Peter Weiskel (Former Employee)
Science and Products
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Water use regimes: Characterizing direct human interaction with hydrologic systems
The sustainability of human water use practices is a rapidly growing concern in the United States and around the world. To better characterize direct human interaction with hydrologic systems (stream basins and aquifers), we introduce the concept of the water use regime. Unlike scalar indicators of anthropogenic hydrologic stress in the literature, the water use regime is a two‐dimensional, vector
Authors
Peter K. Weiskel, Richard M. Vogel, Peter A. Steeves, Philip J. Zarriello, Leslie A. DeSimone, Kernell G. Ries
Water resources and the urban environment, lower Charles River watershed, Massachusetts, 1630-2005
The Charles River, one of the Nation’s most historically significant rivers, flows through the center of the Boston metropolitan region in eastern Massachusetts. The lower Charles River, downstream of the original head of tide in Watertown, was originally a productive estuary and important source of fish and shellfish for the Native Americans of the region. This portion of the river has an excepti
Authors
Peter K. Weiskel, Lora K. Barlow, Tomas W. Smieszek
Long-term hydrologic monitoring protocol for coastal ecosystems
No abstract available.
Authors
Timothy D. McCobb, Peter K. Weiskel
Coastal ecosystems and resources framework for science
No abstract available.
Authors
John F. Bratton, Glenn Guntenspergen, B.E. Taggart, Douglas Wheeler, Lynn Bjorklund, Michael H. Bothner, Rama Kotra, Robert Lent, E.L. Mecray, Hilary Neckles, Barbara Poore, Stephen Rideout, Susan Russell-Robinson, P.K. Weiskel
Highlights of the USGS Cooperative Water Program in Massachusetts
No abstract available.
Authors
Peter K. Weiskel
Streamflow, water quality, and contaminant loads in the lower Charles River Watershed, Massachusetts, 1999-2000
Streamflow data and dry-weather and stormwater water-quality samples were collected from the main stem of the Charles River upstream of the lower Charles River (or the Basin) and from four partially culverted urban streams that drain tributary subbasins in the lower Charles River Watershed. Samples were collected between June 1999 and September 2000 and analyzed for a number of potential contamina
Authors
Robert F. Breault, Jason R. Sorenson, Peter K. Weiskel
Potential effects of structural controls and street sweeping on stormwater loads to the lower Charles River, Massachusetts
The water quality of the lower Charles River is periodically impaired by combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and non-CSO stormwater runoff. This study examined the potential non-CSO load reductions of suspended solids, fecal coliform bacteria, total phosphorus, and total lead that could reasonably be achieved by implementation of stormwater best management practices, including both structural controls
Authors
Phillip J. Zarriello, Robert F. Breault, Peter K. Weiskel
Distribution and potential for adverse biological effects of inorganic elements and organic compounds in bottom sediment, lower Charles River, Massachusetts
Surficial-sediment samples and cores
collected from the lower Charles River Basin are
generally enriched in inorganic elements and
organic compounds, including polychlorinated
byphenyls, total organochlorine pesticides, and
polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Median concentrations
of selected inorganic elements and organic
compounds measured in surficial-sediment
samples collected from the lower Charles Ri
Authors
Robert F. Breault, Kevin R. Reisig, Lora K. Barlow, Peter K. Weiskel
Water-quality data collected in a coastal marsh, Orleans, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, March 1993 through January 1998
No abstract available.
Authors
L.A. DeSimone, P.K. Weiskel, B.L. Howes, K.P. Smith
Wetland plants and algae in a coastal marsh, Orleans, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
No abstract available.
Authors
L.A. DeSimone, B.L. Howes, D.G. Goehringer, P.K. Weiskel
Channel morphology and streambed-sediment quality in the Muddy River, Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, October 1997
No abstract available.
