Contaminant Occurrence Studies

Large-scale studies of the occurrence and distribution of new contaminants in the environment

Alvarez, D.A., Cranor, W.L., Perkins, S.D., Schroeder, V.L., Werner, S.L., Furlong, E.T., and Holmes, J., 2008,

Investigation of organic chemicals potentially responsible for mortality and intersex in fish of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, during spring of 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1093, 16 p.

Anderholm, S.K., 1986,

Reconnaissance of hydrology, land use, ground-water chemistry and effects of land use on ground-water chemistry in the Albuquerque-Belen basin, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4174, 37 p.

Antweiler, R.C., Goolsby, D.A., and Taylor, H.E., 1996,

Nutrients in the Mississippi River, 1987-92, in Meade, R.H., ed., Contaminants in the Mississippi River: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1133, p. 73-85.

Barber, L.B., Antweiler, R.C., Brown, G.K., Keefe, S.H., Peart, D.B., Plowman, T.I., Roth, D.A., and Taylor, H.E., 2003,

Organic and trace element contaminants in water, biota, sediments, and semi-permeable membrane devices at the Tres Rios Demonstration Wetlands, Phoenix, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4129, 88 p.

Barber, L.B., II, Leenheer, J.A., Tabor, C.F., Brown, G.K., Noyes, T.I., and Noriega, M.C., 1995,

Organic compounds and sewage-derived compounds, in Moody, J.A., ed., Chemical data for water samples collected during four upriver cruises on the Mississippi River between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1990-April 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-523, p. 211-297.

Barnes, K.K., Kolpin, D.W., Furlong, E.T., Zaugg, S.D., Meyer, M.T., Barber, L.B., and Focazio, M.J., 2005,

Studies examine contaminants--Pharmaceuticals, hormones and other organic wastewater contaminants in ground water resources: National Driller Magazine, v. 26, no. 3, p. 38-39.

Barnes, K.K., Kolpin, D.W., Meyer, M.T., Thurman, E.M., Furlong, E.T., Zaugg, S.D., and Barber, L.B., 2002,

Water-quality data for pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-94.

Battaglin, W., Drewes, J., Bruce, B., and McHugh, M., 2007,

Contaminants of emerging concern in the environment: Water Resources Impact, v. 9, no. 3, p. 3-4.

Battaglin, W.A., Furlong, E.T., and Burkhardt, M.R., 2001,

Concentration of selected sulfonylurea, sulfonamide, and imadazolinone herbicides, other pesticides, and nutrients in 71 streams, 5 reservoir outflows, and 25 wells in the midwestern United States, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4225, 123 p.

Battaglin, W.A., Furlong, E.T., Burkhardt, M.R., and Peter, C.J., 2000,

Occurrence of sulfonylurea, sulfonamide, imidazolinone, and other herbicides in rivers, reservoirs and ground water in the Midwestern United States, 1998: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 248, no. 2-3, p. 123-133, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00536-7.

Battaglin, W.A., Furlong, E.T., Burkhardt, M.R., and Peter, C.J., 1999,

Occurrence of sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, and other herbicides in midwestern rivers, reservoirs, and ground water, 1998, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2 of 3--Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 215-225.

Battaglin, W.A., Furlong, E.T., and Peter, C.J., 1998,

A reconnaissance for sulfonylurea herbicides in waters of the Midwestern USA: An example of collaboration between the public and private sectors: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-046-98, 4 p.

Battaglin, W.A., and Goolsby, D.A., 1999,

Are shifts in herbicide use reflected in concentration changes in midwestern rivers?: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 33, no. 17, p. 2917-2925, doi:10.1021/es9900149.

Battaglin, W.A., and Goolsby, D.A., 1998,

Regression models of herbicide concentrations in outflow from reservoirs in the midwestern USA, 1992-1993: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 34, no. 6, p. 1369-1390, doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1998.tb05438.x.

Battaglin, W.A., and Goolsby, D.A., 1997,

Statistical modeling of agricultural chemical occurrence in midwestern rivers: Journal of Hydrology, v. 196, no. 1-4, p. 1-25, doi:10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00011-5.

Battaglin, W.A., and Goolsby, D.A., 1996,

Using GIS and regression to estimate annual herbicide concentrations in outflow from reservoirs in the midwestern USA, 1992-93, in AWRA Symposium on GIS and Water Resources, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, September 22-26, 1996: American Water Resources Association.

