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Monitoring and evaluating trends in sediment and water indicators

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Phosphorus, nitrogen, chloride, and suspended-sediment load estimates for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative tributary monitoring network: Water years 2011–2023

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Overview of selected surrogate technologies for continuous suspended-sediment monitoring

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Cover Photo Sediment Data Series 409

Gunnison and Green River Basin Sediment Monitoring and Evaluation Program

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High bridge stretches across a large expanse of water. Grey bridge pillars hold up the blue-green steel bridge

Bridge scour monitoring in Oregon

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Sediment-monitoring locations in the Sepulveda Flood Control Basin

Sediment-monitoring locations in the Sepulveda Flood Control Basin 1
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Trinity River

Nutrient and Sediment Monitoring in Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries

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Surrogate technologies for continuous suspended-sediment monitoring in the United States

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An invitation to participate in a North American sediment-monitoring network

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Sediment monitoring to support modeling a reservoir sediment flush on a sand-bed river in Northern Nebraska

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Brown, sediment-laden water of the Paria River mixes with the clear water of the Colorado River

River Sediment Dynamics

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Simulated Nutrient and Sediment Concentrations from Major Rivers in Illinois Based on Continuous Monitoring from October 1, 2015, through September 30, 2023

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Lake Tahoe Tributary Monitoring

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Using monitoring data to measure conditions over time in Chesapeake Bay streams

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Monitoring of wave, current, and sediment dynamics along the Chincoteague living shoreline, Virginia

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Overview of selected surrogate technologies for high-temporal resolution suspended-sediment monitoring

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Monitoring of coarse sediment inputs to the Colorado River In Grand Canyon

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Mount Baker and Bellingham, Washington on Bellingham Bay....

Sediment contaminants in Puget Sound: Implications for ecosystem health and remediation

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Sediment Sample Data for Identifying and Monitoring Source Sediment Fingerprints within Stony Clove Creek, Catskills, NY from 2017 to 2020

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Monitoring and simulation of hydrology, suspended sediment, and nutrients in selected tributary watersheds of Lake Erie, New York

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U.S. Geological Survey suspended-sediment surrogate research, Part I: Call for a sediment monitoring instrument and analysis research program

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The glistening sunlit creek meanders through green vegetation on a mostly cloudy day.

Evaluating sediment transport in Chicken Creek

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Landscape showing stream floodplain and erosion of streambanks, with cloudy sky and forested mountains

USGS Advises on Sediment and Erosion Monitoring as Part of Emergency Response in Ecuador

Presentations and Events
Monitoring Suspended Sediment and Flow along the Mississippi River Episode 2

Monitoring Suspended Sediment and Flow along the Mississippi River: Episode 2
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Monitoring suspended Sediment and Flow along the Mississippi River

Monitoring Suspended Sediment and Flow along the Mississippi River: Episode 3A
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Monitoring Suspended Sediment and Flow along the Mississippi River.

Monitoring Suspended Sediment and Flow along the Mississippi River: Episode 1
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Continuous monitoring of suspended sediment in rivers by use of optical backscatterance sensors

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Monitoring fine-sediment volume in the Colorado River ecosystem, Arizona: Bathymetric survey techniques

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A Synopsis of Technical Issues for Monitoring Sediment in Highway and Urban Runoff

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Aerial view of Humboldt Bay, CA

Sediment supply, salt marsh monitoring, and the carbon budget of Humboldt Bay, CA

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