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North American Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Digital Reference Collection (NAAMDRC) North American Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Digital Reference Collection (NAAMDRC)

Aquatic invertebrates are a key component of freshwater ecosystems, and an understanding of aquatic invertebrate taxonomy is central to freshwater science. The North American Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Digital Reference Collection (NAAMDRC) was created by the USGS Aquatic Experimental Lab (AXL) to provide users with high-quality digital microscopy photographs.

APPLICATION - Discharge, Sediment, and Water Quality Monitoring Application APPLICATION - Discharge, Sediment, and Water Quality Monitoring Application

This link launches the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center’s discharge, sediment and water quality monitoring application gateway. Sediment and water quality information can be accessed from here for our on-going monitoring taking place across the Southwest U.S.

Tracking Water Quality in U.S. Streams and Rivers Tracking Water Quality in U.S. Streams and Rivers

This online graphical data tool provides USGS National Water Quality Network data, water-quality loads, and trends.

Photographs of Willow Creek Reservoir near Heppner, OR Photographs of Willow Creek Reservoir near Heppner, OR

Interactive photograph viewer used to see changes to Willow Creek Reservoir. Includes 5 cameras. Best viewing starts after September 17, 2016. This web tool is no longer updated because data from the photo monitor is no longer available. Retained for historical reference.

New York Nowcast Beach Status New York Nowcast Beach Status

New York Nowcast predicts water quality conditions at select beach swimming areas in NY. The Nowcast estimates conditions by merging environment and climate data with variables measured at a beach by 8 AM each morning and entering them into a computer program which provides a probability from 1 to 100 as to whether or not the beach has exceeded the bathing-water standard of 235 units of E. coli.
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