Battaglin, W.A., and Goolsby, D.A., 1995,

Spatial data in Geographic Information System format on agricultural chemical use, land use, and cropping practices in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-4176, 87 p.

Battaglin, W.A., Goolsby, D.A., and Coupe, R., 1993,

Annual use and transport of agricultural chemicals in the Mississippi River, 1991-92, in Goolsby, D.A., Boyer, L.L., and Mallard, G.E., eds., Selected papers on agricultural chemicals in water resources of the Midcontinental United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-418, p. 26-40.

Battaglin, W.A., Goolsby, D.A., and Coupe, R.H., 1996,

Annual use and transport of agricultural chemicals in the Mississippi River, 1991-92, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4015, v. 1, p. 429-440.

Battaglin, W.A., and Hay, L.E., 1996,

Effects of sampling strategies on estimates of annual mean herbicide concentrations in midwestern rivers: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 30, no. 3, p. 889-896, doi:10.1021/es950351r.

Battaglin, W.A., Kendall, C., Chang, C.C.Y., Silva, S.R., and Campbell, D.H., 2001,

Chemical and isotopic evidence of nitrogen transformation in the Mississippi River, 1997-98: Hydrological Processes, v. 15, no. 7, p. 1285-1300, doi:10.1002/hyp.214.

Battaglin, W.A., Kendall, C., Chang, C.C.Y., Silva, S.R., and Campbell, D.H., 2001,

Isotopic and chemical composition of inorganic and organic water-quality samples from the Mississippi River Basin, 1997-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4095, 57 p.

Battaglin, W.A., Kendall, C., Goolsby, D.A., and Boyer, L.L., 1997,

Plan of study to determine if the isotopic ratios ?15N and ?18O can reveal the sources of nitrate discharged by the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-230, 18 p.

Battaglin, W.A., Kolpin, D.W., Scribner, E.A., Kuivila, K.M., and Sandstrom, M.W., 2005,

Glyphasate, other herbicides, and transformation products in midwestern streams, 2002: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 41, no. 2, p. 323-332, doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03738.x

Battaglin, W.A., Kuivila, K., Winton, K., and Meyer, M., 2008,

Occurrence of chlorothalonil, its transformation products, and selected other pesticides in Texas and Oklahoma streams, 2003-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5016, 9 p.

Battaglin, W.A., Thurman, E.M., Kalkhoff, S.J., and Porter, S.D., 2003,

Herbicides and transformation products in surface waters of the midwestern United States: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 39, no. 4, p. 743-756, doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb04402.x.

Battaglin, W.A., Thurman, E.M., Kolpin, D.W., Scribner, E.A., Sandstrom, M.W., and Kuivila, K.M., 2003,

Work plan for determining the occurrence of glyphosate, its transformation product AMPA, other herbicide compounds, and antibiotics in midwestern United States streams, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-69, 18 p.

Bexfield, L.M., and Plummer, L.N., 2003,

Occurrence of arsenic in ground water of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, central New Mexico, in Welch, A.H., and Stollenwerk, K.G., eds., Arsenic in Ground Water--Geochemistry and Occurrence: Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 295-327.

Boxall, A.B.A., Kolpin, D.W., Halling-Sorensen, B., and Tolls, J., 2003,

Are veterinary medicines causing environmental risks?: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 37, no. 15, p. 286A-294A.

Boxall, A.B.A., Sinclair, C.J., Fenner, K., Kolpin, D., and Maund, S.J., 2004,

When synthetic chemicals degrade in the environment--What are the absolute fate, effects, and potential risks to humans and the ecosystem?: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 38, no. 19, p. 368A-375A.

Boyd, R.A., 1999,

Herbicides and herbicide degradates in shallow ground water and the Cedar River near a municipal well field, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2 of 3--Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 289-300.

Boyd, R.A., and Furlong, E.T., 2002,

Human-health pharmaceutical compounds in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-385, 24 p.

Brabets, T.P., Hooper, R.P., and Landa, E.R., 2001,

Water quality in the Yukon River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-050-01.

Brigham, M.E., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Hamilton, P.A., 2003,

Mercury in stream ecosystems--New studies initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 016-03, 4 p.

Brown, J.B., and Battaglin, W.A., 2007,

Striving for collaborative science and communication through the Consortium for Research and Education on Emerging Contaminants (CREEC): Water Resources Impact, v. 9, no. 3, p. 22-24.

