NRP Bibliography, 2008

Ackerman, K.V. and Sundquist, E.T., 2008, Comparison of two U.S. power-plant carbon dioxide emissions data sets: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 15, p. 5688-5693. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 148 KB, published by American Chemical Society; not subject to U.S. copyright)

Alpers, C.N., Stewart, A.R., Saiki, M.K., Marvin-DiPasquale, M.C., Topping, B.R., Rider, K.M., Gallanthine, S.K., Kester, C.A., Rye, R.O., Antweiler, R.C., and De Wild, J.F., 2008, Environmental factors affecting mercury in Camp Far West Reservoir, California, 2001–03: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5008, 358 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 3.16 MB)

Amundson, R., Ewing, S., Dietrich, W., Sutter, B., Owen, J., Chadwick, O., Nishiizumi, K., Walvoord, M., and McKay, C., 2008, On the in situ aqueous alteration of soils on Mars: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, no. 15, p. 3845-3864. (on-line abstract

Anslow, F.S., Hostetler, S., Bidlake, W.R., and Clark, P.U., 2008, Distributed energy balance modeling of South Cascade Glacier, Washington and assessment of model uncertainty: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 113, doi:10.1029/2007JF000850. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Antweiler, R.C. and Taylor, H.E., 2008, Evaluation of statistical treatments of left-censored environmental data using coincident uncensored data sets: I. Summary statistics: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 10, p. 3732-3738. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 1926 KB, published by American Chemical Society; not subject to U.S. copyright)

Báez-Cazull, S.E., McGuire, J.T., Cozzarelli, I.M., and Voytek, M.A., 2008, Determination of Dominant Biogeochemical Processes in a Contaminated Aquifer-Wetland System Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis: Journal of Enviornmental Quality, v. 37, no. 1, p. 30-46. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Banta, E.R., Hill, M.C., Poeter, E.P., Doherty, J.E., and Babendreier, J., 2008, Building model analysis applications with the joint universal parameter identification and evaluation of reliability application programming interface (JUPITER API): Computers and Geoscience, v. 34, no. 4, p. 310-319. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Barber, L.B., 2008, Fate of consumer-product chemicals in the subsurface environment: 25 years of research on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, in Trefry, M.G., ed., Groundwater Quality: Securing Groundwater Quality in Urban and Industrial Environments: International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 324, p. 126-132. (on-line abstract in pdf format)

Barber, L.B., Meyer, M.T., LeBlanc, D.R., Kolpin, D.W., Bradley, P.M., Chapelle, F.H., and Rubio, F., 2008, Subsurface fate and transport of sulfamethoxazole, 4-nonylphenol, and 17β-estradiol, in Trefry, M.G., ed., Groundwater Quality: Securing Groundwater Quality in Urban and Industrial Environments: International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 324, p. 133-139. (on-line abstract in pdf format)

Barnes, K.K., Kolpin, D.W., Focazio, M.J., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M.T., Zaugg, S.D., Haack, S.K., Barber, L.B., and Thurman, E.M., 2008, Water-quality data for pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in ground water and in untreated drinking water sources in the United States, 2000–01: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1293, 7 p. plus tables.(on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 262 KB)

Barnett, M.O., and Kent, D.B., eds., 2008, Adsorption of Metals by Geomedia II: Variables, Mechanisms, and Model Applications : Amsterdam, Elsevier, 474 p.

Barnett, T.P., Pierce, D.W., Hidalgo, H.G., Bonfils, C., Santer, B.D., Das, T., Bala, G., Wood, A.W., Nozawa, T., Mirin, A.A., Cayan, D.R., Dettinger, M.D., 2008, Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States: Science, v. 316, p. 1080-1083. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 685 KB)

Barnes, K.K., Kolpin, D.W., Furlong, E.T., Zaugg, S.D., Meyer, M.T., and Barber, L.B., 2008, A national reconnaissance of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in the United States - I) Groundwater: Science of the Total Environment, v. 402, no. 2-3, p. 192-200. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Barthold, F.K. , Stallard, R.F. , Elsenbeer, H., 2008, Soil nutrient-landscape relationships in a lowland tropical rainforest in Panama: Forest Ecology and Management, v. 255, no. 3-4, p. 1135-1148. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Bartlein, P.J., Hostetler, S.W., Shafer, S.L., Holman, J.O., and Solomon, A.M., 2008, Temporal and spatial structure in a daily wildfire-start data set from the western United States (1986–96): International Journal of Wildland Fire, v. 17, p. 8-17. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Bayless, E.R., Capel, P.D., Barbash, J.E., Webb, R.M.T., Hancock, T.L.C., and David C. Lampe, D. C., 2008, Simulated Fate and Transport of Metolachlor in the Unsaturated Zone, Maryland, USA: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, p. 1064-1072. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Belnap, J., Webb, R.H., Miller, D.M., Miller, M.E., DeFalco, L.A., Medica, P.A., Brooks, M.L., Esque, T.C., and Bedford, D.R., 2008, Monitoring ecosystem quality and function in arid settings of the Mojave Desert: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5064, 120 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 10.8 MB)

Benson, L.V., 2008, Impact of drought on prehistoric western Native Americans, in California Drought an Update -April 2008: California Department of Water Resources, State of California, p. 28-35. (on-line paper in pdf format)

Benson, L.B., Taylor, H.E., Peterson, K.A., Shattock, B.D., Ramotnik, C.A., and Stein, J.R., 2008, Development and evaluation of geochemical methods for the sourcing of archaeological maize: Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 35, p. 912-921. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Bergfeld, D., Evans, W.C., McGee, K.A. and Spicer, K.R., 2008, Pre- and Post-Eruptive Investigations of gas and water Samples from Mount St. Helens, Washington, 2002 to 2005, in Sherrod, D.R., Scott, W.E., and Stauffer, P.H., eds., A Volcano Rekindled: The Renewed Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 2004–2006: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1750, chapt 25, p. 523-542. (on-line chapter in pdf format, 3.5 MB)

Bond, D.L., Davis, J.A., and Zachara, J.M., 2008, Uranium(VI) release from contaminated vadose zone sediments: Estimation of potential contributions from dissolution and desorption, in Barnett, M.O., and Kent, D.B., eds., Adsorption of Metals by Geomedia II: Variables, Mechanisms, and Model Applications: Amsterdam, Elsevier, p. 375-416.

Bornette, G., Tabacchi, E., Hupp, C., Puijalon, S., Rostan, J.C., 2008, A model of plant strategies in fluvial hydrosystems: Freshwater Biology, v. 53, no. 8, p. 1692-1705. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Bouchaou, L. , Michelot, J.L. , Vengosh, A. , Hsissou, Y. , Qurtobi, M. , Gaye, C.B., Bullen, T.D., and Zuppi, G.M., 2008, Application of multiple isotopic and geochemical tracers for investigation of recharge, salinization, and residence time of water in the Souss–Massa aquifer, southwest of Morocco: Journal of Hydrology, v. 352, no. 3-4, p. 267-287. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Brabets, T.P., and Schuster, P.F., 2008, Transport of water, carbon, and sediment through the Yukon River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2008-3005. (on-line fact sheet or on-line fact sheet in pdf format, 934 KB)

Bradley, P.M., Barber, L.B., Kolpin, D.W., McMahon, P.B., and Chapelle, F.H., 2008, Potential for 4-n-nonylphenol biodegradation in stream sediments: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 27, p. 260-265. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Brantley, S.L., Bandstra, J., Moore, J., and White. A.F., in press, Modelling chemical depletion profiles in regolith: Geoderma (on-line abstract of journal article preprint)

Brantley, S.L., Bandstra, J., Moore, J., and White. A.F., 2008, Modelling chemical depletion profiles in regolith: Geoderma, v. 145, no. 3-4, p. 494-504. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Brantley, S.L., Kubicki, J.D. and White, A. F. eds., 2008, Kinetics of Water-Rock Interaction: New York, Springer, 832 p. (on-line book information)

Breit, G.N., Tuttle, M.L.W., Cozzarelli, I.M., Berry, C.J., Christenson, S.C. and Jaeschke, J.B., 2008, Results of the chemical and isotopic analyses of sediment and ground water from alluvium of the Canadian River near a closed municipal landfill, Norman, Oklahoma, Part 2: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2008–1134, 35 p. (on-line abstract or on-line publication in pdf format, 3.7 MB)

Brekke, L.D., Dettinger, M.D., Maurer, E.P., and Anderson, M., 2008, Significance of model credibility in projection distributions for regional hydroclimatological impacts of climate change: Climatic Change, v. 89, p. 371-394, doi:10.1007/s10584-007-9388-3. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Buchwalter, D.B., Martin, C.A., Xie, L., Luoma, S.N., and Garland, T. Jr., 2008, Aquatic insect ecophysiological traits reveal phylogenetically based differences in dissolved cadmium susceptibility: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 105, no. 24, p. 8321-8326. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Busenberg, E., and Plummer, L.N., 2008, Dating groundwater with trifluoromethyl sulfurpentafluoride (SF₅CF₃), sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆), CF₃Cl (CFC-13), and CF₂Cl₂ (CFC-12), Water Resources Research, v. 44, W02431, doi:10.1029/2007WR006150. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 749 KB, published by American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Buss, H.L., Sak, P.B., Webb, S.M., and Brantley, S.L., 2008, Weathering of the Rio Blanco quartz diorite, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Coupling oxidation, dissolution, and fracturing: Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, p. 4488-4507. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Campbell, D.H., Nanus, L., Böhlke, J.K., Harlin, K., and Collett, J., 2008, Nitrogen saturation in the Rocky Mountains: Linking emissions, deposition, and ecosystem effects using stable isotopes of nitrogen compounds: Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA 3, p. 2138-2144.

