Water-quality assessment of part of the upper Mississippi River basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin : design and implementation of water-quality studies, 1995-98

Stark, James R.; Fallon, J. D.; Fong, A. L.; Goldstein, R. M.; Hanson, P. E.; Kroening, S. E.; Lee, K. E.

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From 1995 through 1998, water-quality and aquatic-biological samples were collected, processed, and analyzed for the U.S. Geological Survey?s National Water-Quality Assessment Program in the Upper Mississippi River Basin in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Sites were selected and samples collected for integrated studies designed to provide a comprehensive description of water-quality conditions, to identify trends, and to determine the factors that affect existing conditions. This report describes the design, site-selection, and implementation of the study. Methods used to collect, process, and analyze samples; characterize sites; and assess habitat are described. A comprehensive list of sample sites is provided. Sample analyses for water-quality studies included chlorophyll a, major inorganic constituents, nutrients, trace elements, tritium, radon, environmental isotopes, organic carbon, pesticides, volatile organic compounds, and other synthetic and naturally occurring organic compounds. Aquatic-biological samples included fish, benthic macroinvertebrates, and algal enumeration and identification, as well as synthetic-organic compounds and trace elements in fish tissue.

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25822

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Stark, James R.; Fallon, J. D.; Fong, A. L.; Goldstein, R. M.; Hanson, P. E.; Kroening, S. E.; Lee, K. E.

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viii, 85 p. :ill., maps (some col.) ;28 cm.

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U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Branch of Information Services [distributor],

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Water-Resources Investigations Report

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WRI

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99-4135

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Water-quality assessment of part of the upper Mississippi River basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin : design and implementation of water-quality studies, 1995-98; 1999; WRI; 99-4135; Stark, James R.; Fallon, J. D.; Fong, A. L.; Goldstein, R. M.; Hanson, P. E.; Kroening, S. E.; Lee, K. E.