Burkart, M., Kolpin, D.W., Jaquis, R., and Cole, K., 2001,

Soil characteristics and agrichemicals in groundwater of the midwestern United States: Water Science and Technology, v. 43, no. 5, p. 251-260.

Burkart, M.R., Kolpin, D.W., and James, D.E., 1999,

Assessing groundwater vulnerability to agrichemical contamination in the midwest U.S.: Water Science and Technology, v. 39, no. 3, p. 103-112.

Burkart, M.R., Ragone, S.E., Thurman, E.M., and Perry, C.A., 1989,

Planned studies of herbicides in ground and surface water in the Midcontinental United States, in Mallard, G.E., and Ragone, S.E., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the technical meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, September 26-30, 1988: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4220, p. 445-452.

Buxton, H.T., and Kolpin, D.W., 2002,

Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-027-02, 2 p.

Cain, D.J., and Edelmann, P., 1987,

A reconnaissance water-quality appraisal of the Fountain Creek Alluvial Aquifer between Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colorado, including trace elements and organic constituents: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4085, 45 p.

Cain, D.J., Helsel, D.R., and Ragone, S.E., 1987,

Reconnaissance appraisals of anthropogenic effects on regional ground-water quality, in Franks, B.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Program on Toxic Waste--Ground-Water Contamination--Proceedings of the third technical meeting, Pensacola, Florida, March 23-27, 1987: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-109, p. E-25-E-31.

Campagnolo, E.R., Johnson, K.R., Karpati, A., Rubing, C.S., Kolpin, D.W., Meyer, M.T., Esteban, J.E., Currier, R.W., Smith, K., Thu, K.M., and McGeehin, M., 2002,

Antimicrobial residues in animal waste and water resources proximal to large-scale swine and poultry feeding operations: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 299, no. 1-3, p. 89-95, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00233-4.

Clark, G.M., Broshears, R.E., Hooper, R.P., and Goolsby, D.A., 2002,

Evaluating the influence of source basins on downstream water quality in the Mississippi River: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 38, no. 3, p. 803-818.

Clark, G.M., and Goolsby, D.A., 2000,

Occurrence and load of selected herbicides and metabolites in the lower Mississippi River: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 248, no. 2-3, p. 101-113, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00534-3.

Clark, G.M., and Goolsby, D.A., 1999,

Discharge of herbicides from the Mississippi River Basin to the Gulf of Mexico, 1991-97: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-163-98, 4 p.

Clark, G.M., and Goolsby, D.A., 1999,

Trends in annual herbicide loads from the Mississippi River Basin to the Gulf of Mexico, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2 of 3--Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 237-246.

Clark, G.M., Goolsby, D.A., and Battaglin, W.A., 1999,

Seasonal and annual load of herbicides from the Mississippi River Basin to the Gulf of Mexico: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 33, no. 7, p. 981-986, doi:10.1021/es980962u.

Coupe, R.H., Goolsby, D.A., Iverson, J.L., Zaugg, S.D., and Markovchick, D.J., 1995,

Pesticide, nutrient, streamflow and physical property data for the Mississippi River and major tributaries, April 1991-September 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-657, 116 p.

Coupe, R.H., Manning, M.A., Foreman, W.T., Goolsby, D.A., and Majewski, M.S., 2000,

Occurrence of pesticides in rain and air in urban and agricultural areas of Mississippi, April-September 1995: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 248, no. 2-3, p. 227-240, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00545-8.

Coupe, R.H., Manning, M.A., Foreman, W.T., Goolsby, D.A., and Majewski, M.S., 1999,

Occurrence of pesticides in rain and air in urban and agricultural areas of Mississippi, April-September 1995, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2 of 3--Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 301-312.

Coupe, R.H., Thurman, E.M., and Zimmerman, L.R., 1998,

Relation of usage to the occurrence of cotton and rice herbicides in three streams of the Mississippi Delta: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 32, no. 23, p. 3673-3680, doi:10.1021/es980342t.

Coupe, R.H., Welch, H.L., Pell, A.B., and Thurman, E.M., 2005,

Herbicide and degradate flux in the Yazoo River Basin: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, v. 85, no. 15, p. 1127-1140, doi:10.1080/03067310500273351.

