What's New At USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center

Reports and Other New Publications

• User’s manual to update the National Wildlife Refuge System Water Quality Information System (WQIS) (91928)
  Chojnacki, K.A., Vishy, C.J., Hinck, J.E., Finger, S.E., Higgins, M.J., and Kilbride, K., 2013, User’s manual to update the National Wildlife Refuge System Water Quality Information System (WQIS), U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 11, chap. C8, 24 p., (91928)
• Polybrominated diphenyl ether metabolism in field collected fish from the Gila River, Arizona, USA – Levels, possible sources, and patterns (91916)
  Echols, K.R., Peterman, P.H., Hinck, J.E., and Orazio, C.E., 2013, Polybrominated diphenyl ether metabolism in field collected fish from the Gila River, Arizona, USA – Levels, possible sources, and patterns, Chemosphere 90(1): 20-27, (91916)
• Contaminants in stream sediments from seven United States metropolitan areas: Part II—Sediment toxicity to the amphipod Hyalella azteca and the midge Chironomus dilutus (91927)
  Kemble, N.E., Hardesty, D.K., Ingersoll, C.G., Kunz, J.L., Sibley, P.K., Calhoun, D.L., Gilliom, R.J., Kuivila, K.M., Nowell, L.H., and Moran, P.W., 2013, Contaminants in stream sediments from seven United States metropolitan areas: Part II—Sediment toxicity to the amphipod Hyalella azteca and the midge Chironomus dilutus, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 64(1): 52-64, (91927)
• Toxicity of sediment pore water in Puget Sound (Washington, USA): a review of spatial status and temporal trends (91920)
  Long, E.R., Carr, R.S., Biedenbach, J.M., Weakland, S., Partridge, V., and Dutch, M., 2013, Toxicity of sediment pore water in Puget Sound (Washington, USA): a review of spatial status and temporal trends, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 185(1): 755-775, (91920)
• Contaminants in stream sediments from seven United States metropolitan areas: Part I: Distribution in relation to urbanization (91926)
  Nowell, L.H., Moran, P.W., Gilliom, R.J., Calhoun, D.L., Ingersoll, C.G., Kemble, N.E., Kuivila, K.M., and Phillips, P.J., 2013, Contaminants in stream sediments from seven United States metropolitan areas: Part I: Distribution in relation to urbanization, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 64(1): 32-51, (91926)
• An evaluation of the relative quality of dike pools for benthic macroinvertebrates in the Lower Missouri River, USA (91930)
  Poulton, B.C., and Allert, A.L., 2013, An evaluation of the relative quality of dike pools for benthic macroinvertebrates in the Lower Missouri River, USA, River Research and Applications 28(10): 1658-1679, (91930)
• Mercury and selenium concentrations in biofilm, macroinvertebrates, and fish collected in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho, USA, and their potential effects on fish health (91929)
  Rhea, D.T., Farag, A.M., Harper, D.D., McConnell, E., and Brumbaugh, W.G., 2013, Mercury and selenium concentrations in biofilm, macroinvertebrates, and fish collected in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho, USA, and their potential effects on fish health, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 64(1): 130-139, (91929)
• Toxicity of sediments potentially contaminated by coal mining and natural gas extraction to unionid mussels and commonly tested benthic invertebrates (91922)
  Wang, N., Ingersoll, C.G., Kunz, J.L., Brumbaugh, W.G., Kane, C.M., Evans, R.B., Alexander, S., Walker, C., and Bakaletz, S., 2013, Toxicity of sediments potentially contaminated by coal mining and natural gas extraction to unionid mussels and commonly tested benthic invertebrates, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32(1): 207-221, (91922)
• TanA: a fluorogenic probe for thiaminase activity (91924)
  Zhu, W., Zajicek, J.L., Tillitt, D.E., and Glass, T.E., 2013, TanA: a fluorogenic probe for thiaminase activity, Analytical Methods 5(2): 446-448, (91924)
• Land Capability Potential Index (LCPI) and Geodatabase for the Lower Missouri River Valley (91923)
  Chojnacki, K.A., Struckhoff, M.A., and Jacobson, R.B., 2012, Land Capability Potential Index (LCPI) and Geodatabase for the Lower Missouri River Valley, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 736, 18 p., (91923)