Characterization of selected biological, chemical, and physical conditions at fixed sites in the Upper Colorado River basin, Colorado, 1995-98

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Title Characterization of selected biological, chemical, and physical conditions at fixed sites in the Upper Colorado River basin, Colorado, 1995-98
Creator Deacon, Jeffrey R.; Mize, Scott V.; Spahr, Norman E.
Subject Water quality; Mines and mineral resources; Trace elements; Sediments (Geology); Water -- Analysis; Nutrient pollution of water
Spatial Coverage Colorado River (Wyo.-Utah); Colorado Plateau; Colorado; Rocky Mountains
Description Biological community samples were collected at 15 sites in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCOL) in Colorado as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Sites sampled in two physiographic provinces, the Southern Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau, represented agriculture, mining, urban and recreation, and mixed land uses and background conditions. Nine measures of water quality, which include information on nutrients, specific conductance (a surrogate for salinity), trace elements in streambed sediment, pesticides in fish tissue, fish communities, and macroinvertebrate richness and composition and stream habitat were used for comparisons among sites within the two physiographic provinces. Sampling sites from three other NAWQA study units-the Rio Grande Valley, the South Platte River Basin, and the Upper Snake River Basin study units-were categorized on the basis of land use and stream size in order to develop a larger data set for comparison to sites in the
Publisher U. S. Geological Survey
Date 1999
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Digitization Specifications pdf file copied from USGS website (http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri99-4181/). Uploaded into CONTENTdm version 3.7.
Identifier http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri99-4181/
Source Deacon, Jeffrey R.; Mize, Scott V.; Spahr, Norman E., Characterization of selected biological, chemical, and physical conditions at fixed sites in the Upper Colorado River basin, Colorado, 1995-98, Denver, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4181, 71 p.
Language eng
Rights Management Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS
Holding Institution University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6f76bgn
Setname wwdl_er
ID 1145872
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f76bgn
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