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Hydrologic and Aquatic Ecology Studies at Clear Lake, California

The USGS California Water Science Center conducts a variety of research activities at Clear Lake, California, including surface-water monitoring and water quality and aquatic habitat studies.
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Hydrologic and Aquatic Ecology Studies at Clear Lake, California

The USGS California Water Science Center conducts a variety of research activities at Clear Lake, California, including surface-water monitoring and water quality and aquatic habitat studies.
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Research boat next to a dock at Clear lake, CA

Monitoring and Modeling of Nutrients and Other Water-Quality Constituents in Tributaries to Clear Lake, California

Clear Lake, the largest natural lake entirely within California, has a severe problem with harmful algal blooms (HABs). HABs can be detrimental to aquatic life because when the algae dies, sinks, and decays, the lake is deprived of the dissolved oxygen that fish need to breathe. A driving factor of these conditions are the nutrient loads being carried into the lake by soil erosion and the...
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Monitoring and Modeling of Nutrients and Other Water-Quality Constituents in Tributaries to Clear Lake, California

Clear Lake, the largest natural lake entirely within California, has a severe problem with harmful algal blooms (HABs). HABs can be detrimental to aquatic life because when the algae dies, sinks, and decays, the lake is deprived of the dissolved oxygen that fish need to breathe. A driving factor of these conditions are the nutrient loads being carried into the lake by soil erosion and the...
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A photo of San Francisco Bay

Suspended-Solids Concentrations in San Francisco Bay, California

Suspended solids are an important component of San Francisco Bay, California (USA) because they transport adsorbed toxic substances, provide habitat for benthic organisms, limit light availability and photosynthesis, and deposit in ports and waterways which require dredging. The U.S. Geological Survey has established a network of eight sites in San Francisco Bay at which suspended-solids...
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California Water Science Center, San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
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Suspended-Solids Concentrations in San Francisco Bay, California

Suspended solids are an important component of San Francisco Bay, California (USA) because they transport adsorbed toxic substances, provide habitat for benthic organisms, limit light availability and photosynthesis, and deposit in ports and waterways which require dredging. The U.S. Geological Survey has established a network of eight sites in San Francisco Bay at which suspended-solids...
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Example of annual, total mercury deposition (wet plus dry) that will be generated for the Western United States, Canada, and Ala

Atmospheric Deposition Contributions to Mercury Yields in Select Watersheds in the Western United States and Canada

The atmosphere plays an important role in the delivery to and cycling of mercury (Hg) in the environment and it can be a major source of Hg contamination to surface waters. Globally, atmospheric deposition of Hg is the primary source of Hg related concerns for human and ecosystem health (Fitzgerald and others, 1998). In California and other areas in the United States, Hg use in gold and silver...
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California Water Science Center
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Atmospheric Deposition Contributions to Mercury Yields in Select Watersheds in the Western United States and Canada

The atmosphere plays an important role in the delivery to and cycling of mercury (Hg) in the environment and it can be a major source of Hg contamination to surface waters. Globally, atmospheric deposition of Hg is the primary source of Hg related concerns for human and ecosystem health (Fitzgerald and others, 1998). In California and other areas in the United States, Hg use in gold and silver...
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Lower San Joaquin River

Ground-Water Nitrate and Organic Carbon Inputs to the Lower San Joaquin River

This proposal addresses drinking water and aquatic habitat issues associated with nitrate and organic carbon in the lower San Joaquin River (SJR).
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California Water Science Center
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Ground-Water Nitrate and Organic Carbon Inputs to the Lower San Joaquin River

This proposal addresses drinking water and aquatic habitat issues associated with nitrate and organic carbon in the lower San Joaquin River (SJR).
Learn More

Electrical Resistivity Tomography Data at Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles County, California, 2019

The Santa Clara River Lakes, located along the San Andreas fault 19 miles northwest of Palmdale, California, were placed on the state?s ?303(d) List? or ?Impaired Water List? in 1996 for eutrophic conditions, high pH, and low dissolved oxygen. In 2016, the state adopted a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in the Santa Clara River Lakes. This study focuses on t
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California Water Science Center

Discharge, nutrient, and suspended sediment data for selected streams in the Lake Tahoe watershed

A time series of nutrient and mean daily discharge data were used to create models of daily concentration and loads for selected streams of the Lake Tahoe watershed. A total of 15 sites have records ranging from as early as 1972 to 2017. Nutrients in the data set include nitrate, ammonium, Kjeldahl Nitrogen, orthophosphate, and total phosphorus. Total suspended sediment concentrations are also inc
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California Water Science Center
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Nutrient chemistry in the Elizabeth Lake subwatershed—Effects of onsite wastewater treatment systems on groundwater and lake water quality, Los Angeles County, California