Authors
Robert F. Breault, Peter K. Weiskel, Timothy D. McCobb
Hydrologic indices for nontidal wetlands
Two sets of hydrologic indices were developed to characterize the water-budget components of nontidal wetlands. The first set consisted of six water-budget indices for input and output variables, and the second set consisted of two hydrologic interaction indices derived from the water-budget indices. The indices then were applied to 19 wetlands with previously published water-budget data. Two tril
Authors
Robert M. Lent, Peter K. Weiskel, Forest P. Lyford, David S. Armstrong
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 27
Water use regimes: Characterizing direct human interaction with hydrologic systems
The sustainability of human water use practices is a rapidly growing concern in the United States and around the world. To better characterize direct human interaction with hydrologic systems (stream basins and aquifers), we introduce the concept of the water use regime. Unlike scalar indicators of anthropogenic hydrologic stress in the literature, the water use regime is a two‐dimensional, vector
Authors
Peter K. Weiskel, Richard M. Vogel, Peter A. Steeves, Philip J. Zarriello, Leslie A. DeSimone, Kernell G. Ries
Water resources and the urban environment, lower Charles River watershed, Massachusetts, 1630-2005
The Charles River, one of the Nation’s most historically significant rivers, flows through the center of the Boston metropolitan region in eastern Massachusetts. The lower Charles River, downstream of the original head of tide in Watertown, was originally a productive estuary and important source of fish and shellfish for the Native Americans of the region. This portion of the river has an excepti
Authors
Peter K. Weiskel, Lora K. Barlow, Tomas W. Smieszek
Long-term hydrologic monitoring protocol for coastal ecosystems
No abstract available.
Authors
Timothy D. McCobb, Peter K. Weiskel
Coastal ecosystems and resources framework for science
No abstract available.
Authors
John F. Bratton, Glenn Guntenspergen, B.E. Taggart, Douglas Wheeler, Lynn Bjorklund, Michael H. Bothner, Rama Kotra, Robert Lent, E.L. Mecray, Hilary Neckles, Barbara Poore, Stephen Rideout, Susan Russell-Robinson, P.K. Weiskel
Highlights of the USGS Cooperative Water Program in Massachusetts
No abstract available.
Authors
Peter K. Weiskel
Streamflow, water quality, and contaminant loads in the lower Charles River Watershed, Massachusetts, 1999-2000
Streamflow data and dry-weather and stormwater water-quality samples were collected from the main stem of the Charles River upstream of the lower Charles River (or the Basin) and from four partially culverted urban streams that drain tributary subbasins in the lower Charles River Watershed. Samples were collected between June 1999 and September 2000 and analyzed for a number of potential contamina
Authors
Robert F. Breault, Jason R. Sorenson, Peter K. Weiskel
Potential effects of structural controls and street sweeping on stormwater loads to the lower Charles River, Massachusetts
The water quality of the lower Charles River is periodically impaired by combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and non-CSO stormwater runoff. This study examined the potential non-CSO load reductions of suspended solids, fecal coliform bacteria, total phosphorus, and total lead that could reasonably be achieved by implementation of stormwater best management practices, including both structural controls
Authors
Phillip J. Zarriello, Robert F. Breault, Peter K. Weiskel
Distribution and potential for adverse biological effects of inorganic elements and organic compounds in bottom sediment, lower Charles River, Massachusetts
Surficial-sediment samples and cores
collected from the lower Charles River Basin are
generally enriched in inorganic elements and
organic compounds, including polychlorinated
byphenyls, total organochlorine pesticides, and
polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Median concentrations
of selected inorganic elements and organic
compounds measured in surficial-sediment
samples collected from the lower Charles Ri
Authors
Robert F. Breault, Kevin R. Reisig, Lora K. Barlow, Peter K. Weiskel
Water-quality data collected in a coastal marsh, Orleans, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, March 1993 through January 1998
No abstract available.
Authors
L.A. DeSimone, P.K. Weiskel, B.L. Howes, K.P. Smith
Wetland plants and algae in a coastal marsh, Orleans, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
No abstract available.
Authors
L.A. DeSimone, B.L. Howes, D.G. Goehringer, P.K. Weiskel
Channel morphology and streambed-sediment quality in the Muddy River, Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, October 1997
No abstract available.
Authors
Robert F. Breault, Peter K. Weiskel, Timothy D. McCobb
Hydrologic indices for nontidal wetlands
Two sets of hydrologic indices were developed to characterize the water-budget components of nontidal wetlands. The first set consisted of six water-budget indices for input and output variables, and the second set consisted of two hydrologic interaction indices derived from the water-budget indices. The indices then were applied to 19 wetlands with previously published water-budget data. Two tril
Authors
Robert M. Lent, Peter K. Weiskel, Forest P. Lyford, David S. Armstrong