Cromwell, A.E., and Thurman, E.M., 1996,

Atrazine transport and degradation in a pristine watershed--The fate of atrazine deposited by precipitation, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4015, v. 1, p. 423-428.

DeJong, K.E., Siefrist, R.L., Barber, L.B., and Wren, A.L., 2004,

Occurrence of emerging organic chemicals in wastewater effluents from onsite systems, in Proceedings of the 10th National Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems, Sacramento, California: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, p. 400-407 (paper no. 701P0104).

Dietze, J.E., Scribner, E.A., Meyer, M.T., and Kolpin, D.W., 2005,

Occurrence of antibiotics in water from 13 fish hatcheries, 2001-2003: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, v. 85, no. 15, p. 1141-1152, doi:10.1080/03067310500273682.

Druliner, A.D., Goolsby, D.A., and Meyer, M., 1996,

Temporal distributions of herbicide and nitrite-nitrate concentrations and loads in the West Fork of the Big Blue River, Nebraska, 1990 and 1991-92, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4015, v. 1, p. 479-485.

Erickson, B.E., 2002,

Analyzing the ignored environmental contaminants: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 36, no. 7, p. 140 A-145 A.

Fairchild, J.F., Sappington, L.C., and Ruessler, D.S., 1999,

An ecological risk assessment of the potential for herbicide impacts on primary productivity of the Lower Missouri River, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2 of 3--Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 323-330.

Focazio, M.J., Kolpin, D.W., and Buxton, H., 2003,

Pharmaceuticals, hormones, personal-care products, and other organic wastewater contaminants in water resources -- recent research activities of the U.S. Geological Survey's Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: GeoHealth News, v. 2, no. 1, September 2003, p. 3-7.

Focazio, M.J., Szabo, Z., Kraemer, T.F., Mullin, A.H., Barringer, T.H., and dePaul, V.T., 2001,

Occurrence of selected radionuclides in ground water used for drinking water in the United States--A targeted reconnaissance survey, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4273, 39 p.

Focazio, M.J., Tipton, D., Shapiro, S.D., and Geiger, L.H., 2006,

The chemical quality of self-supplied domestic well water in the United States: Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, v. 26, no. 3, p. 92-104, doi:10.1111/j.1745-6592.2006.00089.x.

Fogarty, L.R., Haack, S.K., Wolcott, M.J., and Whitman, R.L., 2003,

Abundance and characteristics of the recreational water quality indicator bacteria Escherichia coli and enterococci in gull faeces: Journal of Applied Microbiology, v. 94, no. 5, p. 865-878, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01910.x.

Foreman, W.T., Majewski, M.S., Goolsby, D.A., Wiebe, F.W., and Coupe, R.H., 2000,

Pesticides in the atmosphere of the Mississippi River Valley, part II -- air: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 248, no. 2-3, p. 213-226, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00544-6.

Foreman, W.T., Majewski, M.S., Goolsby, D.A., Wiebe, F.W., and Coupe, R.H., 1999,

Pesticides in the atmosphere of the Mississippi River Valley, Part II--Air, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2 of 3--Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 263-274.

Frick, E.A., and Dalton, M.S., 2005,

Characterization of anthropogenic organic compounds in the source water and finished water for the City of Atlanta, October 2002-September 2004, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2005 Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Georgia, April 25-27, 2005: Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 125-131, CD-ROM.

Galloway, J.M., Haggard, B.E., Meyer, M.T., and Green, W.R., 2005,

Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater constituents in selected streams in northern Arkansas, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5140, 31 p.

Gibs, J., Stackelberg, P.E., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M., Zaugg, S.D., and Lippincott, R.L., 2007,

Persistence of pharmaceuticals and other organic compounds in chlorinated drinking water as a function of time: Science of the Total Environment, v. 373, no. 1, p. 240-249, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.003.

Glassmeyer, S., Kolpin, D.W., Furlong, E.T., and Focazio, M.T., 2008,

Environmental presence and persistence of pharmaceuticals--An overview, in Aga, D.S., ed., Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and in Water Treatment Systems: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Books, p. 3-51, ISBN:9781420052329.

Glassmeyer, S.T., Furlong, E.T., Kolpin, D.W., Cahill, J.D., Zaugg, S.D., Werner, S.L., Meyer, M.T., and Kryak, D.D., 2005,

Transport of chemical and microbial compounds from known wastewater dishcarges--Potential for use as indicators of human fecal contamination: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 39, no. 14, p. 5157-5169, doi:10.1021/es048120k.