Cardenas, M.B., Harvey, J.W., Packman, A.I., and Scott, D.T., 2008, Ground-based thermography of fluvial systems at low and high discharge reveals potential complex thermal heterogeneity driven by flow variation and bioroughness: Hydrological Processes, v. 22, p. 980-986. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Carter, V., Landwehr, J.M., Rybicki, N.B., Reel, J.T., and Ruhl, H.A., 2008, Linkages among submersed aquatic vegetation, nutrients, river discharge and weather in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary, in Buchanan, C., ed., Tidal Potomac River Integrated Analysis: Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. (on-line chapter in pdf format, 1.6 MB)

Caruso, B.S., Cox, T.J., Runkel, R.L., Velleux, M.L., Bencala, K.E., Nordstrom, D.K., Julien, P.Y., Butler, B.A., Alpers, C.N., Marion, A., and Smith, K.S., 2008, Metals fate and transport modelling in streams and watersheds: state of the science and USEPA workshop review: Hydrological Processes, v. 22, no. 19 p. 4011-4021.

Cayan, D.R., Bromirski, P.D., Hayhoe, K., Tyree, M., Dettinger, M.D., and Flick, R.E., 2008, Climate change projections of sea level extremes along the California coast: Climatic Change, v. 87 (Suppl. 1), p. S57-S73. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Cayan, D.R., Luers, A.L., Franco, G., Hanemann, M., Bart Croes, B., and Vine, E., 2008, Overview of the California climate change scenarios project: Climatic Change, v. 87 (Suppl. 1), p. s1-s6. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Cayan, D.R., Maurer, E.P., Dettinger, M.D., Tyree, M., and Hayhoe, K., 2008, Climate change scenarios for the California region: Climatic Change, v. 87 (Suppl. 1), p. S21-S42. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Christopher, S.F. Mitchell, M.J., McHale, M.R., Boyer, E.W., Burns, D.A., Kendall, C., 2008, Factors controlling nitrogen release from two forested catchments with contrasting hydrochemical responses: Hydrological Processes, v. 22, no. 1, p. 46-62. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Clark, B.C., Landon, M.K., Kauffman, L.J., and, Hornberger, G.Z., 2008, Simulation of Ground-Water Flow, Transport, Age, and Particle Tracking near York, Nebraska, for a Study of Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants (TANC) to Public-Supply Wells: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5068, 48 p. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 8.5 MB)

Clark, M.P., Slater, A.G. , Rupp, D.E., Woods, R.A.,. Vrugt, J.A., Gupta, H.V., Wagener, T., and L. E. Hay, L.E., 2008, Framework for Understanding Structural Errors (FUSE): A modular framework to diagnose differences between hydrological models: Water Resources Research, v. 44, W00B02, doi:10.1029/2007WR006735 (on-line abstract of journal article)

Cloern, J.E. and Jassby, A.D., 2008, Complex seasonal patterns of primary producers at the land–sea interface: Ecology Letters, v. 11, doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01244.x (on-line abstract of journal article)

Constantz, J., 2008, Analysis of sediment-temperature gradients to determine stream exchanges with ground water, in Rosenberry, D.O. and LaBaugh, J.W., eds., Field Techniques for Estimating Water Fluxes between Surface Water and Ground Water: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and. Methods 4-D2, Ch. 4, 115-128. (on-line chapter in pdf format, 606 KB)

Constantz, J., 2008, Heat as a tracer to determine streambed water exchanges: Water Resources Research, vol. 44, W00D10, doi:10.1029/2008WR006996 . (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 5639 KB, published by the American Geophysical Union, not subject to US copyright)

Constantz, J. 2008 Heat as a tracer of stream exchanges with shallow ground water: Water Down Under, Australian Engineering Society Publication ISBN: 0-858-25735-I, p.1642-1652.

Coplen, T. B., Neiman, P.J., White, A.B., Landwehr, J.M., Ralph, F.M., and Dettinger, M.D., 2008, Extreme changes in stable hydrogen isotopes and precipitation characteristics in a landfalling Pacific storm: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, L21808, doi:10.1029/2008GL035481. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 636 KB, published by American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Costa, J.E., and Jarrett, R.D., 2008, An Evaluation of Selected Extraordinary Floods in the United States Reported by the U.S. Geological Survey and Implications for Future Advancement of Flood Science: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5164, 52 p., and 1 appendix, 180 p. (on-line abstract of on-line report in pdf format, 4.99 MB and on-line appendices in pdf format, 23.4 MB)

Croteau, M.N., and Luoma, S.N., 2008, A biodynamic understanding of dietborne metal uptake by a freshwater invertebrate: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, p. 1,801-1,806. (on-line abstract or on-line journal article in pdf format, 232 KB, published by the American Chemical Society, not subject to US copyright)

Cygan, R.T., Stevens, C.T., Puls, R.W., Yabusaki, S.B., Wauchope, R.D., McGrath, C.J., Curtis, G.P., Siegel, M.D., Veblen, L.A., and Turner, D.R., 2008, Research activities at U.S. government agencies in subsurface reactive transport modeling: Vadose Zone Journal, v. 6, p. 805-822. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Davis, J.A., 2008, Application of Surface Complexation Modeling to Selected Radionuclides and Aquifer Sediments: Report NUREG CR-6959, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD, 114 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 1.31 MB)

Dettinger, M.D., and Culberson, S., 2008, Internalizing climate change - Scientific resource management and the climate change challenges: San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, v.6, no. 2, 17 p. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 2178 KB, open-access journal

Doctor, D.H., Kendall, C., Sebestyen, S.D., Shanley, J.B., Ohte, N., and Boyer, E.W., 2008, Carbon isotope fractionation of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) due to outgassing of carbon dioxide from a headwater stream: Hydrological Processes, v. 22, no. 14, p. 2410-2423. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Downing, J.A., Cole, J. J., Middelburg, J.J., Striegl, R.G., Duarte, C.M., Kortelainen, P., Prairie, Y.T., and Laube, K.A., 2008, Sediment organic carbon burial in agriculturally eutrophic impoundments over the last century: Global Biogeochem. Cycles, v. 22, GB1018, doi:10.1029/2006GB002854 (on-line abstract of journal article)

Draut, A.E., Rubin, D.M., Dierker, J.L., Fairley, H.C., Griffiths, R.E., Hazel, J.E., Jr., Hunter, R.E., Kohl, K., Leap, L.M., Nials, F.L., Topping, D.J., and Yeatts, M., 2008, Application of sedimentary-structure interpretation to geoarchaeology in the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Geomorphology, v. 101, no. 3, p. 497-509. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Duarte, C.T., Prairie, Y.T., Montes, C., Cole, J.J., Striegl, R.G. Melack, J., and Downing., J.A., 2008, CO₂ emissions from saline lakes: A global estimate of a surprisingly large flux: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 113, G04041, doi:10.1029/2007JG000637. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Duff, J.H., Carpenter, K.D., Avanzino, R.J., and Triska, F.J., 2008, Seasonal phosphorus and nitrogen dynamics of open water during restoration of the Wood River Wetland, Klamath Falls, Oregon, USAVerhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, v. 30, p. 515-520.

