LOADEST Applications

This page contains a bibliography of LOADEST applications that have been published as USGS reports or as journal articles. Access to HTML and PDF versions of the publications is provided where possible. Note that access to journal articles may be restricted to site visitors with personal or institutional subscriptions to the specific journals. Access to PDF files () requires Adobe Reader or an alternate PDF viewer.

Aulenbach, B.T., 2006,
Annual dissolved nitrite plus nitrate and total phosphorus loads for the Susquehanna, St. Lawrence, Mississippi-Atchafalaya, and Columbia River Basins, 1968-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1087, 16 p.
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Aulenbach, B.T., Buxton, H.T., Battaglin, W.A., and Coupe, R.H., 2007,
Streamflow and nutrient fluxes of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin and subbasins for the period of record through 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1080, http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/of-2007-1080/index.html
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Clark, M.L., and Mason, J.P., 2006,
Water-quality characteristics, including sodium-adsorption ratios, for four sites in the Powder River drainage basin, Wyoming and Montana, water years 2001-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5113, 22 p.
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Deacon, J.R., Smith, T.E., Johnston, C.M., Moore, R.B., Weidman, R.M., and Blake, L.J., 2006,
Assessment of total nitrogen in the Upper Connecticut River Basin in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, December 2002-September 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5144, 89 p.
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Donato, M.M., 2006,
Annual trace-metal load estimates and flow-weighted concentrations of cadmium, lead, and zinc in the Spokane River Basin, Idaho and Washington, 1999-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5188, 38 p.
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Donato, M.M., and MacCoy, D.E., 2005,
Phosphorus and suspended sediment load estimates for the lower Boise River, Idaho, 1994-2002 (version 2.00): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5235, 30 p.
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Dornblaser, M.M., and Striegl, R.G., 2007,
Nutrient (N, P) loads and yields at multiple scales and subbasin types in the Yukon River basin, Alaska: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 112, G04S57, doi:10.1029/2006JG000366.
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Eshleman, K.N., Kline, K.M., Morgan II, R.P., Castro, N.M., and Negley, T.L., 2008
Contemporary trends in the acid-base status of two acid-sensitive streams in western Maryland: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 42, no. 1, p. 56-61, doi:10.1021/es071195e.
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McClelland, J. W., M. Stieglitz, F. Pan, R. M. Holmes, and B. J. Peterson, 2007,
Recent changes in nitrate and dissolved organic carbon export from the upper Kuparuk River, North Slope, Alaska: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 112, G04S60, doi:10.1029/2006JG000371.
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Morrison, J., and Colombo, M.J., 2006,
Surface-water quality and nutrient loads in the Nepaug Reservoir watershed, northwestern Connecticut, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5272, 36 p.
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Mueller, D.K., and Spahr, N.E., 2006,
Nutrients in streams and rivers across the Nation -- 1992-2001 : U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5107, 44 p.
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Oh, N.-H., and Raymond, P.A., 2006,
Contribution of agricultural liming to riverine bicarbonate export and CO2 sequestration in the Ohio River basin: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 20, GB3012, doi:10.1029/2005GB002565.
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Raymond, P.A., and Oh, N.-H., 2007,
An empirical study of climatic controls on riverine C export from three major U.S. watersheds: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 21, GB2022, doi:10.1029/2006GB002783.
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Sickman, J.O., Zanoli, M.J., and Mann, H.L., 2007,
Effects of urbanization on organic carbon loads in the Sacramento River, California : Water Resources Research, v. 43, W11422, doi:10.1029/2007WR005954
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Sprague, L.A., Clark, M.L., Rus, D.L., Zelt, R.B., Flynn, J.L., and Davis, J.V., 2006,
Nutrient and Suspended-Sediment Trends in the Missouri River Basin, 1993-2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5231, 80 p.
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Spruill, T.B., Jen, P.S., and Rasmussen, R.B., 2006,
Suspended sediment and nutrients in the upper Cape Fear River basin, North Carolina, 2002-04, with an analysis of temporal changes, 1976-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5271, 40 p.
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Striegl, R.G., Aiken, G.R., Dornblaser, M.M., Raymond, P.A., and Wickland, K.P., 2005,
A decrease in discharge-normalized DOC export by the Yukon River during summer through autumn: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 32, L21413, doi:10.1029/2005GL024413
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Striegl, R. G., Dornblaser, M.M., Aiken, G.R., Wickland, K.P., and Raymond, P.A., 2007,
Carbon export and cycling by the Yukon, Tanana, and Porcupine rivers, Alaska, 2001-2005: Water Resources Research, v. 43, W02411, doi:10.1029/2006WR005201
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Tortorelli, R.L., 2006,
Nutrient concentrations, loads, and yields in the Eucha-Spavinaw basin, Arkansas and Oklahoma, 2002-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5250, 44 p.
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Tortorelli, R.L., and Pickup, B.E., 2006,
Phosphorus concentrations, loads, and yields in the Illinois River basin, Arkansas and Oklahoma, 2000-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5175, 38 p.
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