Goolsby, D.A., 1995,

Dissolved herbicides, in Moody, J.A., ed., Data report on Mississippi--Upriver profiles, chemical data for water quality samples collected during four upriver transects of the Mississippi River between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Paul, Minnesota, May 1990-April 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-523, p. 297.

Goolsby, D.A., and Battaglin, W.A., 2001,

Long-term changes in concentrations and flux of nitrogen in the Mississippi River basin, USA: Hydrological Processes, v. 15, no. 7, p. 1209-1226, doi:10.1002/hyp.210.

Goolsby, D.A., and Battaglin, W.A., 2000,

Nitrogen in the Mississippi Basin--Estimating sources and predicting flux to the Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 135-00, 6 p.

Goolsby, D.A., and Battaglin, W.A., 1993,

Occurrence, distribution, and transport of agricultural chemicals in surface waters of the Midwestern United States, in Goolsby, D.A., Boyer, L.L., and Mallard, G.E., eds., Selected papers on agricultural chemicals in water resources of the Midcontinental United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-418, p. 1-25.

Goolsby, D.A., Battaglin, W.A., Aulenbach, B.T., and Hooper, R.P., 2001,

Nitrogen input to the Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 30, no. 2, p. 329-336.

Goolsby, D.A., Battaglin, W.A., Aulenbach, B.T., and Hooper, R.P., 2000,

Nitrogen flux and sources in the Mississippi River Basin: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 248, no. 2-3, p. 75-86, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00532-X.

Goolsby, D.A., Battaglin, W.A., Aulenbach, B.T., and Hooper, R.P., 1999,

Nitrogen flux and sources in the Mississippi River Basin, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2 of 3--Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 203-213.

Goolsby, D.A., Battaglin, W.A., Fallon, J.D., Aga, D.S., Kolpin, D.W., and Thurman, E.M., 1993,

Persistence of herbicides in selected reservoirs in the Midwestern United States--Some preliminary results, in Goolsby, D.A., Boyer, L.L., and Mallard, G.E., eds., Selected papers on agricultural chemicals in water resources of the Midcontinental United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-418, p. 51-63.

Goolsby, D.A., Battaglin, W.A., Fallon, J.D., Aga, D.S., Koplin, D.W., and Thurman, E.M., 1996,

Persistence of herbicides in selected reservoirs in the Midwestern United States--Some preliminary results, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4015, v. 1, p. 487-497.

Goolsby, D.A., Battaglin, W.A., Lawrence, G.B., Artz, R.S., Aulenbach, B.T., Hooper, R.P., Keeney, D.R., and Stensland, G.J., 1999,

Flux and sources of nutrients in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin--Topic 3, Report for the integrated assessment on hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series No. 17, 129 p.

Goolsby, D.A., Battaglin, W.A., and Thurman, E.M., 1993,

Occurrence and transport of agricultural chemicals in the Mississippi River basin, July through August 1993--Floods in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1120-C, 22 p.

Goolsby, D.A., Boyer, L.L., and Battaglin, W.A., 1994,

Plan of study to determine the effect of changes in herbicide use on herbicide concentrations in midwestern streams, 1989-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-347, 14 p.

Goolsby, D.A., Coupe, R.H., and Markovchick, D.J., 1991,

Distribution of selected herbicides and nitrate in the Mississippi River and its major tributaries, April through June 1991: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4163, 35 p.

Goolsby, D.A., and Pereira, W.E., 1996,

Pesticides in the Mississippi River, in Meade, R.H., ed., Contaminants in the Mississippi River: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1133, p. 86-101.

Goolsby, D.A., Scribner, E.A., Thurman, E.M., Meyer, M.T., and Pomes, M.L., 1995,

Data on selected herbicides and two triazine metabolites in precipitation in the midwestern and northeastern United States, 1990-91: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-469, 341 p.

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Evaluation of microtiter-plate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the analysis of triazine and chloroacetanilide herbicides in rainfall: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 32, no. 1, p. 163-168, doi:10.1021/es970462l.

Rebich, R.A., Coupe, R.H., and Thurman, E.M., 2004,

Herbicide concentrations in the Mississippi River Basin--the importance of chloroacetanilide herbicide degradates: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 321, no. 1-3, p. 189-199, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.09.006.