Duff, J.H., Tesoriero, A.J., Richardson, W.B., Strauss, E.A., and Munn, M.D., 2008, Whole-Stream Response to Nitrate Loading in Three Streams Draining Agricultural Landscapes:: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, p. 1133-1144. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Dunlap, C.E., Alpers, C.N., Bouse, R., Taylor, H.E., Unruh, D.M., and. Flegal, A.R., 2008, The persistence of lead from past gasoline emissions and mining drainage in a large riparian system - evidence from lead isotopes in the Sacramento River, California: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, no. 24, p. 5935-5948. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Earman, S., and Dettinger, M., 2008, Monitoring networks for long-term recharge change in the mountains of California and Nevada--A meeting report: California Energy Commission PIER Energy-Related Environmental Research Report CEC-500-2008-006, 32 p. (on-line report in pdf format, 203 KB)

Eganhouse, R.P., and Pontolillo, J., 2008, Susceptibility of Synthetic Long-Chain Alkylbenzenes to Degradation in Reducing Marine Sediments: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 17, p. 6361-6368. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 1365 KB, published by the American Chemical Society, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Eganhouse, R.P., and Pontolillo, J., 2008, DDE in Sediments of the Palos Verdes Shelf, California: In Situ Transformation Rates and Geochemical Fate: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 17, p. 6392 - 6398. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 926 KB, published by the American Chemical Society, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Eganhouse, R.P. and Pontolillo, J., 2008, Assessment of 1-chloro-4-[2,2-dichloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethenyl]benzene (DDE) transformation rates on the Palos Verdes Shelf, CA: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1362, 119 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 2.79 MB)

Essaid, H.I., Zamora, C., McCarthy, K., Vogel, J., and Wilson, J.T., 2008, Using heat to characterize streambed water flux variability in four stream reaches: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, p. 1010-1023. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Ewing, S.A., Yang, W., DePaolo, D.J., Michalski, G., Kendall, C., Stewart, B., Thiemens, M., and Amundson, R., 2008, Non-biological fractionation of stable Ca isotopes in soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, p. 1,096-1,110. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Fan, Z., Neff, J.C., Harden, J.W., and Wickland, K.P. 2008, Boreal soil carbon dynamics under a changing climate -A model inversion approach: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 113, G04016, doi:10.1029/2008JG000723. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Field, J.A., and Eganhouse, R.P., 2008, In honor of Walter Giger: setting standards of excellence in environmental organic chemistry: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 17, p. 6307-6308.

Fisher, L.H., and R.W. Healy, 2008, Water movement within the unsaturated zone in four agricultural areas across the United States, Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, p. 1051-1063. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Flanagan, C., Shaver, C., Blett, T., Landers, D.H., Campbell, D.H., Geiser, L.H., Jaffe, D., Kent, M., Schreck, C., Simonich, S., and Taylor, H.E., 2008, Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project - results: National Park Service Fact Sheet. (on-line fact sheet in pdf format, 6 MB)

Flint, A.L., Flint, L.E., and Dettinger, M.D., 2008, Modeling soil moisture processes and recharge under a melting snowpack: Vadose Zone Journal, v. 7, p. 350-357, doi:10.2136/vzj2006.0135. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Focazio, M.J., Kolpin, D.W., Barnes, K.K., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M.T., Zaugg, S.D., Barber, L.B., and Thurman, M.E., 2008, A national reconnaissance for pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in the United States - II) Untreated drinking water sources: Science of the Total Environment, v. 402, no. 2-3, p. 201-216. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Friedel, M.J., Tindall, J.A., Sardan, D., Fey, D., and Poputa, G. 2008, Reconnaissance Study of Water Quality in the Mining-Affected Aries River Basin, Romania: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1176, 46 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 5.3 MB

Funk, C., Dettinger, M., Brown, M., Verdin, J., Michaelsen, J., Barlow, M., and Hoell, A., 2008, Warming of the Indian Ocean threatens eastern and southern Africa food security, but could be mitigated by agricultural development: Proceedings, National Academies of Science, 105, doi/10.1073/pnas.0708196105, p. 11081-11086. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 919 KB pubished by the National Academies of Science with open access.

Funkhouser, J.E., Eng, K., Moix, M.W., 2008. Low-flow characteristics and regionalization of low-flow characteristics for selected streams in Arkansas: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5065, 161 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 18.7 MB)

Furey, P.R., and Troutman, B.M., 2008, A consistent framework for Horton regression statistics that leads to a modified Hack's law: Geomorphology, v. 102, no. 3-4, p. 603-614 . (on-line abstract of journal article)

Gates, J.B., Edmunds, W.M., and Böhlke, J.K., 2008, Ecohydrological factors affecting nitrate concentrations in a phreatic desert aquifer in Northwest China: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 42, p. 3531 - 3537. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Gebrekristos, R.A., Shapiro, A.M., and Usher, B.H., 2008, In situ estimation of the effective chemical diffusion coefficient of a rock matrix in a fractured aquifer: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 16, no. 4, p. 629-639. DOI: 0.1007/s10040-007-0255-0 (on-line abstract of journal article)

Gibb, H.J., Kozlov, K., Buckley, J.P., Centeno, J., Jurgenson, V., Kolker, A., Conko, K., Landa, E., Panov, B., Panov, Y., Xu, H., 2008, Biomarkers of mercury exposure at a mercury recycling facility in Ukraine: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, v. 5, no. 8, p. 483-489. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller, K.G., Reimold, W.U., Browning, J.V., Cockell, C.S., Horton Jr., J.W., Kenkmann, T., Kulpecz, A.A., Powars, D.S., Sanford, W.E., and Voytek, M.A., 2008, Deep Drilling into the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Science, v. 320, no. 5884, p. 1740-1745. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Gooseff, M.N., Bencala, K.E., and Wondzell, S.M., 2008, Solute transport along stream and river networks, in Rice, S.P., Roy, A.G., and Rhoads, B.L., eds., River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network: Chicester, John WIley & Sons, Ltd., Chap. 18, p. 395-417.

Gottipolu, R.R., Landa, E.R., Schladweiler, MC., McGee, J.K., Ledbetter, A.D., Richards, J.H., Wallenborn, G.J., and Kodavanti, U.P., 2008, Cardiopulmonary responses of intratracheally instilled tire particles and constituent metal components: Inhalation Toxicology, v. 20, no. 5, p. 473-484. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Gray, J.R., and Simões, F.J.M., 2008, "Estimating sediment discharge,", in Garcia, M., ed., Sedimentation Engineering, Processes, Measurements, Modeling, and Practice: ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 110, p 1067-1088.

Green, C.T., Fisher, L.H., and Bekins, B.A., 2008, Nitrogen fluxes through unsaturated zones in five agricultural settings across the United States: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, p. 1073-1085. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Green, C.T., Puckett, L.J., Böhlke, J.K., Bekins, B.A., Phillips, S.P., Kauffman, L.J., Denver, J.M., and Johnson, H.M., 2008, Limited occurrence of denitrification in four shallow aquifers in agricultural areas of the United States: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, p. 994-1009. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Griffith, E.M., Paytan, A., Caldeira, K., Bullen, T.D., Thomas, E. 2008 A dynamic marine calcium cycle during the past 28 million years: Science, v. 322, no. 5908, p. 1671-1674. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Griffith, E.M. Schauble, E.A., Bullen, T.D., and Paytan, A., 2008, Characterization of calcium isotopes in natural and synthetic barite: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, no. 23, p. 5641-5658. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Guo, H., Jiao, J.J., and Weeks, E.P., 2008, Rain-induced subsurface airflow and Lisse effect: Water Resources Research, v. 44, no. 7, , W07409, doi:10.1029/2007WR006294. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Gurdak, J.J., Walvoord, M.A., and McMahon, P.B., 2008. Susceptibility to enhanced chemical migration from depression-focused preferential flow, High Plains Aquifer: Vadose Zone Journal, v. 7, p. 1172-1184. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Hageman, Philip L., Plumlee, Geoffrey S., Martin, Deborah A., Hoefen, Todd M., Adams, Monique, Lamothe, Paul J., Todorov, Todor, and Anthony, Michael W., Leachate Geochemical Results for Ash Samples from the June 2007 Angora Wildfire near Lake Tahoe in Northern California, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1170. 14 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 376 KB)

Hall, B.D., Aiken, G.R., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Marvin-DiPasquale, M., and Swarzenski, C.M., 2008, Wetlands as principal zones of methylmercury production in southern Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico region: Environmental Pollution v. 154, p. 124-134. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Hancock, T.C., Sandstrom, M.W., Vogel, J.R., Webb, R.M.T., Bayless, E.R., and Barbash, J.E., 2008, Pesticide Fate and Transport throughout Unsaturated Zones in Five Agricultural Settings, USA: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, p. 1086-1100. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Hannon, J.E., and Böhlke, J.K., 2008, Determination of the δ(¹⁵N/¹⁴N) of ammonium (NH₄⁺) in water: RSIL Lab Code 2898, in Révész, K., and Coplen, T. B., eds., Methods of the Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 10 chap C15, 30 p. (on-line abstract of on-line publication in pdf format, 711 KB)

Hannon, J.E., Böhlke, J.K., and Mroczkowski, S.J., 2008, Effects of nitrate and water on the oxygen isotopic analysis of barium sulfate precipitated from solution : Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, v. 22, p. 4109-4120. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 305 KB, published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd as a U.S. Government work in the public domain)

Harden, J.W., Berhe, A.A., Torn, M., Harte, J., Liu, S., Stallard, R.F., 2008, Soil erosion: Data say C sink: Science v. 320, no. 5873, p. 178-179.

Harden, J.W., Fuller, C.C., Wilmking, M., Myers-Smith, I., Trumbore, S.E., Bubier, J., 2008, The fate of terrestrial carbon under permafrost degradation: detecting changes over recent decades, in Kane, D.L. and Hinkel, K.M., eds., Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, University of Alaska Fairbanks, June 29 – July 3, 2008, v. 1, p. 649-653.

