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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Publications
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Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Souris-Red-Rainy region Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Souris-Red-Rainy region
A broad-perspective analysis of the ground-water resources and present and possible future water development and management in the Souris-Red-Rainy Region is presented. The region includes the basins of the Souris River within Montana and North Dakota; the Red River of the North in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota; and the Rainy River within Minnesota. The region includes 59,645...
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Harold O. Reeder
Low-flow characteristics of streams in the lower Wisconsin River basin Low-flow characteristics of streams in the lower Wisconsin River basin
Low-flow characteristics of streams in the lower Wisconsin River basin are presented. Included are estimates of low-flow frequency and flow duration at 11 gaging stations; low-flow frequency characteristics at 26 low-flow partial-record stations and 70 miscellaneous sites; and a list of low-flow discharge measurements at 155 miscellaneous sites where insufficient data were available to...
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W.A. Gebert
Water-level declines in the Madison area, Dane County, Wisconsin Water-level declines in the Madison area, Dane County, Wisconsin
The water supply for the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and for surrounding municipalities is obtained from the ground-water reservoir that underlies the area. This ground-water reservoir is composed of an upper aquifer and an underlying sandstone aquifer. High-capacity water-supply wells pump from the sandstone aquifer. Pumping from the sandstone aquifer has resulted in hydrologic changes...
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R.S. McLeod
Water supply potential of the Lake Sally System, Marquette County, Michigan Water supply potential of the Lake Sally System, Marquette County, Michigan
Six lakes in the headwaters of Ely Creek form the Lake Sally system. This system is the source of water for Ishpeming and several small communities in the central part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. During years of average precipitation, more water is used from the system than is supplied to it, and the quantity of water in lake storage is depleted. Below-normal precipitation in 1976 and...
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Norman G. Grannemann
Feeding habitat use by colonially-breeding herons, egrets, and ibises in North Carolina Feeding habitat use by colonially-breeding herons, egrets, and ibises in North Carolina
Nine species of herons, egrets, and ibises were followed by airplane from a nesting colony near Beaufort, North Carolina to their feeding sites. Except for Cattle Egrets, which flew exclusively to fields and dumps, the birds flew mainly to saltmarsh habitat. The selection of feeding habitats by Great Egrets and Louisiana Herons was directly related to tidal depth. The Great Egret was the...
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Thomas W. Custer, Ronald G. Osborn
Comparison of the radioactive and modified techniques for measurement of stream reaeration coefficients Comparison of the radioactive and modified techniques for measurement of stream reaeration coefficients
The radioactive and modified tracer techniques were used to measure the reaeration coefficients of two reaches each of Black Earth Creek and the Madison Effluent Channel near Madison, Wis. Comparison of the results showed that coefficients measured with the modified technique ranged from -8.96 to +3.61 and from +15.7 to +32.2 percent different from the coefficient measured with the...
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R. E. Rathbun, R. Stephen Grant
Model analysis of the impact on ground-water conditions of the Muskegon County wastewater disposal system, Michigan Model analysis of the impact on ground-water conditions of the Muskegon County wastewater disposal system, Michigan
A digital model was developed to study the impact on ground-water conditions of the Muskegon County wastewater disposal system. At the disposal site, wastewater is stored in two 850-acre (344-ha) lagoons and then spray-irrigated on crop land. About 70 miles (105 km) of drainage tile, which underlies the irrigated land, has caused the water table to be lowered substantially. The decline...
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Michael G. McDonald, William B. Fleck
Water resources data for Michigan, water year 1977 Water resources data for Michigan, water year 1977
Water resources data for the 1977 water year for Michigan consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water temperature of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 195 gaging stations; stage only records for 1 gaging station; stage and contents for 5 lakes and...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Geology and ground water in Door County, Wisconsin, with emphasis on contamination potential in the Silurian dolomite Geology and ground water in Door County, Wisconsin, with emphasis on contamination potential in the Silurian dolomite
Door County is in northeastern Wisconsin and is an area of 491 square miles. The county forms the main body of the peninsula between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. The land surface is an upland ridge controlled by the underlying bedrock. The west edge of the ridge forms an escarpment facing Green Bay. Silurian dolomite is the upper bedrock unit throughout most of the county and is the most...
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Marvin G. Sherrill
The need to set up a national programme for control of fish diseases in the United States The need to set up a national programme for control of fish diseases in the United States
Abstract not submitted to date
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F. P. Meyer
Uptake, distribution, and elimination of the lampricide 2',5-dichloro-4'-nitro[14C] salicylanilide (Bayer 2353) and its 2-aminoethanol salt (Bayer 73) by largemouth bass Uptake, distribution, and elimination of the lampricide 2',5-dichloro-4'-nitro[14C] salicylanilide (Bayer 2353) and its 2-aminoethanol salt (Bayer 73) by largemouth bass
No abstract available.
Authors
D.P. Schultz, P.D. Harman