Rostad, C.E., Bishop, L.M., Ellis, G.S., Leiker, T.J., Monsterleet, S.G., and Pereira, W.E., 1995,

Polychlorinated biphenyls and other synthetic organic contaminants associated with sediments and fish in the Mississippi River, in Meade, R.H., ed., Contaminants in the Mississippi River, 1987-92: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1133, p. 102-113.

Sando, S.K., Furlong, E.T., Gray, J.L., Meyer, M.T., and Bartholomay, R.C., 2005,

Occurrence of organic wastewater compounds in wastewater effluent and the Big Sioux River in the Upper Big Sioux River Basin, South Dakota, 2003-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5249, 117 p.

Sandstrom, M.W., Kolpin, D.W., Thurman, E.M., and Zaugg, S.D., 2005,

Widespread detection of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide in U.S. streams--Comparison with concentrations of pesticides, personal care products, and other organic wastewater compounds: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 24, no. 5, p. 1029-1034, doi:10.1897/04-297R.1.

Scribner, E.A., Battaglin, W.A., Dietze, J.E., and Thurman, E.M., 2003,

Reconnaissance data for glyphosate, other selected herbicides, their degradation products, and antibiotics in 51 streams in nine Midwestern States, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-217, 101 p.

Scribner, E.A., Battaglin, W.A., Gilliom, R.J., and Meyer, M.T., 2007,

Concentrations of glyphosate, its degradation product, aminomethylphosphonic acid, and glufosinate in ground- and surface-water, rainfall, and soil samples collected in the United States, 2001-06: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5122, 112 p.

Scribner, E.A., Battaglin, W.A., Goolsby, D.A., and Thurman, E.M., 2000,

Changes in herbicide concentrations in Midwestern streams in relation to changes in use, 1989-1998: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 248, no. 2-3, p. 255-263, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00547-1.

Scribner, E.A., Battaglin, W.A., Goolsby, D.A., and Thurman, E.M., 1999,

Changes in herbicide concentrations in midwestern streams in relation to changes in use, 1989-98, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2 of 3--Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 313-321.

Scribner, E.A., Goolsby, D.A., Battaglin, W.A., Meyer, M.T., and Thurman, E.M., 2006,

Concentrations of selected herbicides, herbicide degradation products, and nutrients in the lower Mississippi river, Louisiana, April 1991 through December 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 165, 84 p.

Scribner, E.A., Goolsby, D.A., Thurman, E.M., and Battaglin, W.A., 1998,

A reconnaissance for selected herbicides and nutrients in streams of nine Midwestern States, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-181, 44 p.

Scribner, E.A., Goolsby, D.A., Thurman, E.M., Meyer, M.T., and Battaglin, W.A., 1996,

Concentrations of selected herbicides, herbicide metabolites, and nutrients in outflow from selected midwestern reservoirs, April 1992 through September 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-393, 128 p.

Scribner, E.A., Goolsby, D.A., Thurman, E.M., Meyer, M.T., and Pomes, M.L., 1994,

Concentrations of selected herbicides, two triazine metabolites, and nutrients in storm runoff from nine stream basins in the midwestern United States, 1990-92: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-396, 144 p.

Scribner, E.A., Meyer, M.T., and Kalkhoff, S.J., 2006,

Occurrence of isoxaflutole, acetamide, and triazine herbicides and their degradation products in 10 Iowa rivers draining to the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5169, 84 p.

Scribner, E.A., Orlando, J., Battaglin, W.A., Sandstrom, M.W., Kuivila, K., and Meyer, M.T., 2006,

Results of analysis of the fungicide chlorothalonil, its degradation products, and other selected pesticides at 22 surface-water sites in five southern States, 2003-04: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1207, 59 p.

Scribner, E.A., Thurman, E.M., and Goolsby, D.A., 1996,

Reconnaissance data for selected herbicides and two atrazine metabolites in surface water of the Midwestern United States--Chemical analysis by immunoassay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4015, v. 1, p. 449-453.

Scribner, E.A., Thurman, E.M., Goolsby, D.A., Meyer, M.T., Battaglin, W.A., and Kolpin, D.W., 2005,

Summary of significant results from studies of triazine herbicides and their degradation products in surface water, ground water, and precipitation in the midwestern United States during the 1990s: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5094, 33 p.

