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PUBLICATIONS related to NUTRIENTS

• USGS Circular 1350: Nutrients in the Nation's Streams and Groundwater
• Nitrogen Contamination of Surficial Aquifers -- A Growing Legacy (Puckett and others, 2011)
• Nitrate in groundwater of the United States, 1991-2003 (Burow and others, 2010)
• Predicting Unsaturated Zone Nitrogen Mass Balances in Agricultural Settings of the United States (Nolan and others, 2010)
• Nitrate loads and concentrations in surface-water base flow and shallow groundwater for selected basins in the United States, water years 1990–2006 (Spahr and others, 2010)
• Development and application of regression models for estimating nutrient concentrations in streams of the conterminous United States, 1992-2001 (Spahr and others, 2010)
• Changes in Streamflow and Flux of Nutrients in the MIssissippi-Atchafalaya River Basin, USA, 1980-2007 (Battaglin and others, 2010)
• Nutrient trends in streams and rivers of the United States, 1993-2003 (Sprague and others, 2009)
• Regional nutrient trends in streams and rivers of the United States, 1993-2003 (Sprague and Lorenz, 2009)
• Decadal-scale changes of nitrate in ground water of the United States, 1988-2004 (Rupert, 2008)
• Nitrogen fluxes through unsaturated zones in five agricultural settings across the U.S. (Green and others, 2008)
• Limited occurrence of denitrification in four shallow aquifers in agricultural areas of the U.S. (Green and others, 2008)
• Transport and fate of nitrate at the ground-water/surface-water interface (Puckett and others, 2008)
• Whole-stream response to nitrate loading in three streams draining agricultural landscapes (Duff and others, 2008)
• Comparative study of transport processes of nitrogen, phosphorus, and herbicides to streams in five agricultural basins, USA (Domagalski and others)
• Factors affecting nitrate transport to public supply wells (McMahon and others, 2008)
• Redox processes and water quality of selected principal aquifer systems (McMahon and Chapelle, 2007)
• Efficacy of algal metrics for assessing nutrient and organic enrichment in flowing waters (Porter and others, 2008)

• Differences in phosphorus and nitrogen delivery to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin (Alexander and others, 2007)

• Nutrients in streams and rivers across the Nation--1992-2001 (USGS SIR 2006-5107)

• Vulnerability of shallow groundwater and drinking-water wells to nitrate in the United States (Environmental Science & Technology)

• Factors influencing ground-water recharge in the eastern United States (Journal of Hydrology)

• Water-quality, streamflow, and ancillary data for nutrients in streams and rivers across the nation, 1992-2001 (USGS Data Series 152)

• Quality of nutrient data from streams and ground water sampled during water years 1992-2001 (USGS SIR 2005-5106)

• Transport and fate of nitrate and pesticides: Hydrogeology and riparian zone processes (Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 34, no. 6)

• Drinking-water nitrate and health--Recent findings and research needs (Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 113, no. 11)

• Evaluation of unsaturated-zone solute-transport models for studies of agricultural chemicals (USGS Open-File Report 2005-1196)

• Nitrate in ground water: Using a model to simulate the probability of nitrate contamination of shallow ground water in the conterminous United States (USGS SIM 2881) - Hang this poster-size (32x39 inches) map on your wall!

• Hydrogeologic controls on the transport and fate of nitrate in ground water beneath riparian buffer zones: results from thirteen studies across the United States (Water Science and Technology, vol. 49, no. 3)

• Spatial variability of groundwater recharge and its effect on shallow groundwater quality in southern New Jersey (Vadose Zone Journal, vol. 2, no. 4)

• Nutrients in shallow ground waters beneath relatively undeveloped areas in the conterminous United States (USGS WRI 02-4289)

• Probability of nitrate contamination of recently recharged groundwaters in the conterminous United States (Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 36, no. 10, p. 2138-2145) This article supersedes ES&T vol. 31, no. 8; WCP vol. 39, no. 12; and FS-092-96.

• Nutrient concentrations and yields in undeveloped basins of the United States (Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 36, no. 4, p. 849-860)

• Nutrients in ground waters of the conterminous United States, 1992-1995 (Environmental Science and Technology, volume 34, number 7, p. 1156-1165)

• Estimation of nitrate contamination of an agro-ecosystem outwash aquifer using a nitrogen mass-balance budget (Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 28, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1999)

• Effect of stream channel size on the delivery of nitrogen to the Gulf of Mexico

• Review of phosphorus control measures in the United States and their effects on water quality

• A national look at nitrate contamination of groundwater. (Jan. 1998 Water Conditioning and Purification). This article has been superseded by Probability of nitrate contamination of recently recharged groundwaters in the conterminous United States.

• Nitrate in ground waters of the United States--Assessing the risk (USGS Fact Sheet FS-092-96). This fact sheet was replaced by A national look at nitrate contamination of groundwater.

• Nutrients in the Nation's waters--Too much of a good thing? (USGS Circular 1136).

• Nutrients in ground water and surface water of the United States-- A summary of NAWQA's analysis of data through 1992. (Featured article in NWQEP Notes, the North Carolina State University Water Quality Group Newsletter, March 1996, based on USGS WRI95-4031.)

• Nutrients in ground water and surface water of the United States--An analysis of data through 1992 (USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4031). (Press release 8/24/95)