Harris, S.H., Smith, R.L., and Barker, C.E., 2008, Microbial and chemical factors influencing methane production in laboratory incubations of low-rank subsurface coals: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 76- no. 1-2, p. 46-51. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Harvey, R.W., Metge, D.W., Shapiro, A.M., Renken, R.A., Osborn, C.L., Ryan, J.N., Cunningham, K.J., and Landkamer, L., 2008, Pathogen and Chemical Transport in the Karst Limestone of the Biscayne Aquifer: 3. Use of Microspheres to Estimate the Transport Potential of Cryptosporidium Parvum Oocysts: Water Resources Research, v. 44, W08431, doi:10.1029/2007WR006060. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Hay, L.E., and McCabe, G.J., 2008. Hydrologic effects of climate change in the Yukon River Basin: Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008, Amercian Society of Civil Engineers. (on-line abstract)

Healey, M., Dettinger, M., and Norgaard, R., eds., 2008, State of the science for the Bay-Delta system -- Summary for policymakers and  the public: CALFED Science Program Report, 19 p. (on-line summary report)

Healey, M., Dettinger, M., and Norgaard, R., eds., 2008, The state of Bay-Delta science, 2008: CALFED Science Program, 174 p. (on-line report information or on-line report in pdf format, 5775 KB)

Healy, R.W., 2008, Simulating water, solute, and heat transport in the subsurface with the VS2DI software package: Vadose Zone Journal, v. 7, p. 632-639. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Healy, R.W., Rice, C.A., Bartos, T.T., and McKinley, M.P., 2008, Infiltration from an impoundment for coal-bed natural gas, Powder River Basin, Wyoming—Evolution of water and sediment chemistry: Water Resources Research, v. 44, W06424, doi:10.1029/2007WR006396. (on-line abstract or on-line journal article in pdf format, 666 KB, published by the American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Hein, J.R., Schulz, M.S., Dunham, R.E., Stern, R.J., and Bloomer, S.H., 2008, Diffuse flow hydrothermal manganese mineralization along the active Mariana and southern Izu-Bonin arc system, western Pacific: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 113, B08S14, doi:10.1029/2007JB005432. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Hendricks, S.P., Duff, J.H., Triska, F.J., and Jackman, A.P., 2008, Bacterial biomass and productivity within different subsurface hydrologic environments of a sandy, low elevation river in north-central Minnesota, USA: Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, v. 30, p. 302-212.

Hidalgo, H.G., Dettinger, M.D., and Cayan, D.C., 2008, Changes in Aridity in the Western United States: Californa Drought: An Update -- 2008, California Department of Water Resources, State of California, p. 54-59. (on-line report in pdf format, 4148 KB)

Hidalgo, H.G., Dettinger, M.D., and Cayan, D.C., 2008, Downscaling With Constructed Analogues: Daily Precipitation and Temperature Fields Over The United States: California Energy Commission Report CEC-500-2007-123, 62 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 2200 KB)

Hinkle, S.R. , Böhlke, J.K., and Fisher, L.H., 2008, Mass balance and isotope effects during nitrogen transport through septic tank systems with packed-bed (sand) filters: Science of the Total Environment, v. 407, p. 324-332. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Holmgren, C.A. , Rosello, E. , Latorre, C. , Betancourt, J.L., 2008, Late-Holocene fossil rodent middens from the Arica region of northernmost Chile: Journal of Arid Environments, v. 72, no. 5, p. 677-686. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Hostettler, F.D., Bekins, B.A., Rostad, C.E., and Herkelrath, W.N., 2008, Response to Commentary on Observed Methanogenic Biodegradation Progressions: Environmental Forensics, v. 9, p. 121–126.

Huang, Y.H., Saiers, J.E., Harvey, J.W., G.B. Noe, and S. Mylon. 2008. Advection, dispersion, and filtration of fine particles within emergent vegetation of the Florida Everglades. Water Resources Research 44, W04408, doi:10.1029/2007WR006290. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Hupp, C.R., Demas, C.R., Kroes, D.E., Day, R.H., and Doyle, T.W., 2008, Recent sedimentation patterns within the central Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana: Wetlands, v. 28, p. 125-140. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Hurtwitz, S., Kumar, A., Taylor, R., and Heasler, H., 2008, Climate-induced variations of geyser periodicity in Yellowstone National Park, USA: Geology, v. 36, p. 451-454. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Ingebritsen, S.E., Hurwitz, S., and Brodsky, E.E., 2008, Note from the Hubbert Quorum: Geofluids, v. 8, p. 1-2.

Izbicki, J.A., Ball, J.W., Bullen, T.D., and Sutley, S.J., 2008, Chromium, chromium isotopes and selected trace elements, western Mojave Desert, USA: Applied Geochemistry, v. 23, no. 5, p. 1325-1352. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Jaisi, D.P., Ji, S., Dong, H., Blake, R.E., Eberl, D.D., and Kim, J., 2008, Role of microbial Fe(III) reduction and solution chemistry in aggregation and settling of suspended particles in the Mississippi River delta plain, Louisiana, USA: Clays and Clay Minerals, v. 56, p. 416-428. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Jones, E.J.P., Voytek, M.A., Warwick, P.D., Corum, M.D., Cohn, A., Bunnell, J.E., Clark, A.C., and Orem, W.H., 2008, Bioassay for Estimating the Biogenic Methane-Generating Potential of Coal Samples: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 76, no. 1-2, p. 138-150. doi:10.1016/j.coal.2008.05.011 (on-line abstract of journal article)

Jones, N.L., Thompson, J.K., and Monismith, S.G., 2008, A note on the effect of wind waves on vertical mixing in Franks Tract Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, v. 6, no. 2, Article 4. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 2505 KB, open-access journal)

Kent, D.B., Davis, J.A., Joye, J.L., and Curtis, G.P., 2008, Influence of variable chemical conditions on EDTA-enhanced transport of metal ions in mildly acidic groundwater: Environmental Pollution, v. 153, no. 1, p. 44-52. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Kinner, D.A., and Moody, J.A., 2008, Infiltration and Runoff Measurements on Steep Burned Hillslopes Using a Rainfall Simulator with Variable Rain Intensities : U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5211, 64 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 20.7 MB)

Kinzel, P.J. 2008. River channel topographic surveys prior to and following elevated flows in the central Platte River, Nebraska, Spring 2008. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 380, 10p. (on-line abstract and to download excel spreadsheets or on-line report in pdf format, 1.6 MB)

Kipp, Jr., K.L., Hsieh, P.A., and Charlton, S.R., 2008, Guide to the revised ground-water flow and heat transport simulator: HYDROTHERM -- Version 3: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-A25, 160 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 3 MB)

Konikow, L.F., Hornberger, G.Z., Putnam, L.D., Shapiro, A.M., and Zinn, B.A., 2008, The use of age as a calibration target: in Refsgaard, J.C., Kovar, K., Haarder, E., and Nygaard, E., eds., Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling: Credibility of Modelling, IAHS Publication 320, p. 250-256. (on-line abstract of article)

Kraus, T.E.C. , Bergamaschi, B.A. , Hernes, P.J. , Spencer, R.G.M. , Stepanauskas, R. , Kendall, C., Losee, R.F., Fujii, R.,2008, Assessing the contribution of wetlands and subsided islands to dissolved organic matter and disinfection byproduct precursors in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta: A geochemical approach: Organic Geochemistry, v. 39, no. 9, p. 1302-1318. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Kueppers, L.M., M.A. Snyder, L.C. Sloan, D.R. Cayan, Dan, J. Jin, H. Kanamaru, M. Kanamitsu, N.L. Miller, M. Tyree, H. Du, and B. Weare, 2008, Seasonal temperature responses to land use change in the western United States: Global and Planetary Change, v. 60, no. 3-4, p. 250-264. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Kulp, T.R., Hoeft, S.E., Asao, M., Madigan, M.T., Hollibaugh, J.T., Fisher, J.C., Stolz, J.F., Culbertson, C.W., Miller, L.G. and Oremland, R.S., 2008, Arsenic(III) fuels anoxygenic photosynthesis in hot spring biofilms from Mono Lake, California: Science v. 321, p. 967 - 970. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Kusakabe, M., Ohba, T., Issa, Yoshida, Y., Satake, H., Ohizumi, T., Evans, W.C., Tanyileke, G., and Kling, G.W., 2008, Evolution of CO2 in lakes Monoun and Nyos, Cameroon, before and during controlled degassing: Geochemical Journal, v. 42, no. 1, p. 93-118. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Landa, E.R., and Uchida, S., 2008, Radionuclides in soils, 1960-2006: a view from the World Congress of Soil Science: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v. 99-, no. 6, p. 873-874.