Scribner, E.A., Thurman, E.M., Goolsby, D.A., Meyer, M.T., Mills, M.S., and Pomes, M.L., 1993,

Reconnaissance data for selected herbicides, two atrazine metabolites, and nitrate in surface water of the Midwestern United States, 1989-90: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-457, 77 p.

Scribner, E.A., Thurman, E.M., and Zimmerman, L.R., 2000,

Analysis of selected herbicide metabolites in surface and ground water of the United States: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 248, no. 2-3, p. 157-167, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00539-2.

Simon, N.S., 2005,

Loosely bound oxytetracycline in riverine sediments from two tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 39, no. 10, p. 3480-3487, doi:10.1021/es049039k.

Sprague, L.A., and Battaglin, W.A., 2005,

Wastewater chemicals in Colorado's streams and ground water: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3127, 4 p.

Stamer, J.K., Battaglin, W.A., and Goolsby, D.A., 1998,

Herbicides in Midwestern reservoir outflows, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-134-98, 4 p.

Stamer, J.K., Goolsby, D.A., and Thurman, E.M., 1998,

Herbicides in rain fall across the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, 1990-91: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-181-97, 4 p.

Stullken, L.E., Stamer, J.K., and Carr, J.E., 1987,

Reconnaissance of water quality in the High Plains aquifer beneath agricultural lands, south-central Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4003, 25 p.

Tauler, R., Bercelo, D., and Thurman, E.M., 2000,

Multivariate correlation between concentrations of selected herbicides and derivatives in outflows from selected U.S. midwestern reservoirs: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 34, no. 16, p. 3307-3314, doi:10.1021/es000884m.

Thurman, E.M., Bastian, K.C., and Mollhagen, T., 2000,

Occurrence of cotton herbicides and insecticides in playa lakes of the High Plains of West Texas: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 248, no. 2-3, p. 189-200, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00542-2.

Thurman, E.M., Bastian, K.C., and Mollhagen, T., 1999,

Occurrence of cotton herbicides and insecticides in playa lakes of the High Plains of West Texas, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2 of 3--Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, p. 227-236.

Thurman, E.M., and Cromwell, A.E., 2000,

Atmospheric transport, deposition, and fate of triazine herbicides and their metabolites in pristine areas at Isle Royale National Park: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 34, no. 15, p. 3079-3085, doi:10.1021/es000995l.

Thurman, E.M., Dietze, J.E., and Scribner, E.A., 2002,

Occurrence of antibiotics in water from fish hatcheries: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 120-02, 4 p.

Thurman, E.M., Goolsby, D.A., Aga, D.S., Pomes, M.L., and Meyer, M.T., 1996,

Occurrence of alachlor and its sulfonated metabolite in rivers and reservoirs of the midwestern U.S.--The importance of sulfonation in the transport of chloroacetanilide herbicides: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 30, no. 2, p. 569-574, doi:10.1021/es950341q.

Thurman, E.M., Goolsby, D.A., Meyer, M.T., and Kolpin, D.W., 1991,

Herbicides in surface waters of the Midwestern United States--The effect of spring flush: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 25, no. 10, p. 1794-1796, doi:10.1021/es00022a018.

Thurman, E.M., Goolsby, D.A., Meyer, M.T., Mills, M.S., Pomes, M.L., and Kolpin, D.W., 1992,

A reconnaissance study of herbicides and their metabolites in surface water of the Midwestern United States using immunoassay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 26, no. 12, p. 2440-2447, doi:10.1021/es00036a016.

Thurman, E.M., Meyer, M.T., Mills, M.S., Zimmerman, L.R., Perry, C.A., and Goolsby, D.A., 1994,

Formation and transport of deethylatrazine and deisopropylatrazine in surface water: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 28, no. 13, p. 2267-2277, doi:10.1021/es00062a010.

Thurman, E.M., Mills, M.S., and Meyer, M.T., 1996,

Chemistry, degradation, and transport of triazine herbicide metabolites in surface water, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4015, v. 1, p. 455-462.

Thurman, E.M., Zimmerman, L.R., Scribner, E.A., and Coupe, R.H., Jr., 1998,

Occurrence of cotton pesticides in surface water of the Mississippi Embayment: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-022-98, 4 p.

Verplanck, P.L., McCleskey, R.B., and Roth, D.A., 2003,

Inorganic water chemistry of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000 (Chapter 4), in Murphy, S.F., Verplanck, P.L., and Barber, L.B., eds., Comprehensive water quality of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4045, p. 71-102.