Nutrient (nitrogen [N] and phosphorus [P] chemistry) downgradient from onsite wastewater treatment system (OWTS) was evaluated with a groundwater study in the area surrounding Elizabeth Lake, the largest of three sag lakes within the Santa Clara River watershed of Los Angeles County, California.Elizabeth Lake is listed on the “303 (d) Impaired Waters List” for excess nutrients and is downgradient
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Adelia M McGregor, Joseph L. Domagalski, Krishangi D. Groover, Angela M. Hansen, Anthony A. Brown
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Concentrations, loads, and associated trends of nutrients entering the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California

Statistical modeling of water-quality data collected at the Sacramento River at Freeport and San Joaquin River near Vernalis, California, USA, was used to examine trends in concentrations and loads of various forms of dissolved and particulate nitrogen and phosphorus that entered the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) from upstream sources between 1970 and 2019. Ammonium concentrations and
Authors
Dina Saleh, Joseph L. Domagalski
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Trends in nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment concentrations and loads in streams draining to Lake Tahoe, California, Nevada, USA

Lake Tahoe, a large freshwater lake of the eastern Sierra Nevada in California and Nevada, has 63 tributaries that are sources of nutrients and sediment to the lake. The Tahoe watershed is relatively small, and the surface area of the lake occupies about 38% of the watershed area (1313 km2). Only about 6% of the watershed is urbanized or residential land, and as part of a plan to maintain water cl
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Joseph L. Domagalski, Eric D. Morway, Nancy L. Alvarez, Juliet Hutchins, Michael R. Rosen, Robert Coats
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center, Nevada Water Science Center, Wildland Fire Science

Agricultural chemical concentrations and loads in rivers draining the Central Valley, California: Before, during, and after an extended drought

Drought or near drought conditions persisted in California from 2012 through 2016, followed by a high precipitation year in 2017. Long-term water quality monitoring of two key river stations, the Sacramento River at Freeport and the San Joaquin River near Vernalis, located within the largely agricultural Central Valley, allow for an examination of pesticide concentrations and mass loading. Daily
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Joseph L. Domagalski
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Applications of the California pesticide use reporting database in more than 25 years of U.S. Geological Survey hydrological studies

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been collecting data on the occurrence of pesticides in California surface and ground water since the 1970’s. The design of these studies benefited from the availability of the Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR) database of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Actual locations and dates of applications of active ingredient allow for effective design o
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Joseph L. Domagalski, James Orlando
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Comparison of mercury mass loading in streams to atmospheric deposition in watersheds of Western North America: Evidence for non-atmospheric mercury sources

Annual stream loads of mercury (Hg) and inputs of wet and dry atmospheric Hg deposition to the landscape were investigated in watersheds of the Western United States and the Canadian-Alaskan Arctic. Mercury concentration and discharge data from flow gauging stations were used to compute annual mass loads with regression models. Measured wet and modeled dry deposition were compared to annual stream
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Joseph L. Domagalski, Michael S. Majewski, Charles N. Alpers, Chris S. Eckley, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Liam N. Schenk, Susan Wherry
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area, Contaminant Biology, Environmental Health Program, California Water Science Center, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis

Sources and transport of phosphorus to rivers in California and adjacent states, U.S., as determined by SPARROW modeling

The SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regression on Watershed attributes) model was used to simulate annual phosphorus loads and concentrations in unmonitored stream reaches in California, U.S., and portions of Nevada and Oregon. The model was calibrated using de-trended streamflow and phosphorus concentration data at 80 locations. The model explained 91% of the variability in loads and 51% of the var
Authors
Joseph L. Domagalski, Dina Saleh
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

SPARROW modeling of nitrogen sources and transport in rivers and streams of California and adjacent states, U.S.

The SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regressions On Watershed attributes) model was used to evaluate the spatial distribution of total nitrogen (TN) sources, loads, watershed yields, and factors affecting transport and decay in the stream network of California and portions of adjacent states for the year 2002. The two major TN sources to local catchments on a mass basis were fertilizers and manure (5
Authors
Dina Saleh, Joseph L. Domagalski
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Phosphorus and groundwater: Establishing links between agricultural use and transport to streams

Phosphorus is a highly reactive element that is essential for life and forms a variety of compounds in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In water, phosphorus may be present as the orthophosphate ion (PO43-) and is also present in all life forms as an essential component of cellular material. In natural ecosystems, phosphorus is derived from the erosion of rocks and is conserved for plant growth
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Joseph L. Domagalski, Henry Johnson
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center, Oregon Water Science Center

Comparison of two parametric methods to estimate pesticide mass loads in California's Central Valley

Mass loadings were calculated for four pesticides in two watersheds with different land uses in the Central Valley, California, by using two parametric models: (1) the Seasonal Wave model (SeaWave), in which a pulse signal is used to describe the annual cycle of pesticide occurrence in a stream, and (2) the Sine Wave model, in which first-order Fourier series sine and cosine terms are used to simu
Authors
Dina K. Saleh, David L. Lorenz, Joseph L. Domagalski
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Comparison of Two Parametric Methods to Estimate Pesticide Mass Loads in California's Central Valley

Mass loadings were calculated for four pesticides in two watersheds with different land uses in the Central Valley, California, by using two parametric models: (1) the Seasonal Wave model (SeaWave), in which a pulse signal is used to describe the annual cycle of pesticide occurrence in a stream, and (2) the Sine Wave model, in which first-order Fourier series sine and cosine terms are used to simu
Authors
D.K. Saleh, D. L. Lorenz, Joseph L. Domagalski

Trends in pesticide concentrations in streams of the western United States, 1993-2005

Trends in pesticide concentrations for 15 streams in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were determined for the organophosphate insecticides chlorpyrifos and diazinon and the herbicides atrazine, s‐ethyl diproplythiocarbamate (EPTC), metolachlor, simazine, and trifluralin. A parametric regression model was used to account for flow, seasonality, and antecedent hydrologic conditions and there
Authors
Henry M. Johnson, Joseph L. Domagalski, Dina Saleh
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Oregon Water Science Center, California Water Science Center
USGS Water Science Centers Join Forces at the 2023 Lake Tahoe Summit

USGS Water Science Centers Join Forces at the 2023 Lake Tahoe Summit

Scientists from the California and Nevada Water Science Centers attended the 27th annual Lake Tahoe Summit to discuss the work the USGS is doing in...

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Research boat next to a dock at Clear lake, CA

Hydrologic and Aquatic Ecology Studies at Clear Lake, California

The USGS California Water Science Center conducts a variety of research activities at Clear Lake, California, including surface-water monitoring and water quality and aquatic habitat studies.
By
California Water Science Center
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Hydrologic and Aquatic Ecology Studies at Clear Lake, California

The USGS California Water Science Center conducts a variety of research activities at Clear Lake, California, including surface-water monitoring and water quality and aquatic habitat studies.
Learn More
link
Research boat next to a dock at Clear lake, CA

Monitoring and Modeling of Nutrients and Other Water-Quality Constituents in Tributaries to Clear Lake, California

Clear Lake, the largest natural lake entirely within California, has a severe problem with harmful algal blooms (HABs). HABs can be detrimental to aquatic life because when the algae dies, sinks, and decays, the lake is deprived of the dissolved oxygen that fish need to breathe. A driving factor of these conditions are the nutrient loads being carried into the lake by soil erosion and the...
By
California Water Science Center
link

Monitoring and Modeling of Nutrients and Other Water-Quality Constituents in Tributaries to Clear Lake, California

Clear Lake, the largest natural lake entirely within California, has a severe problem with harmful algal blooms (HABs). HABs can be detrimental to aquatic life because when the algae dies, sinks, and decays, the lake is deprived of the dissolved oxygen that fish need to breathe. A driving factor of these conditions are the nutrient loads being carried into the lake by soil erosion and the...
Learn More
link
A photo of San Francisco Bay

Suspended-Solids Concentrations in San Francisco Bay, California

Suspended solids are an important component of San Francisco Bay, California (USA) because they transport adsorbed toxic substances, provide habitat for benthic organisms, limit light availability and photosynthesis, and deposit in ports and waterways which require dredging. The U.S. Geological Survey has established a network of eight sites in San Francisco Bay at which suspended-solids...
By
California Water Science Center, San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
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Suspended-Solids Concentrations in San Francisco Bay, California

Suspended solids are an important component of San Francisco Bay, California (USA) because they transport adsorbed toxic substances, provide habitat for benthic organisms, limit light availability and photosynthesis, and deposit in ports and waterways which require dredging. The U.S. Geological Survey has established a network of eight sites in San Francisco Bay at which suspended-solids...
Learn More
link
Example of annual, total mercury deposition (wet plus dry) that will be generated for the Western United States, Canada, and Ala