Laird, D.A., Chappell, M.A., Martens, D.A., Wershaw, R.L., and Thompson, M., 2008, Distinguishing black carbon from biogenic humic substances in soil clay fractions: Geoderma v. 143, no. 1-2, p. 115-122. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Lee, K.E., Schoenfuss, H.L., Jahns, N.D., Brown, G.K., and Barber, L.B., 2008, Alkylphenols, other endocrine-active chemicals, and fish responses in three streams in Minnesota—Study design and data, February–September 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 405, 44 p. plus appendixes. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 4.4 MB)

Leenheer, J.A., Izbicki, J.A., Rostad, C.E., Noyes, T.I., and Woodside, G., 2008, Discovery of cyanuric acid during an assessment of natural organic matter in stormflow water of the Santa Ana River, southern California, 2003–2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5048, 13 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 1.1 MB)

Leenheer, J.A., and Reddy, M.M., 2008, Co-Precipitation of Dissolved Organic Matter by Calcium Carbonate in Pyramid Lake, Nevada : Annals of Environmental Science, v. 2, p. 11-25. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 221 KB)

Leland, H.V., and Frey, J.W., 2008, Phytoplankton growth and assembly in relation to nutrient supply and other environmental factors in the White River Basin, Indiana (U.S.): Verhandlung International Verein Limnology, v. 12, p. 147-163.

Lev, S.M., Landa, E.R., Szlavecz, K., Casey, R., and Snodgrass, J., 2008, Application of synchrotron methods to assess the uptake of roadway-derived Zn by earthworms in an urban soil: Mineralogical Magazine, v. 72, no. 1, p. 191-195. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Liu, W.-C., Chen, W.-B., Cheng, R.T., and Hsu, M.-H., 2008, Modelling the impact of wind stress and river discharge on Danshuei River plume: Applied Mathematical Modeling, v. 32, no. 7, p. 1255-1280. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Lorah, M.M., Majcher, E.H., Jones, E.J., and Voytek, M.A, 2008, Microbial consortia development and microcosm and column experiments for enhanced bioremediation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds, West Branch Canal Creek wetland area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5165.

Lorenzi, A.H., Cain, D. J., Parchaso, F. Thompson, J.K., Luoma, S.N., Hornberger, M.I., and Dyke, J.L., 2008, Near-Field Receiving Water Monitoring of Trace Metals and a Benthic Community Near the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay, California, 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2008-1180, 120p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 2.2 MB)

Lowenstern, J.B., and Hurwitz, S., 2008, Monitoring a Supervolcano in Repose: Heat and Volatile Flux at the Yellowstone Caldera: Elements, v. 4, no. 1, p. 35-40, doi: 10.2113/GSELEMENTS.4.1.35. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Lundquist, J.D., Dettinger, M., Stewart, I., and Cayan, D., 2008, Variability and trends in spring runoff in the western United States, in Waggoner, F., ed., Climate warming in western North America/Evidence and environmental effects: Utah State University Press, Chapter 5.

Luoma, S.N., 2008, Silver Nanotechnologies and the Environment: Old Problems or New Challenges: Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Publication 15. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and PEW Charitable Trusts, Washington D. C. 67p.

Luoma, S.N., Moore, J.N., Farag, A.M., Hillman, T.A., Cain, D.J., Hornberger, M., Axtmann, E., 2008, Mining impacts on fish in the Clark Fork River, Montana: a field ecotoxicological case study, in DiGuilio, R., and Hinton, D., eds: The Toxicology of Fishes, CRC Press, Boca Raton, p 779-805.

Luoma, S.N. and Rainbow, P.S. 2008. Metal Contamination in Aquatic Environments: science and lateral management.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,  588 p. (on-line book information)

Lutz, M.A., Brigham, M.E., and Marvin-DiPasquale, M., 2008, Procedures for collecting and processing streambed sediment and pore water for analysis of mercury as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2008-1279, 68 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 3 MB)

Magirl, C.S., Breedlove, M.J., Webb, R.H., and Griffiths, P.G., 2008, Modeling water-surface elevations and virtual shorelines for the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2008-5075, 32 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 3.6 MB)

Mantua, N., Dettinger, M., Pagano, T., Wood, A., Redmond, K., and Restrepo, P., 2008, A description and evaluation of hydrologic and climate forecast and data products that support decision-making for water resources managers, in Beller-Simms, N., Ingram, H., Feldman, D., Mantua, N., Jacobs, K., and Waples, A., Decision-support experiments and evaluations using seasonal to interannual forecasts and observational data—A focus on water resources : A report by the US Climate Change Science Program (Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3) and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, chapter 2, p. 29-64. (on-line report in pdf format, 2421 KB; also report Appendices A and B)

Mariner, R.H., Minor, S.A., King, A.P., Boles, J.R., Kellogg, K.S., Evans, W.C., Landis, G.A., Hunt, A.G., and Till, C.B., 2008, A landslide in Tertiary marine shale with superheated fumaroles, Coast Ranges, California: Geology, v. 36, no. 12, p. 959-962. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Markstrom, S.L., and Koczot, K.M., 2008, Users manual for the object user interface (OUI)-An environmental resource modeling framework: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1120, 39 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 4.3 MB)

Markstrom, S.L., Niswonger, R.G., Regan, R.S., Prudic, D.E., and Barlow, P.M., 2008, GSFLOW—Coupled ground-water and surface-water flow model based on the integration of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) and the Modular Ground-Water Flow Model (MODFLOW-2005): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-D1, 240 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 8.5 MB)

Marvin-DiPasquale, M.C., Lutz, M.A., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Aiken, G.R., Orem, W.H., Hall, B.D., DeWild, J.F., and Brigham, M.E., 2008, Total mercury, methylmercury, methylmercury production potential, and ancillary streambed-sediment and pore-water data for selected streams in Oregon, Wisconsin, and Florida, 2003–04: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 375, 24 p. (on-line abstract and to download zip file with appendixes or on-line report in pdf format, 1.28 MB)

Masoner, J.R., Stannard, D.I., and Christenson, S.C., 2008, Differences in evaporation between a floating pan and Class A pan on land: Journal of American Water Resources Association, v. 44, no. 3, p. 552-561. (on-line abstract of journal article)

McCabe, G.J., Betancourt, J.L., Gray, S.T., Palecky, M. A., Hidalgo, H.G., 2008, Associations of multi-decadal sea-surface temperature variability with U.S. drought: Quaternary International, v. 188, p. 31-40. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.07.001. (on-line abstract of journal article)

McCabe, G.J., and Wolock, D.M., 2008, Joint Variability of Global Runoff and Global Sea-Surface Temperatures: Journal of Hydrometeorology, v. 9, p. 816-824. (on-line abstract or on-line article, 1.44 MB, published by the American Meterological Society as a U.S. government work in the public domain)

McCabe, G.J., and Wolock, D.M., 2008. Warming and impications for water supply in the Colorado River Basin: Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Congress 2008 , Amercian Society of Civil Engineers. (on-line abstract)

McClelland, J.W., Holmes, R.M., Peterson, B.J., Amon, R., Brabets, T., Cooper, L.,. Gibson, J., Gordeev, V.V., Guay, C.,. Milburn, D., Staples, R., Raymond, P.A., Shiklomanov, I., Striegl, R., Zhulidov, A., and Gurtovaya, T., 2008, Development of a Pan-Arctic Database for River Chemistry: EOS, v. 89, n. 24, p. 217-218.

McLeod, P.B., Luoma, S.N., and Luthy, R.G., 2008, Biodynamic Modeling of PCB Uptake by Macoma balthica and Corbicula fluminea from Sediment Amended with Activated Carbon: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, p. 484 - 490. (on-line abstract of journal article)

McMahon, P.B., Böhlke, J.K., Kauffman, L.J., Kipp, K.L., Landon, M.K., Crandall, C.A., Burow, K.R., and Brown, C.J., 2008, Source and transport controls on the movement of nitrate to public supply wells in selected principal aquifers of the United States , Water Resources Research, Vol. 44 (W04401, doi:10.1029/2007WR006252). (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 1157 KB, published by the American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright

McMahon, P.B., Burow, K.R., Kauffman, L.J., Eberts, S.M., Böhlke, J.K., and Gurdak, J.J., 2008, Simulated response of water quality in public-supply wells to land-use change: Water Resources Research, v. 44, p. 1-16, W00A06, doi:10.1029/2007WR006731. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 895 KB, published by the American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Meade, R.H., and Moody, J.A., 2008, Changes in the discharge of sediment through the Missouri-Mississippi River system, 1940-2007: Encontro Nacional de Engenharia de Sedimentos, 8th, Campo Grande, Brazil, 2-8 November 2008, Proceedings, 27 p. [On CD only -- no print publication]

Michael, H.A., and Voss, C.I., 2008, Evaluation of the sustainability of deep groundwater as an arsenic-safe resource in the Bengal Basin: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v.105, no. 25, p.8531-8536. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Miller, L.G., and Oremland, R.S, 2008, Electricity generation by anaerobic bacteria and anoxic sediments from hypersaline soda lakes: Extremophiles, v. 12, no. 6, p. 837-848. DOI 10.1007/s00792-008-0191-5.. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Milly, P.C.D., Betancourt, J., Falkenmark, M., Hirsch, R.M., Kundzewicz, Z.W., Lettenmaier, D.P., and Stouffer, R.J., 2008, Stationarity is dead: Whither water management?: Science, v. 319, no. 5863, p. 573-574. (on-line report in pdf format)

Mitchell, N., Nyquist, J.E., Toran, L., Rosenberry, D.O., and Mikochik, J., 2008, Electrical resistivity as a tool for identifying geologic heterogeneities which control seepage at Mirror Lake, NH, Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), Philadelphia, PA, April 6-10, 2008, v. 21, p. 749-759. (on-line abstract)

Mixon, D.M., Kinner, D.A., Stallard, R.F., Syvitski, J.P.M., 2008, Geolocation of man-made reservoirs across terrains of varying complexity using GIS: Computers and Geosciences, v. 34, no. 10, p. 1184-1197. (on-line abstract of journal article).