Versteeg, D.J., Alder, A.C., Cunningham, V.L., Kolpin, D.W., Murray-Smith, R., and Ternes, T., 2005,

Environmental exposure modeling and monitoring of human pharmaceutical concentrations in the environment, in Williams, R.T., ed., Human pharmaceuticals - assessing the impacts on aquatic ecosystems: SETAC Press, p. 71-110, ISBN:978-1-880611-82-1.

Vogel, J.R., Barber, L.B., Furlong, E.T., Coplen, T.B., Verstraeten, I.M., and Meyer, M.T., 2005,

Occurrence of selected pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical compounds and stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in a riverbank filtration study, Platte River, Nebraska, 2002-2005, volume 2: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 141, 92 p.

Vogel, J.R., Harris, S.I., Coplen, T.B., Rice, E.W., and Verstraeten, I.M., 2005,

Microbe concentrations, laser particle counts, and stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in samples from a riverbank filtration study, Platte River, Nebraska, 2002-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 133, 70 p.

Vogel, J.R., Verstraeten, I.M., Coplen, T.B., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M.T., and Barber, L.B., 2005,

Occurrence of selected pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical compounds, and stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios, in a riverbank filtration study, Platte River, Nebraska, 2001-2003, Volume 1: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 117, 64 p.

Wentz, D.A., Bonn, B.A., Carpenter, K.D., Hinkle, S.R., Janet, M.L., Rinella, F.A., Uhrich, M.A., Waite, L.R., Laenen, A., and Bencala, K.E., 1998,

Water quality in the Willamette Basin, Oregon, 1991-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1161, 34 p.

Wilde, F.D., Britton, L.J., Miller, C.V., and Kolpin, D.W., 2000,

Effects of animal feeding operations on water resources and the environment--Proceedings of the technical meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado, August 30-September 1, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-204, 107 p.

Wilkison, D.H., Armstrong, D.J., Brown, R.E., Poulton, B.C., Cahill, J.D., and Zaugg, S.D., 2005,

Water-quality and biologic data for the Blue River Basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, October 2000 to October 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 127, 166 p.

Wilkison, D.H., Armstrong, D.J., Norman, R.D., Polton, B.C., Furlong, E.T., and Zaugg, S.D., 2006,

Water quality in the Blue River Basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998 to October 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3103, 6 p.

Wilkison, D.H., Armstrong, D.J., Norman, R.D., Poulton, B.C., Furlong, E.T., and Zaugg, S.D., 2006,

Water quality in the Blue River Basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998 to October 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5147, 170 p.

Williams, J.D., Kolpin, D.W., and eds., 2003,

Agricultural hydrology and water quality, in Proceedings of the AWRA 2003 Spring Specialty Conference: Kansas City, MO, American Water Resources Association, p. CD-ROM.

Worrall, F., 2001,

A molecular topology approach to predicting pesticide pollution of groundwater: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 35, no. 11, p. 2282-2287, doi:10.1021/es001593g.

Worrall, F., Besien, T., and Kolpin, D.W., 2002,

Groundwater vulnerability--Interactions of chemical and site properties: The Science of the Total Environment, v. 299, p. 131-143, doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00270-X.

Worrall, F., and Kolpin, D.W., 2004,

Aquifer vulnerability to pesticide pollution - combining soil, land-use and aquifer properties with molecular descriptors: Journal of Hydrology, v. 293, no. 1-4, p. 191-204, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.01.013.

Worrall, F., and Kolpin, D.W., 2003,

Direct assessment of groundwater vulnerability from single observations of multiple contaminants: Water Resources Research, v. 39, no. 12, p. 1345-1352, 2002WR001212, doi:10.1029/2002WR001212.

Writer, J.H., Leenheer, J.A., Barber, L.B., Amy, G.L., and Chapra, S.C., 1995,

Sewage contamination in the Upper Mississippi River as measured by the fecal sterol, coprostanol: Water Research, v. 29, no. 6, p. 1427-1436, doi:10.1016/0043-1354(94)00304-P.

Yen, S., Liu, S., and Kolpin, D.W., 1996,

Analysis of nitrate in near-surface aquifers in the midcontinental United States--An application of the inverse hyperbolic sine Tobit model: Water Resources Research, v. 32, no. 10, p. 3003-3011, 96WR02102, doi:10.1029/96WR02102.

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