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Water and Sediment Quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, During Water Year 2001

January 1, 2003

Overview -- This report contains water-quality and sediment-quality data from samples collected in the Yukon River Basin during water year 2001 (October 2000 through September 2001). A broad range of chemical and biological analyses from three sets of samples are presented. First, samples were collected throughout the year at five stations in the basin (three on the mainstem Yukon River, one each on the Tanana and Porcupine Rivers). Second, fecal indicators were measured on samples from drinking-water supplies collected near four villages. Third, sediment cores from five lakes throughout the Yukon Basin were sampled to reconstruct historic trends in the atmospheric deposition of trace elements and hydrophobic organic compounds.

Publication Year 2003
Title Water and Sediment Quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, During Water Year 2001
DOI 10.3133/ofr03427
Authors Paul F. Schuster
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 2003-427
Index ID ofr03427
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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