Moench, A.F., 2008, Analytical and numerical analyses of an unconfined aquifer test considering unsaturated zone characteristics: Water Resources Research, v. 44, W06409, doi:10.1029/2006WR005736. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 1234 KB, published by the American Geopysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Moody, J.A., Martin, D.A., and Cannon, S.H., 2008, Post-wildfire erosion response in two geologic terrains in the western USA: Geomorphology, v. 95, p. 103-118. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Moody, J.A., Martin, D.A., Haire, S.L., and Kinner, D. A., 2008, Linking runoff response to burn severity after wildfire: Hydrological Processes, v. 22, no. 13, p. 2063-2074. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 640 KB, a US Government work in the public domain)

Moody, J.A., and Meade, R.H., 2008, Terrace aggradation during the 1978 flood on Powder River, Montana, USA: Geomorphology, v. 99, p. 387-403. (on line abstract of journal article)

Myers-Smith, I., Harden, J., Wilmking, M., Fuller, C., McGuire, A., and Chapin III, F., 2008, Wetland succession in a permafrost collapse: Interactions between fire and thermokarst, Biogeosciences, v. 5, p. 1273–1286. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 10056 KB, Biogeosciences is an interactive open access journal of the European Geosciences Union)

Naff, R.L., and Banta, E.R., 2008, The U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model - PCGN: A preconditioned conjugate gradient solver with improved nonlinear control: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1331, 35 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 776 KB)

Naftz, D. , Angeroth, C. , Kenney, T. , Waddell, B. , Darnall, N. , Silva, S., Perschon, C., Whitehead, J., 2008, Anthropogenic influences on the input and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and mercury in Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA: Applied Geochemistry, v. 23, no. 6, p. 1731-1744 . (on-line abstract of journal article)

Naftz, D. , Angeroth, C. , Kenney, T. , Waddell, B. , Darnall, N. , Silva, S., Perschon, C., Whitehead, J., 2008, Reply to the comment on "Anthropogenic influences on the input and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and mercury in Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA", by Mae Gustin: Applied Geochemistry, v. 23, no. 12, p. 3854-3855.

Naftz, D.L. Bullen, T.D., Stolp, B.J., and Wilkowske, C. D., 2008, Utilizing geochemical, hydrologic, and boron isotopic data to assess the success of a salinity and selenium remediation project, Upper Colorado River Basin, Utah: Science of the Total Environment, v. 392, no. 1, p. 1-11. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Nanus, L., Williams, M.W., Campbell, D.H., Elliott, E.M., and Kendall, C., 2009, Evaluating regional patterns in nitrate sources to watersheds in national parks of the rocky mountains using nitrate isotopes: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 17 , p. 6487-6493. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Nastev, M., Morin, R., Godin, R., and Rouleau, A., 2008, Developing a conceptual hydrogeological model for Potsdam sandstones in southwestern Quebec, Canada: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 16, p. 373-388. DOI:10.1007/s10040-007-0267-9. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Neiman, P.J., Ralph, F.M., Wick, G.A., Kuo, Y.H., Wee, T.K., Ma, Z., Taylor, G.H., and Dettinger, M.D., 2008, Diagnosis of an intense atmospheric river impacting the Pacific Northwest -Storm summary and offshore vertical structure observed with COSMIC satellite retrievals: Monthly Weather Review, v. 136, p. 4398-4420, doi:10.1175/2008MWR2550.1. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 3699 KB)

Neiman, P.J., Ralph, F.M., Wick, G.A., Lundquist, J.D., and Dettinger, M.D., 2008, Meteorological characteristics and overland precipitation impacts of atmospheric rivers affecting the West Coast of North America based on eight years of SSM/I satellite observations: Journal of Hydrometeorology, v. 9, no. 1, p. 22-47. (on-line abstract of journal article) 

Nelson, J.M., Logan, B.L., Kinzel, P.J., Shimizu, Y., Giri, S., Shreve, R.L., and McLean, S.R., 2008, Bedform Response to Flow Variability, in Parsons, D.R., Garlan, T., and Best, J.L., eds., Marine Sandwave and River Dune Dynamics III, University of Leeds, p 241-248.

Neuzil, C. E., and L. F. Konikow, 2008, Reply to comment by T. N. Narasimhan on “A method to estimate groundwater depletion from confining layers”: Water Resources Research, v. 44, W06421, doi:10.1029/2008WR007084. (on-line article in pdf format, 45 KB, published by the American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Nimmo, J.R., 2008, The Public Fountains of the City of Dijon by H. Darcy--translated by P. Bobeck [Book Review]: Vadose Zone Journal, v. 7, no. 4, p. 1311-1312.

Nimmo, J.R., and Perkins, K.S., 2008, Effect of soil disturbance on recharging fluxes: Case study on the Snake River Plain, Idaho National Laboratory, USA: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 16, no. 5, p. 829-844. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Niswonger, R.G., Prudic, D.E., Fogg, G.E., Stonestrom, D.A., and Buckland, E.M., 2008, Method for estimating spatially variable seepage loss and hydraulic conductivity in intermittent and ephemeral streams: Water Resources Research, v. 44, doi:10.1029/2007WR006626. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Nordstrom, D.K., 2008, Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 25. Summary of results and baseline and pre-mining ground-water geochemistry, Red River Valley, Taos County, New Mexico, 2001-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1728, 111p. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 42.4 MB)

Nordstrom, D.K., 2008, What was the groundwater quality before mining in a mineralized region? Lessons from the Questa Project: Journal of Geosciences, v. 12, p. 139-149. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Nordstrom, D.K., 2008, Science, engineering, and the remediation of metal mine sites: Macla, v. 10, p. 10-12

Nordstrom, D.K., Wright, W.G., Mast, M.A., Bove, D.J., and Rye, R.O., 2007, Aqueous-sulfate stable isotopes - A study of mining-affected and undisturbed acidic drainage, in Church, S.E., von Guerard, P., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated Investigations of Environmental Effects of Historical Mining in the Animas River Watershed, San Juan County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1651, chapter E8, p. 387-416. (on-line chapter in pdf format, 327 kb)

O'Connor B.L., and Harvey, J.W., 2008, Scaling hyporheic exchange and its influence on biogeochemical reactions in aquatic ecosystems: Water Resources Research, v. W12423, doi:10.1029/2008WR007160. (on-line abstact or on-line article in pdf format, 625 KB, published by American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Oremland, R.S., and Voytek, M.A., 2008, Acetylene as fast food: Implications for development of life on anoxic primordial Earth and in the outer solar system: Astrobiology, v. 8, no. 1, p. 45-58. (on-line abstract or on-line journal article in pdf format, 213 KB, free issue)

Osterkamp, W. R., 2008, Annotated definitions of selected geomorphic terms and related terms of hydrology, sedimentology, soil science, and ecology: U. S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2008-1217, 49 p. (on-line preface or on-line report in pdf format, 1.2 MB)

Page, B.D., Bullen, T.D., and Mitchell, M.J.,2008, Influences of calcium availability and tree species on Ca isotope fractionation in soil and vegetation: Biogeochemistry, v. 88, no. 1, p. 1-13. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Parkhurst, D.L., and Charlton, S.R., 2008, NetpathXL - An Excel^®  interface to the program NETPATH: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-A26, 11 p. (on-line abstract or on-line publication in pdf format, 377 KB)

Pearson, S.C.P., Connor, C.B. and Sanford, W.E., 2008, Rapid response of a hydrologic system to volcanic activity: Masaya volcano, Nicaragua , Geology, v. 36, no. 12, p. 951-954, doi: 10.1130/G25210A.1 (on-line abstract of journal article)

Perkins, K.S., 2008, Laboratory-measured and property-transfer modeled saturated hydraulic, conductivity of Snake River Plain aquifer sediments at the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5169, 14 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 1.2 MB)

Peters, K.E., Hostettler, F.D., Lorenson, T.D., and Rosenbauer, R.J., 2008, Families of Miocene Monterey crude oil, seep, and tarball samples, coastal Cailfornia: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 92, p. 1131-1152.

