterson, E.M., and Richards, K.D., 1995, Environmental setting of fixed sites in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Michigan and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4211-A, 30 pp.
Sullivan, D.J. and Terrio, P.J., 1993, Surface Water-Quality Assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Data on Agricultural Organic Compounds, Nutrients, and Sediment in Water, 1988-90: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-421
Tarte, S.R., Schmidt, A.R., and Sullivan, D.J. , 1992 , Floating sample-collection platform with stage-activated automatic water sampler for streams with large variation in stage : U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-1049
Richards, T. E.; Hayes, P. D.; Sullivan, D. J., 1992, Water Resources Data, Illinois, Water Year 1991, Vol. 2, Water-Data Report IL-91-2.
Sullivan, D.J. and Blanchard, S.F., 1991, Surface Water-Quality Assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Fixed-station Network and Selected Water-Quality data for April 1987-August 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-175
Richards, T. E.; Hayes, P. D.; Sullivan, D. J., 1991, Water Resources Data, Illinois, Water Year 1990, Vol. 2, Water-Data Report IL-90-2.
Sullivan, D.J., Hayes, P.D., Richards, T. E. and Maurer, J.C., 1990, Water Resources Data, Illinois, Water Year 1989, Vol. 2, Water-Data Report IL-89-2.
Journal articles, reports, and other publications
Keith, L.H., Brass, H.J., Sullivan, D.J., Boiani, J.A., and Alben, K.T., 2005, An Introduction to the National Environmental Methods Index: Environmental Science and Technology, April 15, 2005, p. 173a-176a.
Keith, L., Sullivan, D., Boiani, J., Brass, H., and Peters, C., 2001, The National Environmental Methods Index as a Tool to Achieve Methods Comparability: American Water Works Association—Water Quality Technology Conference, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2001.
Fitzpatrick, F.A., Scudder, B.C., Lenz, B.N., and Sullivan, D.J., 2001, Effects of multi-scale environmental characteristics on agricultural stream biota in eastern Wisconsin, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), 37(6):1489-1507. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2001.tb03655.x
Fitzpatrick, F.A., Giddings, E.M.P., Scudder, B.C., Sullivan, D.J., and Lenz, B.N., 2000, Effects of riparian corridors and hydrology on agricultural streams biota: Proceedings, AWRA International Conference on Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Use Watersheds
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