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Spatial distribution of native freshwater mussels across six reaches of the upper Mississippi River, 2006-2019 Spatial distribution of native freshwater mussels across six reaches of the upper Mississippi River, 2006-2019
We conducted large-scale systematic surveys for native mussels across six reaches of the upper Mississippi River. In each reach, divers placed two 0.25 square meter quadrat frames on the river bottom. The duplicate quadrats, which were placed 10 m apart in an upstream to downstream direction, were used to increase the area sampled at each site and increase the effectiveness of this...
Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Long Island, New York Regional Aquifer System for 2010 Daily Recharge Conditions Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Long Island, New York Regional Aquifer System for 2010 Daily Recharge Conditions
This model archive documents a transient groundwater-flow model that simulates hydrologic conditions in the Long Island aquifer system for the year 2010, using the U.S. Geological Survey groundwater modeling software MODFLOW 6 (Langevin and others, 2017). The groundwater model is a derivative of the conditioned model documented in Jahn and others (2024), and described in Walter and...
Sediment Data From Surface Samples and Sand Augers Collected in 2023 From the Northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana Sediment Data From Surface Samples and Sand Augers Collected in 2023 From the Northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana
In 2023, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (USGS SPCMSC) conducted a sediment sampling survey at the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana. Funded by the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 117-43) enacted on September 30, 2021, these data complement sediment data from samples...
Nuisance algae: Planktonic communities in the Grand Calumet River Area of Concern, Indiana, 2021 Nuisance algae: Planktonic communities in the Grand Calumet River Area of Concern, Indiana, 2021
The data being released were part of a project funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). This study sought to identify the bacterial and planktonic communities (cyanobacteria, eukaryotic algae) potentially contributing to eutrophication within the Grand Calumet River Area of Concern (AOC) in northern Indiana along the southern shore of Lake Michigan. In 2021...
Discharge measurements, air temperature, water temperature, and gage height data for select stream monitoring locations across Pennsylvania and Maryland piedmont mixed agriculture 2023 Discharge measurements, air temperature, water temperature, and gage height data for select stream monitoring locations across Pennsylvania and Maryland piedmont mixed agriculture 2023
As part of a larger study examining stream conditions and the effect of best management practices in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, thirty small streams across the Pennsylvania and Maryland piedmont physiographic province were instrumented and monitored for gage height (water level), water temperature, and air temperature using Onset HOBO sensors from March to September 2023. In addition...
MODFLOW-NWT model used to simulate groundwater availability in the Salt Fork Arkansas River and Chikaskia River alluvial aquifers, northern Oklahoma, 1980–2020 MODFLOW-NWT model used to simulate groundwater availability in the Salt Fork Arkansas River and Chikaskia River alluvial aquifers, northern Oklahoma, 1980–2020
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB), constructed a finite-difference numerical groundwater-flow model of the Salt Fork Arkansas River and Chikaskia River alluvial aquifers by using MODFLOW-2005 with the Newton formulation solver (MODFLOW-NWT). The model included the Chikaskia River alluvial aquifer, which is classified as a...