Peterson, D.H., Stewart, I., and Murphy, F., 2008, Principal hydrologic responses to climatic and geologic variability in the Sierra Nevada, California: San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, v. 6, issue 1 (February), article 3, 21 p. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 5955 KB- "San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science" is an open access, peer-reviewed journal)

Piégay, H., Hupp, C.R., Citterio, A., Dufour, S., Moulin, B., and Walling, D.E., 2008, Spatial and temporal variability in sedimentation rates associated with cutoff channel infill desposits: Ain River, France: Water Resources Research, v. 44, W05420, doi:10.1029/2006WR005260 (on-line abstract of journal article)

Pizzuto, J.E., Moody, J.A., and Meade, R.H., 2008, Anatomy and dynamics of a floodplain, Powder River, Montana, U.S.A .: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 78, no. 1, p. 16-28. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, E., Eberts, S.M., Bexfield, L.M., Brown, C.J., Fahlquist, L.S., Katz, B.G., and Landon, M.K., 2008, Low-level detections of halogenated volatile organic compounds in groundwater: Use in vulnerability assessments: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, v. 13, no. 11, p. 1049-1068; DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:11(1049). (on-line abstract of journal article)

Presser, T. S., and Schwarzbach, S. E., 2008, Technical Analysis of In-Valley Drainage Management Strategies for the Western San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1210, 37 p. (on-line executive summary or on-line report in pdf format, 916 KB)

Puckett, L.J., Zamora, C., Essaid, H.I., Wilson, J.T., Johnson, H.M., Brayton, M.J., and Vogel, J.R., 2008, Transport and fate of nitrate at the ground water-surface water interface: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, p. 1034-1050. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Quade, J. Rech, J.A., Betancourt, J.L., Latorre, C., Quade, B., Rylander, K.A., and Fisher, T., 2008, Paleowetlands and regional climate change in the central Atacama Desert, northern Chile: Quaternary Research, v. 69, p. 343-360. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Reddy, M.M., Reddy, M.B., Kipp, K.L., Burman, A., Schuster, P.F., and Rawlik, P.S., 2008, Peat porewater chloride concentration profiles in the Everglades during wet/dry cycles from January 1996 to June 1998—field measurements and theoretical analysis: Hydrological Processes, v. 22, p. 1713-1724. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 244 KB, published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, as a US Government work in the public domain)

Reemtsma, T., These, A., Linscheid, M., Leenheer, J.A., and Spitzy, A., 2008, Molecular and structural characterization of dissolved organic matter from the deep ocean by FTICR-MS, Including Hydrophilic Nitrogenous Organic Molecules: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, p. 1,430-1,437. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Reeves, III, J. B., McCarty, G. W., Rutherford, D. W., and Wershaw, R.L., 2008,  Mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopic (DRIFTS) examination of charred pine wood, bark cellulose and lignin: implications for the quantitative determination of charcoal in soils: Applied Spectroscopy, v. 62, no. 2, 182-189. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Reisen, W.K., Barker, C.M., Eldridge, B., Cayan, D., Tyree, M., and Dettinger, M., 2008, Impact of climate variations on mosquito abundance in California: Journal of Vector Ecology, v. 33, p. 89-98. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Renken, R.A., Cunningham, K.J., Shapiro, A.M., Harvey, R.W., Zygnerski, M.R., Metge, D.W., and Wacker, M.A., 2008, Pathogen and Chemical Transport in the Karst Limestone of the Biscayne Aquifer: 1. Revised Conceptualization of Groundwater Flow: Water Resources Research, v. 44, W08429, doi:10.1029/2007WR006058. (on-line abstract or on line paper in pdf format, 1347 KB, published by American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright)

Révész, Kinga, and Coplen, T. B., 2008, Determination of the δ(¹⁸O/¹⁶O) of Water: RSIL Lab Code 489, in Révész, Kinga, and Coplen, T.B., eds., Methods of the Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 10, chapt. C2, 28 p.

Rojstaczer, S.A., Ingebritsen, S.E., and Hayba, D.O., 2008, Permeability of continental orogenic belts influenced by internal and external forcing: Geofluids, v. 8, p. 128-139. (on-line abstract or on-line article in pdf format, 651KB, Blackwell Publishing, no claim to original U.S. Government works)

Rosenberry, D.O. 2008,A seepage meter designed for use in flowing water: Journal of Hydrology, v. 359, no.1-2, p. 118-130. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Rosenberry, D.O., 2008, The effect of river regulations and ground-water discharge on the ecology of the riparian corridors of the Colorado River and tributaries: 36th Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists [Proceedings], Toyama, Japan, International Association of Hydrogeologists, p. 1-10, S42-05.

Rosenberry, D.O. and LaBaugh, J.W., 2008, Field techniques for estimating water fluxes between surface water and ground water: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 4-D2, 128 p. (on-line abstract or on-line pubication in pdf format, 84.3 MB)

Rosenberry, D.O., Winter, T.C., Buso, D.C., and Likens, G.E., 2008, Reply to comment by J. Szilagyi on “Comparison of 15 evaporation methods applied to a small mountain lake in the northeastern USA”: Journal of Hydrology, v. 348, p. 566-567.

Rutherford, D.W., Wershaw, R.L., and Reeves III, J.B., 2008, Development of acid functional groups and lactones during the thermal degradation of wood and wood components: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5013, 43 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 3.8 MB)

Rybicki, N.B., Justiniano- Vélez, E.M., Schenk, E.R., Baldizar, J.M., and Hunter, S.E., 2008, The Distribution of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in the Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Potomac River, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1218, 40p. (on-line only abstract or publication in pdf format, 2479 KB)

Safford, H.D., Betancourt, J.L., Hayward, G.D., Wiens, J.A., and Regan, C.M. 2008. Land management in the Anthropogene: Is history still relevant?: EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 89, no. 37, doi:10.1029/2008EO370004. (on-line abstract)

Sahl, J.W., Schmidt, R., Swanner, E.D., Mandernack, K.W., Templeton, A.S., Kieft, T.L., Smith, R.L., Sanford, W.E., Callaghan, R.L., Mitton, J.B., and Spear, J.R., 2008, Subsurface microbial diversity in deep-granitic-fracture water in Colorado: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, V. 74, no. 1, p. 143-152. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Schaefer, J.R., Scott, W.E., Evans, W.C., Jorgenson, J., McGimsey, R.G., and Wang, B., 2008, The 2005 catastrophic acid crater lake drainage, lahar, and acidic aerosol formation at Mount Chiginagak volcano, Alaska, USA: Field observations and preliminary water and vegetation chemistry result: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 9, Q07018, doi:10.1029/2007GC001900. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Schaeffer, S.M. , Anderson, D.E. , Burns, S.P. , Monson, R.K. , Sun, J. , and Bowling, D.R., 2008, Canopy structure and atmospheric flows in relation to the δ¹³C of respired CO₂ in a subalpine coniferous forest: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, v. 148, no. 4, p. 592-605. (on-line abstract ot journal article)

Schoenfuss, H.L., Bartell, S.E., Bistodeau, T.B., Cediel, R.A., Grove, K.J., Zintek, L., Lee, K.E., and Barber, L.B., 2008, Impairment of the reproductive potential of male fathead minnows by environmentally relevant exposures to 4-nonylphenol: Aquatic Toxicology, v. 86, no. 1, p. 91-98, doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.10.004. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Schuster, P.F., Shanley, J.B., Marvin-Dipasquale, M., Reddy, M.M., Aiken, G.R., Roth, D.A., Taylor, H.E., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and DeWild, J.F., 2008, Mercury and organic carbon dynamics during runoff episodes from a northeastern USA watershed : Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, v. 187, p. 89-108. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Sebestyen, S.D., Boyer, E.W., Shanley, J.B., Kendall, C., Doctor, D.H., Aiken, G.R., and Ohte, N., 2008, Sources, transformations, and hydrological processes that control stream nitrate and dissolved organic matter concentrations during snowmelt in an upland forest: Water Resources Research, v. 44. no. 12, W12410, doi:10.1029/2008WR006983 (on-line abstract of journal article)

Shanley, J.B., Mast, A., Campbell, D.H., Aiken, G.R., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Hunt, R.J., Walker, J.F., Schuster, P.F., Chalmers, A., Aulenbach, B.T., Peters, N.E., Marvin-DiPasquale, M., Clow, D.W., Shafer, M.M., 2008, Comparison of total mercury and methylmercury cycling at five sites using the small watershed approach: Environmental Pollution, v. 154, no. 1, p. 143-154. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Shapiro, A.M., Renken, R.A., Harvey, R.W., Zygnerski, M.R., and Metge, D.W., 2008, Pathogen and Chemical Transport in the Karst Limestone of the Biscayne Aquifer: 2. Chemical Retention from Diffusion and Slow Advection , Water Resources Research, Vol. 44, W08430, doi:10.1029/2007WR006059. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 1312 KB, published by American Geophysical Union, not subject to U.S. copyright

Sikora, E.R., Johnson, T.M., Bullen, T.D, 2008, Microbial mass-dependent fractionation of chromium isotopes: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, no. 15, p. 3631-3641.DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.05.051 (on-line abstract of journal article)

Simões, F.J.M., and Yang C.T., 2008, GSTARS computer models and their applications, part II: applications: International Journal of Sediment Research, v. 23, no. 4, p. 299-315. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Simonds, F.W., Swarzenski, P.W., Rosenberry, D.O., Reich, C.D., and Paulson, A.J., 2008, Estimates of nutrient loading by ground-water discharge into the Lynch Cove Area of Hood Canal, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5078, 54 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 5.8 MB)

Small, G.E., Pringle, C.M., Triska, F.J., Duff, J.H., Jackman, A.P., Hildago, M., Ramirez, A., and Ardon, M., 2008, The dynamics of phosphorus retention during an eight-year P-addition in a Neotropical headwater stream, Verhandlungen des Internationalen Verein Limnologie, v. 30: 551-554.

