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Stream-temperature characteristics in Georgia Stream-temperature characteristics in Georgia

Stream-temperature measurements for 198 periodic and 22 daily record stations were analyzed using a harmonic curve-fitting procedure. Statistics of data from 78 selected stations were used to compute a statewide stream-temperature harmonic equation, derived using latitude, drainage area, and altitude for natural streams having drainage areas greater than about 40 square miles. Based on...
Authors
T.R. Dyar, S. Jack Alhadeff

A comparison of wetland tree growth response to hydrologic regime in Louisiana and South Carolina A comparison of wetland tree growth response to hydrologic regime in Louisiana and South Carolina

Numerous investigations have examined the growth of wetland tree species under a variety of hydrologic conditions. Most studies have compared flooded versus non-flooded conditions in greenhouses or in one to a few field sites near each other or within the same region. Comparisons of wetland tree growth among widely separated areas of the country are rare. This study compared the diameter...
Authors
Bobby D. Keeland, William Conner, Rebecca R. Sharitz

A SAS® code to correct for non-normality and non-constant variance in regression and anova models using the box-cox method of power transormation A SAS® code to correct for non-normality and non-constant variance in regression and anova models using the box-cox method of power transormation

A computer program written in SAS ® code for the Box–Cox family of power transformations is presented. The purpose of the program is to suggest a power transformation for the positive continuous response variables in only regression and ANOVA models. A brief overview of data transformation in regression and analysis of variance is given.An example using real data from the U.S...
Authors
Ziad A. Malaeb

Historical land-use changes and potential effects on stream disturbance in the Ozark Plateaus, Missouri Historical land-use changes and potential effects on stream disturbance in the Ozark Plateaus, Missouri

Land-use changes have been blamed for creating disturbance in the morphology of streams in the Ozark Plateaus, Missouri (hereafter referred to as the "Ozarks"). Historical evidence and stratigraphic observations document that streams have been aggraded by substantial quantities of gravel beginning sometime at or near the time of European settlement of the Ozarks. Before European...
Authors
Robert B. Jacobson, Alexander T. Primm

Water-quality trends in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin using sediment cores from reservoirs Water-quality trends in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin using sediment cores from reservoirs

Water-quality trends reflect the relation between water quality and human activities, chronicling changes in concentrations of environmental contaminants, introduction of new contaminants, and successful efforts in environmental pollution remediation. Historical data available for analyzing trends often have severe limitations, from questionable accuracy to unknown sampling and analytic
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Peter C. Van Metre, B.J. Mahler, Edward C. Callender

Geologic framework of the Edwards Aquifer and upper confining unit, and hydrogeologic characteristics of the Edwards Aquifer, south-central Uvalde County, Texas Geologic framework of the Edwards Aquifer and upper confining unit, and hydrogeologic characteristics of the Edwards Aquifer, south-central Uvalde County, Texas

The stratigraphic units of the Edwards aquifer in south-central Uvalde County generally are porous and permeable. The stratigraphic units that compose the Edwards aquifer in south-central Uvalde County are the Devils River Formation in the Devils River trend; and the West Nueces, McKnight, and Salmon Peak Formations in the Maverick Basin. The Balcones fault zone is the principal...
Authors
Allan K. Clark, Ted A. Small

Effects of 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126), 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), or an extract derived from field-collected cormorant eggs injected into double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) eggs Effects of 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126), 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), or an extract derived from field-collected cormorant eggs injected into double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) eggs

Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) eggs were injected with either 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126), 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), or an extract derived from field-collected double-crested cormorant eggs. These compounds were injected into the yolks of cormorant eggs from an isolated colony on Lake Winnipegosis, Manitoba, Canada. Upon hatching, chicks...
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Debra C. Powell, Richard J. Aulerich, John C. Meadows, Donald E. Tillitt, Jon F. Powell, Janelle C. Restum, Kenneth L. Stromborg, John P. Giesy, Steven J. Bursian
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