Atmospheric Deposition Contributions to Mercury Yields in Select Watersheds in the Western United States and Canada

The atmosphere plays an important role in the delivery to and cycling of mercury (Hg) in the environment and it can be a major source of Hg contamination to surface waters. Globally, atmospheric deposition of Hg is the primary source of Hg related concerns for human and ecosystem health (Fitzgerald and others, 1998). In California and other areas in the United States, Hg use in gold and silver...
By
California Water Science Center
link

Atmospheric Deposition Contributions to Mercury Yields in Select Watersheds in the Western United States and Canada

The atmosphere plays an important role in the delivery to and cycling of mercury (Hg) in the environment and it can be a major source of Hg contamination to surface waters. Globally, atmospheric deposition of Hg is the primary source of Hg related concerns for human and ecosystem health (Fitzgerald and others, 1998). In California and other areas in the United States, Hg use in gold and silver...
Learn More
link
Lower San Joaquin River

Ground-Water Nitrate and Organic Carbon Inputs to the Lower San Joaquin River

This proposal addresses drinking water and aquatic habitat issues associated with nitrate and organic carbon in the lower San Joaquin River (SJR).
By
California Water Science Center
link

Ground-Water Nitrate and Organic Carbon Inputs to the Lower San Joaquin River

This proposal addresses drinking water and aquatic habitat issues associated with nitrate and organic carbon in the lower San Joaquin River (SJR).
Learn More

Electrical Resistivity Tomography Data at Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles County, California, 2019

The Santa Clara River Lakes, located along the San Andreas fault 19 miles northwest of Palmdale, California, were placed on the state?s ?303(d) List? or ?Impaired Water List? in 1996 for eutrophic conditions, high pH, and low dissolved oxygen. In 2016, the state adopted a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in the Santa Clara River Lakes. This study focuses on t
By
California Water Science Center

Discharge, nutrient, and suspended sediment data for selected streams in the Lake Tahoe watershed

A time series of nutrient and mean daily discharge data were used to create models of daily concentration and loads for selected streams of the Lake Tahoe watershed. A total of 15 sites have records ranging from as early as 1972 to 2017. Nutrients in the data set include nitrate, ammonium, Kjeldahl Nitrogen, orthophosphate, and total phosphorus. Total suspended sediment concentrations are also inc
By
California Water Science Center
Filter Total Items: 59

Nutrient chemistry in the Elizabeth Lake subwatershed—Effects of onsite wastewater treatment systems on groundwater and lake water quality, Los Angeles County, California

Nutrient (nitrogen [N] and phosphorus [P] chemistry) downgradient from onsite wastewater treatment system (OWTS) was evaluated with a groundwater study in the area surrounding Elizabeth Lake, the largest of three sag lakes within the Santa Clara River watershed of Los Angeles County, California.Elizabeth Lake is listed on the “303 (d) Impaired Waters List” for excess nutrients and is downgradient
Authors
Adelia M McGregor, Joseph L. Domagalski, Krishangi D. Groover, Angela M. Hansen, Anthony A. Brown
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Concentrations, loads, and associated trends of nutrients entering the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California

Statistical modeling of water-quality data collected at the Sacramento River at Freeport and San Joaquin River near Vernalis, California, USA, was used to examine trends in concentrations and loads of various forms of dissolved and particulate nitrogen and phosphorus that entered the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) from upstream sources between 1970 and 2019. Ammonium concentrations and
Authors
Dina Saleh, Joseph L. Domagalski
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Trends in nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment concentrations and loads in streams draining to Lake Tahoe, California, Nevada, USA

Lake Tahoe, a large freshwater lake of the eastern Sierra Nevada in California and Nevada, has 63 tributaries that are sources of nutrients and sediment to the lake. The Tahoe watershed is relatively small, and the surface area of the lake occupies about 38% of the watershed area (1313 km2). Only about 6% of the watershed is urbanized or residential land, and as part of a plan to maintain water cl
Authors
Joseph L. Domagalski, Eric D. Morway, Nancy L. Alvarez, Juliet Hutchins, Michael R. Rosen, Robert Coats
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center, Nevada Water Science Center, Wildland Fire Science

Agricultural chemical concentrations and loads in rivers draining the Central Valley, California: Before, during, and after an extended drought