Smetacek, V., and Cloern, J.E., 2008, On phytoplanton trends - How are phytoplankton at coastal sites around the world responding to ongoing global change?: Science, v. 319, no. 5868, p. 1346-1348.

Smith, R.L., and Yoshinari, T., 2008, Occurrence and turnover of nitric oxide in a nitrogen-impacted sand and gravel aquifer : Environmental Science & Technology, v. 42 no. 22, p. 8245-8251. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Spencer, R.G., Aiken, G.R., Wickland, K.P., Striegl, R.G., and Hernes, P.J., 2008, Seasonal and spatial variability in dissolved organic matter quantity and composition from the Yukon River basin, Alaska: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 22, GB4002, doi:10.1029/2008GB003231. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Stewart, A.R., Saiki, M.K., Kuwabara, J.S., Alpers, C.N., Marvin DiPasquale, M., and Krabbenhoft, D.P., 2008, Influence of plankton mercury dynamics and trophic pathways on mercury concentrations of top predator fish of a mining-impacted reservoir: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, v. 65, no.11, p. 2351-2366(16). (on-line abstract of journal article).

Stubbins, A., Hubbard, V., Uher, G., Law, C.S., Upstill-Goddard, R.C., Aiken, G.R., and Mopper, K., 2008, Relating carbon monoxide photoproduction to dissolved organic matter functionality: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, p. 3271-3276. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Sundquist, E.T., Burruss, R.C., Faulkner, S.P., Gleason, R.A., Harden, J.W., Kharaka, Y.K., Tieszen, L.L., and Waldrop, M.P., 2008, Carbon Sequestration to Mitigate Climate Change: U.S. Geological Survey, Fact Sheet 2008–3097, 4p. (on-line abstract or on-line fact sheet in pdf format, 2.3 MB)

Szabo, Z., Jacobsen, E., Kraemer, T.F., Parsa, B., 2008, Concentrations and environmental fate of Ra in cation-exchange regeneration brine waste disposed to septic tanks and accumulation in sludge, New Jersey Coastal Plain, USA: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v. 99, no. 6, p. 947-964. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Takesue, R.K., Bacon, C.R., and Thompson, J.K., 2008, Influences of organic matter and calcification rate on trace elements in aragonitic estuarine bivalve shells: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, no. 22, p. 5431-5445. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Taylor, S.V., Cayan, D.R., Graham, N.E, and Georgakakos, K.P., 2008, Northwesterly surface winds over the eastern North Pacific Ocean in Spring and Summer: Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, v. 113, D02110, doi:10.1029/2006JD008053. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Thébault, J., Schraga, T.S., Cloern, J.E., and Dunlavey, E.G., 2008, Primary Production and Carrying Capacity of Former Salt Ponds After Reconnection to San Francisco Bay, Wetlands, v. 28, p. 841-851. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Thompson, J.K., Koseff, J.R., Monismith, S.G., and Lucas, L.V., 2008, Shallow water processes govern system-wide phytoplankton bloom dynamics: A field study. Journal of Marine Systems, v. 74, no. 1-2, p.153-166, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.12.006.(on-line abstract of journal article)

Thorn, K.A., Pennington, J.C., Kennedy, K.R., Cox, L.G., Hayes, C.A., and Porter, B.E., 2008, N-15 NMR study of the immobilization of 2,4- and 2,6-dinitrotoluene in aerobic compost: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, p. 2542-2550. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Triska, F.J., Duff, J.H., Jackman A.P., and Ronald J. Avanzino, R.J., 2008, Nutrient chemistry, transformation and release in riparian groundwater seep discharge during the final meter of subsurface transport, Minnesota, USA: Verhandlungen des Internationalen Verein Limnologie, v. 30, no. 3, p. 435-440.

Triska, F.J., Duff, J.H., Jackman, A.P., and Avanzino, R.J., 2008, Nutrient chemistry, transformation and release in riparian groundwater seep discharge during the final meter of subsurface transport: Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, v. 30, p. 435-440.

Vajda, A.M., Barber, L.B., Gray, J.L., Lopez, E.M., Woodling, J.D., and Norris, D.O., 2008, Reproductive disruption in fish downstream from an estrogenic wastewater effluent: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 9, p. 3407-3414. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Valsami-Jones, E, Berhanu, D., Dybowska, A., Misra, S., Boccaccini, A.R., Tetley, T.D., Luoma, S.N., Plant, J.A., 2008, Nanomaterial synthesis and characterisation for toxicological studies: TiO₂ case study: Mineralogical Magazine, v. 72, no. 1, p. 515-519. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Verplanck, P.L. , Mueller, S.H. , Goldfarb, R.J. , Nordstrom, D.K. , and Youcha, E.K.,2008, Geochemical controls of elevated arsenic concentrations in groundwater, Ester Dome, Fairbanks district, Alaska: Chemical Geology, v. 255, no. 1-2, p.160-172. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Verplanck, P.L., Murphy, S.F., Birkeland, P.W., Pitlick, J., Barber, L.B., and Schmidt T.S., 2008, Boulder Creek: A stream ecosystem in an urban landscape, in Raynolds, R.G., ed., Roaming the Rocky Mountains and Environs: Geological Field Trips, GSA Field Guides 10, 2008: Geological Society of America, p. 217-233. (on-line abstract)

Viger, R.J.,2008, The GIS Weasel: an interface for the treatment of geographic information in modeling: Computers and Geosciences, v. 34, no. 8, p. 891-901. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Vincent, K.R., and Andrews, E.D., 2008, Depositional settings of sand beaches along whitewater rivers: River Research and Applications, v. 24, p. 771-788. DOI: 10.1002/rra.1079. (on-line abstract or on-line paper in pdf format, 394 KB, pubhished by John Wiley as a U. S. Government work in the public domain)

Voss, C.I., 2008, Editor' s message: Hydrogeology Journal news: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 16, no. 4, p. 609-611.

Wallace, C.S.A., Webb, R.H., and Thomas, K.A., 2008, Estimation of perennial vegetation cover distribution in the Mojave Desert using MODIS-EVI data : GIScience and Remote Sensing, v. 45, p.167-187, doi:10.2747/1548-1603.45.2.1. (on-line abstract of journal article

Walvoord, M.A., Andraski, B.J., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Striegl, R.G., 2008, Transport of elemental mercury in the unsaturated zone from a waste disposal site in an arid region: Applied Geochemistry, v. 23, p. 572–583, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.014. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Wang, B., Jin, M., Yang, L., Wang, W., and Nimmo, J.R., 2008, Estimating aquifer recharge by applied tracer method in Hebei Plain: Journal of Hydrology, v. 356, p. 209-222. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Wang, M., Ford, R.M., and Harvey, R.W., 2008, Interaction between bacterial chemotaxis and growth in organic-amended aquifer sediments: Results from laboratory- and field- studies: Environmental Science and Technology v. 42, no. 10, p. 3556-3562. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Webb, R.H., Griffiths, P.G., and Rudd, L.P., 2008, Holocene debris flows on the Colorado Plateau: The influence of clay mineralogy and chemistry: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 120; no. 7-8; p. 1010-1020. (on-line abstract of journal article)

Webb, R.H., Magirl, C.S., Griffiths, P.G., and Boyer, D.E., 2008, Debris flows and floods in southeastern Arizona from extreme precipitation in late July 2006: Magnitude, frequency, and sediment delivery: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1274, 95 p. (on-line abstract or on-line report in pdf format, 16.3 MB)

Webb, R.H., Magirl, C.S., Griffiths, P.G., Youberg, A., and Pearthree, P.A., 2008, Slopes fail, debris flows in extremis: Southwest Hydrology, v. 7, p. 8. (on-line article in pdf fomat, 3.5 MB)

Webb, R.M.T., Wieczorek, M.E., Nolan, B.T., Hancock, T.C., Sandstrom, M.W., Barbash, J.E., Bayless, E.R., Healy, R.W., and Linard, J., 2008, Variations in Pesticide Leaching Related to Land Use, Pesticide Properties, and Unsaturated Zone Thickness: : Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, p. 1145-1157. (on-line abstract of journal article)

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