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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Publications
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University of Minnesota Aquifer Thermal-Energy Storage (ATES) project report on the third long-term cycle
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M.C. Hoyer, J.P. Hallgren, M.H. Uebel, G. N. Delin, Steven J. Eisenreich, R.L. Sterling
Pesticides detected in surface waters and fish of the Red River of the North drainage basin
The Red River of the North drainage basin (herein referred to as Red River Basin) within the United States is a study unit under the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. The overall goals of this program, initiated to better define the status and trends of the Nation’s water quality, are to address regional and national water-quality issues in a national
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Mark E. Brigham
Nitrogen concentrations near the water table of the Sheyenne Delta aquifer beneath cropland areas, Ransom and Richland Counties, North Dakota
No abstract available.
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T.K. Cowdery, K. Goff
Movements of water, solutes, and stable isotopes in the unsaturated zones of two sand plains in the upper Midwest
Four month-long field experiments investigated movements of water and solutes through unsaturated sand plains near Princeton, Minnesota, and Oakes, North Dakota. Atrazine and bromide were applied to bare soils and soils planted with corn. The field plots were irrigated according to local farming practices. At the end of each experiment, unsaturated soils were analyzed for atrazine and bromide conc
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Stephen C. Komor, Douglas G. Emerson
Determination of malachite green residues in the eggs, fry, and adult muscle-tissue of rainbow-trout (Oncorhynchus-mykiss)
Malachite green, an effective antifungal therapeutant used in fish culture, is a known teratogen. We developed a method to simultaneously detect both the chromatic and leuco forms of malachite green residues in the eggs, fry, and adult muscle tissue of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Homogenates of these tissues were fortified with [14C] malachite green chloride and extracted with 1% (v/v) ac
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John L. Allen, J.E. Gofus, Jeffery R. Meinertz
Effects of water temperature and pH on toxicity of terbufos, trichlorfon, 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol to the amphipod Gammarus pseudolimnaeus and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Acute toxicity tests were conducted to determine (a) the individual and interactive effects of water temperature (7, 12, 17°C), pH (6 5, 7 5, 8 5, 9 5), and time on the toxicity of terbufos, trichlorfon, 4 nitrophenol, and 2,4-dinitrophenol to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and the amphipod Gammarus pseudohmnaeus, and (b) the individual and interactive effects of water temperature and pH on c
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G.E. Howe, L. L. Marking, T.D. Bills, J.J. Rach, F.L. Mayer
Liquid-chromatographic determination of sarafloxacin residues in channel catfish muscle-tissue
A liquid chromatographic method is described for the determination of sarafloxacin hydrochloride residues in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fillets. Sarafloxacin was extracted from fillet tissue with acetonitrile–water (1+1). The extract was centrifuged and the supernatant was partitioned with hexane. The aqueous fraction was filtered through a 0.45 μm filter and evaporated to dryness. The
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J.R. Meinertz, V. K. Dawson, W.H. Gingerich, B. Cheng, M.M. Tubergen
Salinity and temperature effects on chronic toxicity of 2,4-dinitrophenol and 4-nitrophenol to sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus)
Toxicity tests (28-d early-life-stage) were conducted to determine the effects of nine combinations of salinity (15, 20, 25 ppt) and temperature (22, 27, 32°C) on the toxicity of 2,4-dinitrophenol (2,4-DNP) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus). The highest tested concentration having no observed effect (NOEC) on mortality and growth was derived weekly. The NOECs a
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T.K. Linton, F.L. Mayer, T.L. Simon, J.A. Malone, L. L. Marking
Effects of water temperature on the toxicity of 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol to developing rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Early-life-stage (ELS) toxicity tests were conducted to determine the effect of selected water temperatures on the toxicity of 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). NOECs were determined for growth and mortality at selected time intervals and water temperatures of 7, 12, and 17°C. As tests progressed, NOECs leveled to constant time-independent values that were
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G.E. Howe, L. L. Marking, T.D. Bills, M.A. Boogaard, F.L. Mayer
Lake Number, a quantitative indicator of mixing used to estimate changes in dissolved oxygen
Lake Number, LN, values are shown to be quantitative indicators of deep mixing in lakes and reservoirs that can be used to estimate changes in deep water dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations. LN is a dimensionless parameter defined as the ratio of the moments about the center of volume of the water body, of the stabilizing force of gravity associated with density stratification to the destabilizin
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Dale M. Robertson, Jorg Imberger
Acute toxicity of 4-nitrophenol, 2,4-dinitrophenol, terbufos and trichlorfon to grass shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.) and sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus) as affected by salinity and temperature
The toxicities of two industrial chemicals (4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol) and two organophosphate insecticides (terbufos and trichlorfon) to juvenile grass shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.) and sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon vanegatus) were determined by static, 96-h toxicity tests in a factorial design with 12 combinations of salinity and temperature (15, 20, 25, 30ppt x 17, 22, 27°C). Concentrat
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J. A. Brecken-Folse, F.L. Mayer, L.E. Pedigo, L. L. Marking
Hepatic cadmium, metal-binding proteins and bioaccumulation in bluegills exposed to aqueous cadmium
We examined sublethal responses of juvenile bluegills Lepomis macrochirus to aqueous cadmium in two 28-d tests (test I, 0.0-8.4 μg Cd per liter; test II, 0.0-32.3 μg Cd per liter) in an intermittent-flow diluter. The experimental design was completely randomized, with two replicates in each of eight treatments (seven Cd exposures and one water control with 25 fish per replicate). Cadmium did not a
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W.G. Cope, G.J. Atchison, J.G. Wiener