Distribution and Potential for Adverse Biological Effects of Inorganic Elements and Organic Compounds in Bottom Sediment, Lower Charles River, Massachusetts


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...Findings from sediment samples that were collected in the Summer of 1998 throughout the Charles River Basin and in more detail at areas where restoration of public wading and swimming beaches is being considered; includes a map titled "Water Depths, Thickness of Post-1908 Sediment, and Sediment Sampling Locations, Lower Charles River, Massachusetts"...







Land Use Effects on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Northeastern United States


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Filling a long-standing need for a desk reference that synthesizes current research, Land Use Effects on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Northeastern United States reviews and discusses the impact of forest management, agriculture, and urbanization. The book provides a gateway to the diverse scientific literature that is urgently needed







Water Quality in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, 1992-95


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... Summarizes findings that emerged between 1992-1995 from water quality assessment of the Connecticut, Housatonic and Thames River Basins Study; topics include contaminants in streambed sediments and fish tissue, nutrients and pesticides in surface water and pesticides, volatile organic compounds, nitrites and radon in groundwater ...







Suspended-sediment Characteristics in the Housatonic River Basin, Western Massachusetts and Parts of Eastern New York and Northwestern Connecticut, 1994-96


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...Provides information on suspended-sediment concentrations, discharges, loads and yields in the study area; also available on the internet at: water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri004059/ (or purl.access.gpo.gov/gpo/lps24067)...