Drought or near drought conditions persisted in California from 2012 through 2016, followed by a high precipitation year in 2017. Long-term water quality monitoring of two key river stations, the Sacramento River at Freeport and the San Joaquin River near Vernalis, located within the largely agricultural Central Valley, allow for an examination of pesticide concentrations and mass loading. Daily
Authors
Joseph L. Domagalski
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Applications of the California pesticide use reporting database in more than 25 years of U.S. Geological Survey hydrological studies

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been collecting data on the occurrence of pesticides in California surface and ground water since the 1970’s. The design of these studies benefited from the availability of the Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR) database of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Actual locations and dates of applications of active ingredient allow for effective design o
Authors
Joseph L. Domagalski, James Orlando
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Comparison of mercury mass loading in streams to atmospheric deposition in watersheds of Western North America: Evidence for non-atmospheric mercury sources

Annual stream loads of mercury (Hg) and inputs of wet and dry atmospheric Hg deposition to the landscape were investigated in watersheds of the Western United States and the Canadian-Alaskan Arctic. Mercury concentration and discharge data from flow gauging stations were used to compute annual mass loads with regression models. Measured wet and modeled dry deposition were compared to annual stream
Authors
Joseph L. Domagalski, Michael S. Majewski, Charles N. Alpers, Chris S. Eckley, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Liam N. Schenk, Susan Wherry
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area, Contaminant Biology, Environmental Health Program, California Water Science Center, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis

Sources and transport of phosphorus to rivers in California and adjacent states, U.S., as determined by SPARROW modeling

The SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regression on Watershed attributes) model was used to simulate annual phosphorus loads and concentrations in unmonitored stream reaches in California, U.S., and portions of Nevada and Oregon. The model was calibrated using de-trended streamflow and phosphorus concentration data at 80 locations. The model explained 91% of the variability in loads and 51% of the var
Authors
Joseph L. Domagalski, Dina Saleh
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

SPARROW modeling of nitrogen sources and transport in rivers and streams of California and adjacent states, U.S.

The SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regressions On Watershed attributes) model was used to evaluate the spatial distribution of total nitrogen (TN) sources, loads, watershed yields, and factors affecting transport and decay in the stream network of California and portions of adjacent states for the year 2002. The two major TN sources to local catchments on a mass basis were fertilizers and manure (5
Authors
Dina Saleh, Joseph L. Domagalski
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Phosphorus and groundwater: Establishing links between agricultural use and transport to streams

Phosphorus is a highly reactive element that is essential for life and forms a variety of compounds in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In water, phosphorus may be present as the orthophosphate ion (PO43-) and is also present in all life forms as an essential component of cellular material. In natural ecosystems, phosphorus is derived from the erosion of rocks and is conserved for plant growth
Authors
Joseph L. Domagalski, Henry Johnson
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center, Oregon Water Science Center

Comparison of two parametric methods to estimate pesticide mass loads in California's Central Valley

Mass loadings were calculated for four pesticides in two watersheds with different land uses in the Central Valley, California, by using two parametric models: (1) the Seasonal Wave model (SeaWave), in which a pulse signal is used to describe the annual cycle of pesticide occurrence in a stream, and (2) the Sine Wave model, in which first-order Fourier series sine and cosine terms are used to simu
Authors
Dina K. Saleh, David L. Lorenz, Joseph L. Domagalski
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Comparison of Two Parametric Methods to Estimate Pesticide Mass Loads in California's Central Valley

Mass loadings were calculated for four pesticides in two watersheds with different land uses in the Central Valley, California, by using two parametric models: (1) the Seasonal Wave model (SeaWave), in which a pulse signal is used to describe the annual cycle of pesticide occurrence in a stream, and (2) the Sine Wave model, in which first-order Fourier series sine and cosine terms are used to simu
Authors
D.K. Saleh, D. L. Lorenz, Joseph L. Domagalski

Trends in pesticide concentrations in streams of the western United States, 1993-2005

Trends in pesticide concentrations for 15 streams in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were determined for the organophosphate insecticides chlorpyrifos and diazinon and the herbicides atrazine, s‐ethyl diproplythiocarbamate (EPTC), metolachlor, simazine, and trifluralin. A parametric regression model was used to account for flow, seasonality, and antecedent hydrologic conditions and there
Authors
Henry M. Johnson, Joseph L. Domagalski, Dina Saleh
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Oregon Water Science Center, California Water Science Center
USGS Water Science Centers Join Forces at the 2023 Lake Tahoe Summit

USGS Water Science Centers Join Forces at the 2023 Lake Tahoe Summit

Scientists from the California and Nevada Water Science Centers attended the 27th annual Lake Tahoe Summit to discuss the work the USGS is doing in...

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